WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 (TNSLrpt) -- Using antitrust law against social media platforms' content-moderation decisions raises serious First Amendment concerns regarding private editorial discretion and government-compelled speech. The American Enterprise Institute issued a report, 'First Amendment Problems with Using Antitrust Law Against Social Media Platforms' Content Decisions,' by author Clay Calvert, on October 2025. The report examines the constitutional obstacles faced by the Federal Trade Com more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Nov. 6 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: * * * AG Nessel Testifies in Support of Legislation Strengthening Michigan's Anti-Terrorism Law * LANSING - Today, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and Deputy Solicitor General Eric Restuccia testified before the Senate Civil Rights, Judiciary, and Public Safety Committee in support of Senate Bill 502, sponsored by Senator Sue Shink. Senate Bill 502 would amend the Michigan Anti-Terrori more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- The America First Policy Institute issued the following statement on Nov. 5, 2025: * * * America First Policy Institute Supports President Trump in Supreme Court Tariff Authority Case Today, the America First Policy Institute (AFPI) released a statement in support of President Donald J. Trump in Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump. The case, argued today before the U.S. Supreme Court, challenges the tariff authority exercised during his administration. The amicus brief fi more PR

ALBANY, New York, Nov. 6 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General James Releases Statement on Start of St. Clare's Pensioners Trial *  NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James today released the following statement on the first day of her office's trial against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany and the Diocese-controlled leadership of the former St. Clare's Hospital for failing to adequately fund, manage, and protect h more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR, CAIR Action Congratulate 39 Muslim Election Winners, Report At Least 77 Muslim Candidates Nationwide * * Historic Firsts Include Zohran K. Mamdani's Election as NYC's First Muslim Mayor and * Ghazala Hashmi's Win as Virginia's First Muslim Woman Elected Statewide * Exit Poll of Muslim Voters in CA, NJ, NY, MI, and VA to Be Released Tomorrow The Coun more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 6 -- Vanderbilt University posted the following news: * * * Claire Smrekar, school desegregation and school choice expert, retires in December * Smrekar's work has shaped desegregation plans and school choice policies throughout her 34-year career at Vanderbilt Peabody College. By Jenna Somers Claire Smrekar was well acquainted with Cleveland, Mississippi. She had traveled to the 12,000-person town several times to interview families and school district leaders more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 [Category: Business] -- NetChoice, a coalition of trade associations that says it makes the internet safe for free enterprise and expression, posted the following news release: * * * Colorado Online Censorship Label Law Halted in NetChoice Lawsuit * DENVER-Today, a U.S. District Court granted NetChoice's request to temporarily halt Colorado's censorship law that would have compelled online businesses to display government-mandated "warning" messages to their users while ou more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Calls Out The Trump Administration For Their Efforts To Undermine Voting Rights Across The Country * November 05, 2025 Durbin: "Across this country, Republican lawmakers and litigators are using every trick in the book to rig the rules of the game in their favor and cling to power" WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judici more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 5, 2025: * * * Durbin Calls Out The Trump Administration For Their Efforts To Undermine Voting Rights Across The Country Durbin: "Across this country, Republican lawmakers and litigators are using every trick in the book to rig the rules of the game in their favor and cling to power" * Today, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ran more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Nov. 6 -- Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issued the following news: * * * En Banc brief on Louisiana's Ten Commandments law filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit * "As seen here, there are many ways to constitutionally apply Louisiana law, and I look forward to defending it in court on January 20th. There isn't a single Supreme Court case holding that the mere display of the 10 Commandments implicates what the Founding Fathers would have und more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, Nov. 6 [Category: Sociological] -- Equality California posted the following news release: * * * Equality California Responds to Supreme Court Decision Upholding Trump Policy Restricting Gender Markers on Passports * Today, in a shadow docket ruling, the Supreme Court sided with the Trump administration by allowing the federal government to block transgender and nonbinary people from selecting passport sex markers that reflect their gender identity. Equality Californi more PR

FAIRFAX, Virginia, Nov. 6 -- Americans for Limited Government issued the following news release on Nov. 5, 2025: * * * If Supreme Court Strikes Down Tariffs, Trump Will Need To Embargo China Americans for Limited Government Executive Director Robert Romano today issued the following statement warning of the strategic consequences if the Supreme Court strikes down President Donald Trump's emergency, national security tariffs on China: "We could be at war with China any moment from now, and th more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 [Category: Political] -- U.S. Term Limits issued the following news release: * * * Joshua Wilkerson Pledges to Support Congressional Term Limits * For immediate release Contact: Scott Tillman, U.S. Term Limits Phone: (321) 345-7455 stillman@termlimits.com Baxley, GA - U.S. Term Limits (USTL), the leader in the national, non-partisan movement to limit terms for elected officials, is gathering support from state lawmakers across the nation. Its mission is to get 34 more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Kennedy introduces bill to protect Americans from ideologically motivated violence * WASHINGTON - Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, introduced the Ideologically Motivated Violence Accountability Act, a bill allowing courts to consider whether a criminal committed their offense to punish others because of their ideological or religious affiliations when deciding  more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES ON FOX: "AFFORDABILITY WAS ON THE BALLOT, AND AFFORDABILITY WON THROUGHOUT AMERICA" * Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared on FOX News' Special Report with Bret Baier where he outlined how Democrats from coast to coast are committed to lowering costs and making life more affordable for everyday Americans. BRET BAIER: Well, even though more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES ON FOX: "AFFORDABILITY WAS ON THE BALLOT, AND AFFORDABILITY WON THROUGHOUT AMERICA" * Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared on FOX News' Special Report with Bret Baier where he outlined how Democrats from coast to coast are committed to lowering costs and making life more affordable for everyday Americans. BRET BAIER: Well, even though Democrats won big in the  more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES TO ROLAND MARTIN: "WE'RE FOCUSED ON THE ISSUES THAT MATTER--DRIVING DOWN THE HIGH COST OF LIVING" * Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared on Roland Martin Unfiltered where he laid out how Democrats remain laser-focused on making life better for the American people and driving down the high cost of living, while Republicans continue their more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES TO ROLAND MARTIN: "WE'RE FOCUSED ON THE ISSUES THAT MATTER--DRIVING DOWN THE HIGH COST OF LIVING" * Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared on Roland Martin Unfiltered where he laid out how Democrats remain laser-focused on making life better for the American people and driving down the high cost of living, while Republicans continue their all-out assault on the he more PR

NEW YORK, Nov. 6 (TNSLrpt) -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following issue brief on October 17, 2025, by Nicole Stelle Garnett and Cameron Grinnell entitled "The Persistence of the Unconstitutional Status/Use Distinction in Federal Grants to Religious Nonprofits." Here are excerpts: * * * Introduction On April 9, 2025, President Trump issued a memorandum entitled "Directing the Repeal of Unlawful Regulations," which directed the heads of all federal agencies to identify and repeal any  more PR

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Nov. 6 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * More women sought permanent contraception after Supreme Court Dobbs decision * HERSHEY, Pa. In June 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization ended the federal constitutional right to abortion and returned authority to individual states to regulate abortion. A new study from researchers at Penn State College of Medicine, Albany Medical Center,  more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Nov. 7 -- The Northwestern University's Pritzker School of Law issued the following school news: * * * Global Influence of Professor Ron Allen: A Story of Impact and Innovation in Evidence Law In the realm of legal scholarship, few names resonate as profoundly as that of Ronald J. Allen, John Henry Wigmore Professor of Law at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law. An internationally recognized expert in evidence, criminal procedure, and constitutional law, Allen's  more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 [Category: Political] -- U.S. Term Limits issued the following news release: * * * Overwhelming Support in OK HD-09 Race for Term Limits on Congress * For immediate release Contact: Scott Tillman, U.S. Term Limits Phone: (321) 345-7455 stillman@termlimits.com Claremore, OK - U.S. Term Limits (USTL), the leader in the national, non-partisan movement to limit terms for elected officials, is gathering support from state lawmakers across the nation. Its mission is to more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 [Category: Political] -- Reproductive Freedom for All (formerly the NARAL Pro-Choice America) posted the following news release: * * * Reproductive Freedom for All Wins Coast-to-Coast, Proving Once Again Abortion Is a Winning Issue Nationwide * From Virginia to California, voters delivered decisive victories for reproductive freedom and every single Reproductive Freedom for All-endorsed candidate and campaign won. Washington, DC Reproductive freedom remains one of the mo more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Nov. 7 -- The Rhode Island Supreme Court issued the following opinion on Nov. 5, 2025: * * * Porch Swing Holdings LLC v. Wayne A. Mallory et al. Present: Suttell, C.J., Goldberg, Robinson, Lynch Prata, and Long, JJ. OPINION Justice Goldberg, for the Court. The defendants, Wayne A. Mallory and Linda M. Mallory (the Mallorys or defendants), appeal from a Superior Court order granting summary judgment in favor of the plaintiff, Porch Swing Holdings LLC (Porch Swing Ho more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Marshall: It's Not Good to Negotiate with Kidnappers * Senator Marshall Joins NewsNation to Discuss The Schumer Shutdown & The Filibuster Washington - On Wednesday, U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas), joined Leland Vittert on NewsNation's On Balance to discuss what will become of the Senate filibuster, President Trump's conversations with Republican Senators, and the negotiation more PR

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, Nov. 7 -- The University of Virginia's School of Law issued the following news: * * * Accolades: Professors, Student Present at Empirical Legal Studies Conference Four professors and one student presented at the 19th annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies, among other achievements and recognition for members of the University of Virginia School of Law community. Faculty presentations included Kevin Cope's "Grading Machines: Can AI Exam-Grading Replace Law Pro more PR