BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Jan. 16 -- Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issued the following news: * * * AG Murrill defending Louisiana's Ten Commandments Law at U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Court on Tuesday * WHO: Attorney General Liz Murrill and Solicitor General Ben Aguinaga WHAT: En banc hearing at the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit WHERE: 600 Camp Street in New Orleans WHEN: Tuesday, January 18. Argument will start at 1 p.m. En banc review  more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- Rep. Richard Hudson, R-North Carolina, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, issued the following news release: * * * Chairman Hudson Delivers Opening Statement at Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Hearing on Oversight of the Federal Communications Commission Congressman Richard Hudson (NC-09), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, delivered the following opening statement at today's he more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 17 -- The Columbia Law School issued the following news: * * * The 2025 Stone Circle Luncheon: 'Wisdom, Perspective, and Enduring Bonds' The event brought together Columbia Law School alumni who graduated 50 or more years ago and featured a keynote from Professor Jeremy Kessler. * Alumni who graduated in 1975 or earlier reconnected at the 51st annual Stone Circle Luncheon, held at the Sofitel New York on October 27. The approximately 80 alumni attendees also heard from Jeremy more PR

PHOENIX, Arizona, Jan. 16 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Goldwater Institute posted the following commentary: * * * Goldwater Fights CON Laws in the Mississippi Supreme Court By Timothy Sandefur The Goldwater Institute today filed a brief in the Mississippi Supreme Court urging the justices not to allow existing businesses to use the state's "Certificate of Need" (CON) law to block potential competitors from entering the market. These laws, which govern all sorts of businesses, from taxi compa more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- LULAC, the League of United Latin American Citizens, issued the following news release: * * * LULAC CELEBRATES FEDERAL COURT DECISION CLEARING THE WAY FOR CALIFORNIA REDISTRICTING The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) commended a decision by a three-judge federal panel that cleared the way for Proposition 50 to go into effect for the 2026 elections. The decision comes amid a wave of redistricting litigation nationwide and follows recent Supreme Court ruli more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 17 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on Jan. 15, 2026, to the Wall Street Journal: * * * The Transgender Sports Deception By Colin Wright Nobody is banned from playing, only from playing for opposite-sex teams. The Supreme Court heard oral arguments this week in Little v. Hecox and West Virginia v. B.P.J., cases challenging state laws that restrict participation on girls' and women's sports teams to female athletes. A January 2025 poll f more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 16 -- New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani issued the following news on Jan. 15, 2026: * * * New Era of Accountability: Mamdani Administration's DCWP Sues Motoclick and CEO, Warns Delivery Apps to Comply With Worker Protections * Mayor Zohran Mamdani joined Commissioner Sam Levine to announce worker protection enforcement blitz alongside Deputy Mayor Julie Su, Worker's Justice Project, and Los Deliveristas Unidos. * Today a case was filed on behalf of the City of New York in N more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 16 [Category: Media] -- PEN America, an organization that says it stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect free expression, posted the following news release: * * * Political Pressure Has No Place in University Hiring Decisions * (NEW YORK)-The University of Arkansas has rescinded its job offer to legal scholar Emily Suski, who had been slated to become dean of the School of Law, due to pressure from state politicians. The University's official stat more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Public Citizen Sued the Trump Administration 30 Times Since the Inauguration * WASHINGTON, D.C. -Since Donald Trump took office for his second term nearly one year ago, his administration has consistently flouted the rule of law -often with devastating consequences. Pushing back against these illegal actions, Public Citizen has sued Trump and his administration 30 times, and have achieved sig more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee released the following testimony by Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-Virginia, from a Jan. 14, 2026, member day hearing on WOTUS, aviation safety and the Coast Guard Parity Act: * * * Chairman, Ranking Member, and Members of the Committee, thank you for holding this Member Day and for the opportunity to raise issues that are deeply local to my district, but national in consequence. The work of the Transportation and Infrastructur more PR

GREENWOOD, South Carolina, Jan. 17 -- Lander University issued the following news: * * * State Supreme Court's Chief Justice to Speak at Lander Feb. 5 By Graham Duncan Lander University has announced that it will host the Honorable John W. Kittredge, chief justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court, Thursday, Feb. 5, at 5:30 p.m. in the Abney Cultural Center Auditorium. Kittredge will serve as the inaugural speaker for Lander's newly established Curtis G. Shaw Pre-Law Society. This program  more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia posted the following news release: * * * Tennessee Man Pleads in Hacking U.S. Supreme Court, AmeriCorps, and VA Health System * WASHINGTON - Nicholas Moore, 24, of Springfield, Tennessee, pleaded guilty this morning in U.S. District Court in connection with hacking the electronic filing system of the U.S. Supreme Court at least 25 times and additionally hacking accounts at AmeriCorps and the Veterans Administ more PR

PLANO, Texas, Jan. 16 [Category: Sociological] -- The First Liberty Institute, an organization that says it is dedicated to defending liberty for all Americans, issued the following news release: * * * Texas County Places Ten Commandments Monument with Dedication Ceremony The monument donated to Tarrant County will be nearly identical to the one on the Texas state capitol grounds. *  Fort Worth, TX -Today, a dedication ceremony was held as a permanent monument of the Ten Commandments was p more PR

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 16 [Category: Think Tank] -- The Buckeye Institute, an independent research and educational institution that says its mission is to advance free-market public policy, posted the following news release: * * * The Buckeye Institute Appeals Toledo Public Schools Union Wage Theft Case * Columbus, OH - On Friday, The Buckeye Institute filed its appeal brief in DuPuis v. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) with Ohio's Sixth District Court of A more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * WATCH: On Senate Floor, Kelly Leads Colleagues in Marking 16 Years Since Citizens United Ruling, Highlighting Impact of Big Money in Politics on Working Families * "The loudest voices in Washington became billionaires, not every day Americans." In case you missed it, Arizona Senator Mark Kelly led a series of floor speeches with his colleagues marking the 16 th anniversary of the Supreme Court's Cit more PR