LANSING, Michigan, Dec. 19 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: * * * AG Nessel Urges Michigan Supreme Court to Adopt Courthouse Civil Arrest Protections * LANSING - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel sent a letter to the Michigan Supreme Court yesterday in support of the Court's proposed amendment of Michigan Court Rule 8.115, which would generally prohibit civil arrests of individuals who attend court proceedings or conduct other business in a courthouse. In the letter, Attorney General Nessel str more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations released the following written testimony by Travis Joseph, president and CEO of the American Forest Resource Council, from a Dec. 10, 2025, hearing entitled "Abuse of the Equal Access to Justice Act by Environmental NGOs": * * * Good morning Chairman Gosar, Ranking Member Dexter, and members of the Subcommittee. Thank you for the opportunity to address the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the House Committee on Natural Resources on  more PR

SACRAMENTO, California, Dec. 19 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta to SCOTUS: Drugs and Guns are a Dangerous Combination * Urges U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a decision allowing habitual drug users to possess firearms if not impaired at the time of arrest OAKLAND California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined a bipartisan coalition of 20 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in United States v. Hemani, a case before the U.S. Supreme Court. In the brief, the a more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Dec. 19 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL LEADS BIPARTISAN COALITION URGING SUPREME COURT TO UPHOLD FEDERAL LAW RESTRICTING FIREARMS FROM HABITUAL DRUG USERS * Chicago - Attorney General Kwame Raoul today led a bipartisan coalition of 20 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold a federal law prohibiting firearms possession by habitual drug users. The Supreme Court's review follows the U.S. Court of Appeals for more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Michigan, chairman of the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 19, 2025: * * * Chairman Walberg Probes Chicago Schools Over Discrimination Against Christian Teachers Today, Education and Workforce Committee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) sent a letter to Chicago Public Schools (CPS) Superintendent Macquline King following reports that CPS may be violating federal law by discriminating against students of at least one faith-based college and pressuring it to more PR

NEW YORK, Dec. 19 -- The Columbia Law School issued the following news on Dec. 18, 2025: * * * AI and Antitrust in Focus at M&A Conference The annual event, hosted by the Millstein Center and the Center on Corporate Governance, featured a fireside chat with Delaware Supreme Court Justice Abigail M. LeGrow. * Columbia Law School's annual conference on mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance featured speakers from law firms, academia, and the Delaware courts, who unpacked topics such as antitrust policy and enforcement, M&A in poli more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * Cortez Masto, Padilla, Schatz Condemn the Trump Administration's Attacks on English Language Learners * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) led 21 Senators in expressing their alarm at the Trump Administration's attacks against English Language Learners (ELLs). In their letter to Secretary of Education Linda McMahon and Attorney General Pam Bondi, the more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Joins Blumenthal, Ross To Introduce Legislation To Shine Light On Supreme Court Shadow Docket Decisions * December 19, 2025 The Shadow Docket Sunlight Act requires the Supreme Court to provide a written explanation for shadow docket decisions and a vote count detailing how each justice voted on the decision, promoting transparency and consistency in judicial decision making. WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-I more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 19, 2025: * * * Durbin Joins Blumenthal, Ross To Introduce Legislation To Shine Light On Supreme Court Shadow Docket Decisions U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, joined U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and U.S. Representative Deborah Ross (D-NC) to introduce bicameral legislation establishing transparency in decisions on the  more PR

NEW YORK, Dec. 19 -- Fordham University issued the following news: * * * Fordham Now Wrapped: Our Top 10 Stories of 2025 By Nicole LaRosa From celebrities on campus to expert voices on timely topics, Fordham Now generated considerable buzz in 2025. Check out the list of our most viewed stories--and get ready for Fordham to make news in 2026! 1. $100 Million Gift to Fordham Will Revolutionize STEM Programs This historic gift from Maurice "Mo" Cunniffe and Carolyn Dursi Cunniffe--the largest in the University's history--will be used to bre more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Gillibrand, Merkley, Baldwin, Booker 40 Senators: No New Anti-LGBTQ+, Anti-Abortion Provisions In Must-Pass Government Funding Bills * U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) joined Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Tammy Baldwin (D-WA), Cory Booker (D-NJ), and 40 other Democratic senators in urging Senate Appropriations Committee leadership to keep any new dangerous, hyper-partisan policy provisions that would curtail the freedoms of women and L more PR

LONDON, England, Dec. 19 -- The British Ministry of Justice issued the following news: * * * Increased access to justice for claimants to take on powerful organisations in court * * Legislation to ensure access to funding for ordinary people in 'David vs Goliath' cases confirmed * Safeguards will mean more collective action proceedings can be brought against rich and powerful opponents * Measures will bring stability to the litigation funding sector after the PACCAR ruling Ordinary people will have greater access to justice thanks  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs released the following testimony by Benjamin P. Smith, deputy director of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Indian Health Service, from a Dec 11, 2025, hearing entitled "Modernizing the Implementation of 638 Contracting at the Indian Health Service": * * * Good morning, Chairman Hurd, Ranking Member Leger Fernandez, and Members of this Subcommittee. I am Benjamin Smith, Deputy Director at the Indian Health Service (IHS). Thank you for more PR

TOPEKA, Kansas, Dec. 20 -- The Kansas Supreme Court issued the following news release on Dec. 19, 2025: * * * Chief Justice Marla Luckert to step back from role Chief Justice Marla Luckert will resign from the office of chief justice on January 2, but she will remain as a justice on the Supreme Court until she retires on a date to be announced. The Kansas Constitution includes a provision that allows Luckert to step back from her duties as chief justice while she continues to serve as justice. She said it is her intent to finish work on cas more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations released the following written testimony by Daniel J. Rohlf, a law professor at Lewis and Clark, from a Dec. 10, 2025, hearing entitled "Abuse of the Equal Access to Justice Act by Environmental NGOs": * * * "The bill [which became the Equal Access to Justice Act] rests on the premise that a party who chooses to litigate an issued against the government is not only representing his or her own vested interest but is also refining and formulating pub more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Padilla, Cortez Masto, Schatz Lead 21 Senators in Condemning the Trump Administration's Unlawful Attacks on English Language Learners' Education * Senators on the transfer of the Office of English Language Acquisition away from the Education Department: "This will not improve student outcomes. It will only make it harder for states, school districts, and educators to meet the diverse needs of English learners." WASHINGTON, D.C. Today, U.S. Sen more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: * * * Pressley Condemns Trump Admin. for Defying Epstein Files Transparency Act, Continues Push for Survivors' Healing * As a Survivor of Sexual Abuse, Pressley Has Led Efforts in Congress to Center Survivors, Demand Transparency, Accountability WASHINGTON - Today, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) issued the following statement after Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche confirmed that the Department of Justice will fail to release all of the Epste more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Rep. Linda T. Sanchez, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Sanchez, Espaillat, 48 Democrats condemn Trump's attacks on Brazil's democracy * WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Linda T. Sanchez (D-Calif.) and Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chair Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y.), along with 48 of their colleagues, today condemned President Trump's unprecedented attacks on Brazil's democracy and his attempts to shield former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro from accountability for  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Markey Condemns Proposed Trump Admin. Rules Restricting Access to Gender-Affirming Care * Markey: "Youth across the country will suffer because of Trump and RFK, Jr." Washington, D.C. (December 18, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), top Democrat on the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Primary Health and Retirement Security Subcommittee, released the following statement after the Department of Health and Hum more PR

GREENVILLE, South Carolina, Dec. 18 -- Furman University issued the following news: * * * South African Justice Leona Theron to speak at Furman's MLK Community Breakfast * Leona Theron, a judge of the Constitutional Court of South Africa, will be the keynote speaker at Furman University's 2026 MLK Community Breakfast. The breakfast begins at 8 a.m. on Jan. 16 in the Younts Conference Center on Furman's campus. The program features performances by the Furman University and Clemson University gospel ensembles, with remarks from Furman Presi more PR

NEW YORK, Dec. 19 [Category: Media] -- The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University issued the following news release: * * * Supreme Court Rejects Government's Request to Stay Challenge to Policy Silencing Immigration Judges * WASHINGTONThe U.S. Supreme Court today rejected the government's request to stay a challenge to a federal policy that categorically prohibits immigration judges from speaking or writing publicly in their personal capacities about immigration or the agency that employs them. The Knight First Amendment In more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 19 -- The Texas Public Policy Foundation issued the following news release: * * * TPPF Submits Comments Supporting Proposed Endangered Species Act Regulations * AUSTIN - The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) submitted comments in connection with rules proposed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). The proposed rules were originally enacted during the first Trump Administration and were later undone dur more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- Rep. Kelly Morrison, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Rep. Kelly Morrison Calls Out Backdoor Abortion Ban in Republicans' Health Care Bill * WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Representative Kelly Morrison (MN-03) joined Democratic leadership and fellow members of the Democratic Doctors Caucus for a press conference on the Republicans' health care bill passed in the House of Representatives. Rep. Morrison, an OBGYN for more than 20 years, called out that the Republicans' health care bill fails to addres more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon Statement on the Office of Legal Counsel's Opinion on the Constitutionality of Race-Based Higher Education Grant Programs * U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon today released a statement regarding the Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel's (OLC) Opinion on the Constitutionality of racial quotas and preferences in the Department of Education's Minority Serving Institution Programs: "I a more PR

PLANO, Texas, Dec. 18 [Category: Sociological] -- The First Liberty Institute, an organization that says it is dedicated to defending liberty for all Americans, issued the following news release: * * * Washington School District Sued After Board Member Admits "Animus" Toward Release Time Bible Program * Everett, WA First Liberty Institute and the law firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP filed a federal lawsuit against the Everett, Washington school district on behalf of LifeWise challenging its regulations for permitted release-time courses more PR

DETROIT, Michigan, Dec. 19 -- The Foundation for Economic Education posted the following commentary: * * * Wealth Tax: A Simplistic Answer to Complex Problems A wealth tax would be immoral and impractical. By Kristian Guise Recently, great interest has been paid to ideas of a British wealth tax. Britain's struggling finances have caused eyewatering tax rises and seen the rise of the Green Party whose policy is to tax wealth. A wealth tax is a direct tax on the value of an individual's total net assets at a certain point in time. These a more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 19, 2025: * * * Wyden: USTR Cannot Unilaterally Reverse US Trade Laws and Policy Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., released a letter today expressing serious concerns to U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer about his agency's recent submission to the World Trade Organization, which attempted to reverse decades of American trade policy and undermine bedrock trade principles tha more PR