CLINTON, South Carolina, April 2 -- Presbyterian College posted the following news: * * * A Court Comes to Campus: Supreme Court of South Carolina holds historic session at Presbyterian College, bringing 'civics lesson on the road' to students and community * Two-day event in Belk Auditorium offers rare, firsthand look at justice in action for Upstate audiences For two days, the Supreme Court of South Carolina traded its courtroom in Columbia for a stage in Clinton, offering students, educ more PR

LANSING, Michigan, April 2 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: * * * AG Nessel Leads Bipartisan Coalition Defending Use of Geofence Warrants by Law Enforcement * LANSING - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel joined the State of Iowa in leading a bipartisan multistate coalition of 32 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief (PDF) with the U.S. Supreme Court in Chatrie v. United States. The coalition is urging the Court to uphold the constitutionali more PR

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- The Alliance for Justice, an organization committed to fortifying the progressive movement through its focus on federal and state courts and building power by providing resources to maximize nonprofits' advocacy capacity, issued the following news release on March 31, 2026: * * * Supreme Court Endorses Abusive Anti-LGBTQ+ Treatment for Minors Today the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Chiles v. Salazar, ruling 8-1 against Colorado's ban on the dangerous and discredit more PR

PLANO, Texas, April 2 [Category: Sociological] -- The First Liberty Institute, an organization that says it is dedicated to defending liberty for all Americans, issued the following news release: * * * Amazon Employee Denied Religious Accommodation to Fulfill Sabbath Obligations Including Easter Sunday * Canton, MS- First Liberty Institute sent a demand letter to Amazon Inc. after the company denied employee Connor Dorsey a reasonable accommodation request that would allow him, a devout Cath more PR

CARSON CITY, Nevada, April 1 -- Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Ford Issues Joint Statement with 24 Attorneys General on Birthright Citizenship Oral Arguments * Carson City, NV - Today, Attorney General Aaron D. Ford joined a coalition of 24 attorneys general in issuing the following statement regarding oral arguments in Trump v. Barbara before the U.S. Supreme Court: "The President's executive order redefining birthright citi more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 2 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL FILES U.S. SUPREME COURT BRIEF DEFENDING STATES' RIGHT TO PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH * Attorney General Kwame Raoul joined a multistate coalition of 18 attorneys general on Wednesday in filing an amicus brief before the U.S. Supreme Court in Monsanto Co. v. Durnell, a case that could have sweeping implications for states' ability to provide access to justice for thos more PR

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * Booker Files Amicus Brief to Supreme Court Supporting Cancer Victims Right to Sue Monsanto Over Toxic Pesticides * WASHINGTON, D.C. -U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) filed an amicus brief to the U.S Supreme Court in Monsanto Company v. John L. Durnell to ensure that pesticide manufacturers can be held accountable by the people harmed by their products, including those exposed through the applicatio more PR

WASHINGTON, April 2 [Category: Food/Beverage] -- The Center for Food Safety issued the following news release: * * * Broad Array of Nonprofits Tell U.S. Supreme Court Not to Grant Pesticide Companies Immunity from Cancer Warnings * A coalition of consumer, public health, sustainable agriculture, and conservation organizations represented by Center for Food Safety (CFS) filed a brief in the U.S. Supreme Court case Monsanto v. Durnell yesterday explaining why state efforts to warn the public a more PR

CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 3 -- Case Western Reserve University issued the following news: * * * Law school launches inaugural Academic Exchange Experience 2L Aabid Shivji spearheads a new way to share scholarly projects * Law students learn very early in their educational journeys that research and writing is essential for a successful legal career. First-year students will spend anywhere from 10 to 40 hours on a single memo, with several hours dedicated to perfecting a paragraph. So whether more PR

WASHINGTON, April 2 [Category: Sociological] -- Cato Institute issued the following news release: * * * Cato Experts Available Following Today's Supreme Court Birthright Citizenship Arguments * Following today's oral arguments before the Supreme Court, Tommy Berry, director of the Cato Institute's Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies, was present for the arguments and released the following statement: "Chief Justice Roberts had the line of the morning when he said, "It's a new  more PR

BELLEVUE, Washington, April 2 [Category: Political] -- The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms issued the following news release: * * * CCRKBA AMICUS BRIEF SUPPORTS CHALLENGE OF NFA SUPPRESSOR TAX, REGISTRATION * BELLEVUE, WA -The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms has filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of a case challenging the National Firearms Act's (NFA) tax and registration requirements for firearm suppressors. The case  more PR

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, April 2 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on March 31, 2026, by policy fellow Matt Dean: * * * A Sneaky Workaround to Minnesota's Conversion Therapy Ban Democrats Push Private Lawsuits to Counter Supreme Court Decision In a landmark 8-1 decision issued on March 31, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Chiles v. Salazar that Colorado's ban on "co more PR

WASHINGTON, April 2 [Category: International] -- The Federation for American Immigration Reform issued the following news release: * * * Citizenship for Sale: FAIR Exposes How a Constitutional Loophole Fuels a Multi-Billion-Dollar Birth Tourism Industry * Releases Timely Analysis of Yesterday's Oral Arguments in Trump v. Barbara WASHINGTON-The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) has released an Investigative Note, Citizenship for Sale: The Birth Tourism Industry Built on a C more PR

NEW YORK, April 2 -- Common Cause - New York issued the following news release: * * * Common Cause Urges SCOTUS to Protect Birthright Citizenship Common Cause is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to protect birthright citizenship in Trump v. Barbara. * Common Cause is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to protect birthright citizenship in Trump v. Barbara, a challenge to the Trump Administration's attempt to ignore the 14th Amendment of the Constitution. The group recently filed an amicus brief defe more PR

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Rep. Shri Thanedar, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Shri Thanedar Urges Supreme Court to Defend Immigrants from Donald Trump * Washington, DC - Today, Congressman Shri Thanedar, the Top Democrat on the Homeland Security's Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability, issued the following statement on the Supreme Court hearing arguments on the legality of Donald Trump's attacks on birthright citizenship. "As an immigra more PR

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * DCCC Chair Suzan DelBene: "Trump's tariffs are raising prices and American families are suffering" * On the anniversary of Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs, DCCC Chair Suzan DelBene published an op-ed in Fox News hammering Republicans for the disastrous impact of tariffs on American families, and arguing that tariffs will cost Republicans the House majority. Read Chair DelBene's  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * Does Mike Lawler Support Ending Birthright Citizenship? * As Donald Trump pushes his deeply unpopular effort to roll back the constitutional guarantee to birthright citizenship at the Supreme Court, Mike Lawler owes Hudson Valley voters answers. Mike Lawler has been silent on this. In a district where immigrant families and Latino voters play a decisive role, Lawler's silence spe more PR

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- Rep. Mike Ezell, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: * * * Ezell, Hyde-Smith Sign Amicus Brief to SCOTUS Opposing New York Attempt to Undermine Federal Firearms Law * Congressman Mike Ezell (MS-04) and U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) are among 77 lawmakers who have signed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a Second Circuit ruling and uphold the Second Amendment by preventing New York from bypassing the Protection of Lawful C more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, April 3 -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation issued the following news release on April 2, 2026: * * * FFRF blasts Florida's unconstitutional school 'prayer hotline' The Freedom From Religion Foundation is warning that a newly announced Florida Department of Education complaint system threatens to undermine constitutional protections. In a letter sent to Florida Education Commissioner Anastasios Kamoutsas, FFRF outlined serious concerns about the department's new repor more PR

WASHINGTON, April 2 (TNSrpt) -- Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on April 1, 2026: * * * New Report Reveals the Extent of the Brazilian Censorship Regime's Threat to American Free Speech Today, the House Judiciary Committee released an interim staff report titled "The Attack on Free Speech Abroad: The Case of Brazil Part III." The report details new evidence discovered by the Committee proving that Brazil's censorship regime more PR

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: * * * HYDE-SMITH, EZELL SIGN AMICUS BRIEF TO SCOTUS OPPOSING NEW YORK ATTEMPT TO UNDERMINE FEDERAL FIREARMS LAW * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and U.S. Representative Mike Ezell (R-Miss.) are among 77 lawmakers who have signed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a Second Circuit ruling and uphold the Second Amendment by preventing New York from b more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, April 3 -- Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health issued the following news release: * * * Faculty Spotlight: Matthew Eisenberg Asks the Important Questions About Mental Health and Addiction Policy Health economist Matthew Eisenberg studies how policy, markets, and incentives shape mental health and addiction treatment, and how smarter systems could reach the millions who still go without care. By Lindsey Culli Matthew Eisenberg, PhD, has spent much  more PR

MONTPELIER, Vermont, April 2 -- Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark posted the following joint statement with 23 attorneys general on the Trump vs. Barbara oral argument: * "The President's executive order redefining birthright citizenship violates our Constitution, federal statutes, and the rule that has governed our Nation for more than 150 years. We were proud to lead the fight against this unlawful order, and grateful for the injunctions we obtained that prevented this action from ever  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 1 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES ON MS NOW: "THE WAR HAS MADE LIFE MORE EXPENSIVE IN THIS COUNTRY AND IT NEEDS TO END" * Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared on MS NOW's The Beat, where he emphasized that Democrats remain opposed to Donald Trump's reckless war of choice and the continued corruption being unleashed on the American people by his administration and sycop more PR

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES ON MS NOW: "THE WAR HAS MADE LIFE MORE EXPENSIVE IN THIS COUNTRY AND IT NEEDS TO END" * Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared on MS NOW's The Beat, where he emphasized that Democrats remain opposed to Donald Trump's reckless war of choice and the continued corruption being unleashed on the American people by his administration and sycophantic Republicans in Cong more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, April 2 -- Littler, a law firm, issued the following commentary on April 1, 2026, by shareholder Dimitrios Markos and counsel Rachel Simone Frey: * * * No Papers so no Wages? No Way, Says the New Jersey Supreme Court New Jersey's Wage and Hour Law (WHL) requires that employers pay the minimum wage established by law and an overtime premium for work in excess of 40 hours per week. New Jersey's Wage Payment Law (WPL) requires that employers pay the full amount of wage more PR

FARMVILLE, Virginia, April 3 -- Longwood University issued the following news release: * * * Longwood announces Chief Justice Bernard Goodwyn, Colonial Williamsburg CEO Cliff Fleet as commencement speakers As the nation celebrates its 250th anniversary, a pair of leaders with deep ties to Virginia history and culture will address the Longwood Class of 2026 at commencement ceremonies on May 15-16. Bernard Goodwyn's tenure as chief justice of the Virginia Supreme Court concluded earlier this y more PR

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan: One Year of President Trump's Tariffs Have Driven Up Costs and Made Life More Expensive for New Mexicans * Washington, D.C. -U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Finance, issued the following statement on the one-year anniversary of President Trump's sweeping tariffs that have hurt hardworking New Mexicans and Americans across the country: "One year a more PR

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- The National LGBTQ Task Force (formerly the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force) issued the following statement on March 31, 2026, by state policy analyst and counsel Meera Rajput, government affairs associate Kenya Whitaker and Policy Director Allen Morris: * * * National LGBTQ Task Force Responds to SCOTUS Decision on Chiles v Salazar "Today, the Supreme Court, in an 8-1 decision, backed the challenge to Colorado's conversion therapy ban, stating that the ban directly more PR

WASHINGTON, April 2 [Category: ThinkTank] -- Groundwork Collaborative, a think tank and progressive advocacy group, posted the following news release: * * * One Year After "Liberation Day," Trump's Tariffs Drive Up Prices While Corporations Cash In * Working families shoulder the burden of on-again, off-again tariffs while corporations seize the moment to raise prices President Trump promised to lower costs for American families and, exactly one year ago, vowed that his sweeping and chaoti more PR

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, April 2 -- The Nevada Democratic Party posted the following news release: * * * One Year of Trump's Erratic Tariffs, Nevadans Still Feeling the "Pain" that Lombardo Promised * One year ago today, on what Donald Trump dubbed "Liberation Day," he unleashed an erratic trade war that plunged Nevada's economy into chaos. While Nevada small businesses and working families drown in sky-high costs, Joe Lombardo refuses to stand up to Trump and even said Nevadans should " feel a li more PR

CARLISLE, Pennsylvania, April 2 -- Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law posted the following news: * * * Professor Medha D. Makhlouf and MLP Clinic students publish policy brief on birthright citizenship * CARLISLE-Professor Medha D. Makhlouf, along with Medical-Legal Partnership (MLP) Clinic students Madison Cain and Niti Patel, authored a Policy Explainer titled " Birthright Citizenship and the 2025 Executive Order " for a new Penn State website called U.S. Migration Metri more PR

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, issued the following news release on April 2, 2026: * * * Ranking Member Markey Highlights One Year of Pain on Main Street Caused by Trump's "Liberation Day" Tariff Taxes Markey and Democratic leaders release new report spotlighting "broken promises" of Trump's reckless economic agenda * Ranking Member Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following s more PR

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on April 2, 2026: * * * Ranking Member Raskin Slams DOJ Proposal to Immunize DOJ Attorneys from State Bar Rules Proposed Rule Would Allow DOJ Attorneys Who Violate Legal Ethics Rules to Evade Accountability * Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, submitted a formal regulatory comment to the Department of Justice (DOJ) o more PR

JONESBORO, Arkansas, April 2 -- Arkansas State University posted the following news: * * * Students Learn More About Appellate Process in 'Appeals on Wheels' at A-State * JONESBORO - Members of the Arkansas Supreme Court were on campus at Arkansas State University on Thursday, April 2, for a biannual stop in Arkansas communities for Appeals on Wheels. Committed to providing Arkansans with opportunities to see the process up close, the court hears arguments for actual cases. The event was h more PR

WASHINGTON, April 2 [Category: Political] -- The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights issued the following news release: * * * The Leadership Conference Coalition Opposes Efforts to Undermine Birthright Citizenship * April 2, 2026 Contact: Brittany G. Cummings, cummings@civilrights.org The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and the 45 undersigned organizations express deep opposition to the ongoing effort to undermine birthright citizenship in the United States.  more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, April 2 -- The University of Pennsylvania issued the following news: * * * Tracing the evolving law and business of TV * On Jan. 26, 1926, Scottish inventor John Logie Baird gave the first public demonstration of a mechanical television system. In recognition of a century of television history, Penn Today spoke with Wharton School professor Barbara E. Kahn about shifts in TV branding and Penn Carey Law professor Christopher S. Yoo about the history of TV's legal l more PR

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * WATCH: Padilla, ACLU, Advocates, Rally in Support of Birthright Citizenship * WASHINGTON, D.C. -Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee, joined advocates, legal experts, and community leaders at a rally outside the Supreme Court as justices hear oral arguments in Trump v. Barbara, a case challenging President Trump's unconstitut more PR

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on April 2, 2026: * * * Wyden Presses Treasury Department on Political Interference in Prosecution of Turkish State-Owned Bank Accused of Laundering Money for Iran Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., pressed the Department of the Treasury on whether political interference played a role in the Trump Administration's recent decision to give a  more PR