WASHINGTON, March 30 [Category: Biology] (TNSrpt) -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * New Analyses: EPA Consistently Fails to Warn Public of Pesticide Cancer Risks * The Environmental Protection Agency has routinely failed to put cancer warnings on pesticide products even when its own assessments have found a high risk of those products causing cancer, according to two new analyses released today by the Center for Food Safety and the Center for Bio more PR

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- The Capital Research Center posted the following commentary on March 30, 2026, by Steven F. Hayward to the Giving Review: * * * Philanthropy and decadence: What would Walter Berns do? The late scholar argued throughout his career that we err when we limit our consideration of speech and free expression to narrow legal contests and mere process reforms. Editorial note: this essay originally appeared at The Giving Review. * In order to see a persistent problem in a ra more PR

WASHINGTON, March 30 [Category: Sociological] -- Cato Institute issued the following news release: * * * Cato Fellow Responds to Oral Arguments in Abouammo v. United States * Today, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Abouammo v. United States, a case that could fundamentally redefine where the federal government is permitted to prosecute American citizens. At the heart of the dispute is whether the government can manipulate the venue by trying a defendant in a jurisdiction where no cr more PR

WASHINGTON, March 30 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council for Responsible Nutrition posted the following news release: * * * CRN Petitions U.S. Supreme Court to Review New York Law Restricting Supplement Sales Based on Marketing Claims * Press Releases Washington, D.C. - The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), the leading trade association for the dietary supplement and functional food industry, today announced it has filed a petition for a writ of certiorari with the United State more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary by Americas Program fellow Diego Marroquin Bitar and William Alan Reinsch, Scholl Chair emeritus with the Economics Program: * * * USMCA Review 2026: Six Scenarios for North America's Future Introduction On March 18, Washington and Mexico City formally launched the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) review process bilaterally, without Canada, although it appears that separate more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Democracy Forward, an organization that says it advances democracy and social progress through litigation, policy and public education and regulatory engagement, issued the following news release: * * * Former FCC Commissioners and Consumer Advocacy Groups To Supreme Court: Wireless Carriers Must Be Held Accountable for Data Breach Friend-of-the-Court Brief Offers Expert Perspective in Key Consolidated Supreme Court Case * Two former Federal Communications Commission more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 30 -- Yale Law School posted the following news: * * * Faculty Address Supreme Court Birthright Citizenship Case * Back to News The U.S. Supreme Court On April 1, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Trump v. Barbara, a case considering the constitutionality of the administration's executive order to limit birthright citizenship, the granting of citizenship to anyone born within the country's borders. Executive Order 14160, issued on the firs more PR

SOUTH BEND, Indiana, March 30 -- The University of Notre Dame Law School posted the following news: * * * From the Bookshelf: Favorite Reads from the ND Law Community * As National Reading Month comes to a close, Notre Dame Law School invited faculty and staff to share the books that have inspired, challenged, or stayed with them. Their responses span genres and perspectives, from compelling literary fiction and mystery to thought-provoking works exploring history, free speech, and the human more PR

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Hausfeld, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Hausfeld files U.S. Supreme Court amicus brief defending human rights accountability and American jobs Hausfeld has filed an amicus curiae brief (https://www.hausfeld.com/media/ibdlx504/24-856-amicus-brief.pdf) in the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of leading professors of Economics and Political Science and Oxfam America in support of the plaintiffs in the case against Cisco Systems, Inc. Plaintiffs allege that Cisc more PR

NEW YORK, March 25 -- Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health posted the following news: * * * Historians Unearth a Conflict of Interest, Prompting a Retraction by The Lancet Journal * On March 25, The Lancet, one of the oldest and most prestigious academic journals, issued a rare retraction (https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(26)00552-0/fulltext) based on research by Columbia Mailman School public health historians Gerald Markowitz and David Rosner.  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Sen. Adam Schiff, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Sens. Schiff, Curtis Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Ban Sports Prediction Market Contracts * The Prediction Markets Are Gambling Act marked the Senate's first bipartisan bill seeking to regulate prediction markets "It ought to be up to the states to decide what kind of gambling goes on within their state. This kind of end run around the law is encouraging vast amounts of gambling. W more PR

BOISE, Idaho, March 30 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release: * * * Idaho AG Urges Supreme Court to Block Federal Agencies from Writing Criminal Law * Idaho urges Supreme Court to enforce constitutional requirement that elected representatives, not federal agencies, define criminal conduct BOISE, ID - Attorney General Raul Labrador filed a brief this week urging the United States Supreme Court to restore the constitutional requirement that Congress, n more PR

WASHINGTON, March 31 (TNSrep) -- Washington and Lee law professor Alex Klein and Michael L. Smith of the University of Oklahoma College of Law published an article in the University of Illinois Law Review regarding the U.S. Supreme Court case selection process. The article, titled 'Certiorari Transparency,' examines the methods used by the Court to select cases for review amid calls for reform of the judicial branch. Klein and Smith suggest that the Court should make its certiorari determinatio more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The Merit Systems Protection Board issued the following case report on a board decision involving the Department of Justice and appellants Megan Jackler and Brandon Jaroch: * * * BOARD DECISIONS Appellants: Megan Jackler and Brandon Jaroch Agency: Department of Justice Intervenor: Office of Personnel Management Decision Number: 2026 MSPB 3 Docket Number: CF-0752-26-0069-I-1 Article II of the U.S. Constitution Statutory Removal Procedures Inferior Officers Appel more PR

WASHINGTON, March 30 [Category: Food/Beverage] -- The Center for Food Safety issued the following news release: * * * New Analyses: EPA Consistently Fails to Warn Public of Pesticide Cancer Risks * WASHINGTON-The Environmental Protection Agency has routinely failed to put cancer warnings on pesticide products even when its own assessments have found a high risk of those products causing cancer, according to two new analyses released today by the Center for Food Safety and the Center for Biol more PR

OTTAWA, Ontario, March 31 -- Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney issued the following news release: * * * Prime Minister Carney launches process to select the next judge of the Supreme Court of Canada Today, the Prime Minister, Mark Carney, launched the process to select the next judge of the Supreme Court of Canada, who will fill the vacancy created by the upcoming retirement of Justice Sheilah L. Martin. Applications from qualified candidates will be accepted until Monday, April 27, 2026.  more PR

MANILA, Philippines, March 31 -- The Supreme Court of the Philippines issued the following news release: * * * Senior Associate Justice Leonen Highlights Judiciary's Human-Centered Digital, AI Reforms Supreme Court (SC) Senior Associate Justice (SAJ) Marvic M.V.F. Leonen emphasized that human judgment must remain central to the administration of justice, even as technology continues to play a vital role in judicial reforms. He shared this message during Day 2 of the Capacity Building Seminar  more PR

MANILA, Philippines, March 31 -- The Supreme Court of the Philippines issued the following news release: * * * SC Upholds Dismissal of GMA's Complaint Against ABS-CBN Over TV Ratings Dispute The Supreme Court (SC) has dismissed the complaint of GMA Network, Inc. (GMA) against ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation (ABS-CBN) over alleged defamatory statements accusing GMA of manipulating a TV ratings survey. In a Decision penned by Associate Justice Japar B. Dimaampao, the SC's Third Division denie more PR

WASHINGTON, March 30 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Press Memo: Trump's Bullying on Behalf of Big Tech Derails WTO Ministerial * YAOUNDE, CAMEROON -Today, the World Trade Organization's (WTO) 14th Ministerial Conference (MC14) ended in chaos, with the carefully curated MC14 outcome that seemed all but assured failing to cross the finish line. This outcome comes in spite of the U.S., EU, and other developed countries dominating the agenda to more PR

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, March 30 -- The Pennsylvania House Democrats posted the following news release: * * * Probst ties I-80 wetland loss to rising data center demands, introduces local protection bill * HARRISBURG, March 30 - State Rep. Tarah Probst has introduced legislation that would require wetland mitigation to remain local, warning that current practices are stripping Monroe County and other regions of critical environmental protection at a time when demand on water and energy res more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, March 30 -- The University of Connecticut posted the following news: * * * UConn Law to Honor Equal Justice Initiative Founder Bryan Stevenson at 2026 Commencement Stevenson, a champion of human rights and author of the bestselling book "Just Mercy," will receive an honorary Doctor of Laws degree. * Bryan Stevenson, founder and Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative, will receive an honorary Doctor of Laws degree at UConn Law's commencement ceremony on Sunda more PR

CINCINNATI, Ohio, March 31 -- The University of Cincinnati posted the following news: * * * University of Cincinnati college to become Donald P. Klekamp College of Law College's largest-ever gift honors Klekamp, a 1957 UC alumnus * The University of Cincinnati College of Law will be rededicated as the Donald P. Klekamp College of Law at the University of Cincinnati. The naming of the college was inspired by a $43.2 million gift from the Klekamp family, in honor of their father, Donald Kleka more PR

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, March 30 -- The Pennsylvania House Democrats posted the following news release: * * * Williams introduces bills to protect employees at warehouse distribution centers * HARRISBURG, March 30 - Today, state Rep. Dan Williams, D-Chester, introduced two bills aimed at improving worker protections in warehouse distribution centers across Pennsylvania. Williams said U.S. Department of Labor and Statistics data show that in Pennsylvania, the nonfatal injury and illness r more PR