WASHINGTON, April 8 (TNSrep) -- The America First Policy Institute issued the following news release on April 7, 2026: * * * AFPI Releases New Report on AI Chatbot Regulation and the First Amendment The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) today released a new expert insight examining how the First Amendment applies to AI chatbots and emerging AI technologies. The report explains why AI chatbots function as interactive services that respond to individual users and should not be considered " more PR

WASHINGTON, April 7 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- American Oversight posted the following news: * * * American Oversight and Historians Sue to Block Trump's Effort to Evade Presidential Records Law * American Oversight and the American Historical Association have filed suit challenging a sweeping memorandum from the Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) that declared the Presidential Records Act (PRA) is unconstitutional and that President Donald Trump "need more PR

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Beyer Demands Speaker Johnson Reconvene House as Trump Escalates Sick, Murderous Threats * Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA) today released the following statement after President Trump announced his intention to further escalate the conflict in Iran and explicitly commit war crimes by targeting Iranian civilian infrastructure: "My Republican colleagues in Congress continue to abdicate their duty and tur more PR

NEW YORK, April 8 -- The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, an organization that defends the right of Catholics to participate in American public life without defamation or discrimination, issued the following commentary on April 7, 2026, by President Bill Donohue: * * * SECULARISTS ARE GAMING THE COURTS There is nothing new about die-hard secularists trying to game the courts. They typically like to say that their newly found group qualifies as a religion and is therefore entitl more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, April 8 -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation issued the following news release on April 7, 2026: * * * FFRF asks Florida AG to follow the Constitution -- or resign The Freedom From Religion Foundation is decrying a recent memorandum from the Florida attorney general that announces a refusal to enforce the Florida Constitution's clear prohibition on public funding of religion. In an April 2 memo, Attorney General James Uthmeier declared that his office will not enforce  more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, April 8 -- Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr issued the following news release on April 7, 2026: * * * Carr Joins 25-State Coalition in Amicus Brief Against Noncitizen Voting Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr has filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a Ninth Circuit decision that undermines states' ability to prevent noncitizens from voting in American elections. "Only American citizens are eligible to vote in American elections. Period. That's  more PR

DENVER, Colorado, April 8 -- The Colorado Supreme Court issued the following news release on April 6, 2026: * * * Gregory Lammons Appointed New Chief Judge of the 8th Judicial District April 6, 2026, Fort Collins, CO--Colorado Supreme Court Chief Justice Monica M. Marquez has appointed the Honorable Gregory M. Lammons to serve as the next chief judge of the 8th Judicial District (Larimer and Jackson counties). Judge Lammons will replace the Honorable Susan Blanco. On February 17, 2026, Justic more PR

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- 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 7 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * Pallone Sounds Alarm as Trump Administration Launches Further Attacks on Abortion Coverage in New Jersey * LONG BRANCH, NJ - Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) convened a virtual roundtable today with leading reproductive health advocates to respond to the Trump administration's probe of New Jersey's 2022 law requiring health insurers to cover abortion care. As Ranking Member of the Ho more PR

MANILA, Philippines, April 8 -- The Supreme Court of the Philippines issued the following news release: * * * SC Holds Colloquium on Clinical Legal Education Program Focused on advancing the Clinical Legal Education Program (CLEP), the Supreme Court (SC), through the Oversight Committee for the Implementation of Rule 138-A or the Revised Law Student Practice Rule, convened a three-day Colloquium held from March 24 to 26, 2026, at the Bai Hotel in Mandaue City, Cebu. CLEP, anchored on Rule 13 more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 7 -- Yale Law School posted the following news: * * * Professor John Fabian Witt Takes First Look at Biden Years * Professor John Fabian Witt '99 is among the leading historians offering a first look at Joseph R. Biden's presidency in a new book.  Witt contributed a chapter to "The Presidency of Joseph R. Biden: A First Historical Assessment." The book, edited by political historian Julian Zelizer and published by Princeton University Press, provides insights  more PR

CARLISLE, Pennsylvania, April 7 -- Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law posted the following news: * * * Professor Michael Foreman cited in Northwestern University Law Review * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.-The Northwestern University Law Review recently cited a statement from Michael Foreman, clinical professor of law and director of the Civil Rights Appellate Clinic. Foreman's "Remarks at EEOC Meeting on Employment Discrimination Faced by Individuals with Arrest and Conviction Rec more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 (TNSrpt) -- The Food and Water Watch posted the following news release on April 7, 2026: * * * PSC Denies Reconsideration of FPL Rate Case; Case Heads to FL Supreme Court Office of the Public Counsel says near $7 billion rate hike is not in the public interest * Today, the Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) denied the Office of Public Counsel's (OPC) request to reconsider Florida Power & Light's (FPL) historic near-$7 billion rate hike that went into effect this Jan more PR

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Jasmine Crockett Calls on Vice President Vance, Cabinet to Invoke the 25th Amendment * Washington, D.C. -Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (TX-30) sent a letter to Vice President JD Vance calling on him, along with the President's Cabinet, to invoke Section Four of the Twenty-Fifth Amendment and declare President Donald Trump unfit to serve. In the letter, Rep. Crockett writes that it has beco more PR

WASHINGTON, April 7 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF10165) on April 6, 2026. The white paper is written by Asian affairs specialist Mark E. Manyin, foreign affairs analyst Daniel J. Longo and international trade and finance analyst Liana Wong. Here are excerpts: * * * South Korea: Background and U.S. Relations Overview South Korea (officially the Republic of Korea, or ROK) is one of the United States' most important strategic more PR

ROSWELL, Georgia, April 8 -- The Southeastern Legal Foundation issued the following news release on April 7, 2026: * * * Southeastern Legal Foundation supports small business's Supreme Court challenge against environmental overreach Today, Southeastern Legal Foundation (SLF) filed an amicus brief supporting a small business's Supreme Court petition challenging power grabs by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Years ago, Congress instructed the EPA to create a program to phase out hydr more PR

LEXINGTON, Virginia, April 8 -- Virginia Military Institute issued the following news: * * * VMI's Rogers Presents Thesis on Solitary Confinement Jack Rogers '26, a psychology major at Virginia Military Institute, will be taking his interests developed through his major with him as he heads to Mercer University School of Law after graduation. There are a number of elements related to mind and behavior that can come into play in the legal realm, including the practice and effects of solitary c more PR

WASHINGTON, April 7 [Category: Political] -- The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights issued the following news release: * * * Why Harmeet Dhillon Should Not Be Elevated * A PDF of this document can be found here INTRODUCTION Harmeet Dhillon was confirmed as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights on April 3, 2025, by a vote of 52 to 45, over the strong objections of civil rights organizations who warned that she had spent the bulk of her career actively working against th more PR