OLYMPIA, Washington, May 4 -- Washington state Attorney General Nick Brown issued the following news release: * * * AG Brown files brief urging Supreme Court to stay restrictions on Mifepristone * Attorney General Nick Brown today joined a coalition of 22 states and the District of Columbia in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to stay a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit that would restrict access to mifepristone, a safe and effective abortion medication. This morning, the Supreme Court temporarily stayed the Fifth Circui more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 4 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: * * * AG Campbell Urges Supreme Court To Block Restrictions On Mifepristone * BOSTON -Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell today co-led a coalition of 22 states and the District of Columbia in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to stay a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit that would restrict access to mifepristone, a safe and effective abortion medication. The Fifth Circuit ruling would rein more PR

SALEM, Oregon, May 4 -- Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield issued the following news release: * * * AG Rayfield Calls on 5th Circuit to Immediately Stay Ruling that Blocks Access to Mifepristone * "Today's ruling by the Fifth Circuit, which temporarily halts providers' ability to prescribe mifepristone through telemedicine and send those pills by mail, is deeply troubling. "Mifepristone is a safe, FDA-approved drug, and has been used by millions of people across our country for decades. We will use every tool available to defend Oregoni more PR

MONTGOMERY, Alabama, May 5 -- The Alabama Secretary of State issued the following news: * * * Secretary of State Wes Allen Files Legal Motion to Fast-Track Redistricting Case Wes Allen, Alabama's Secretary of State, has formally requested that the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit expedite consideration of Alabama's state Senate redistricting case in light of the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in Louisiana v. Callais. "As the appellant in both of Alabama's redistricting cases, I am taking decisive legal action, i more PR

MONTGOMERY, Alabama, May 5 -- The Alabama Secretary of State issued the following news on May 4, 2026: * * * Secretary of State Wes Allen: "May 19 Primary Election to Proceed as Planned" Wes Allen, Alabama's Secretary of State, makes it clear that Alabama is proceeding with the May 19, 2026 Primary Election as scheduled while the State awaits court action in Alabama's congressional and state senate redistricting cases pending in the U.S. Supreme Court and the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. "Alabama is proceeding with the May 19, 2026 P more PR

PHOENIX, Arizona, May 5 -- Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes issued the following news release on May 4, 2026: * * * Attorney General Mayes Welcomes Supreme Court Stay on Mifepristone Restrictions, Warns Fight for Abortion Access Not Over Attorney General Kris Mayes today joined a coalition of 22 states and the District of Columbia in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to stay a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit that restricted access to mifepristone, a safe and effective abortion medication. The Supreme Court has now or more PR

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, May 4 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Alan Wilson supports Trump administration's plan for redistricting * (COLUMBIA, S.C.) - Attorney General Alan Wilson made the following statement regarding the recent Supreme Court ruling on race-based voting lines: "Last week, in Louisiana v. Callais, the United States Supreme Court handed down one of the most consequential decisions regarding voting rights in a generation. That decision embraced a position I a more PR

SACRAMENTO, California, May 4 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Urged U.S. Supreme Court to Protect Telehealth Access to Mifepristone, Welcomes Temporary Halt of Fifth Circuit Ruling * U.S. Supreme Court temporarily preserves telehealth access to mifepristone following coalition brief OAKLAND - Co-leading a coalition of 22 attorneys general and the Governor of Pennsylvania, California Attorney General Rob Bonta this morning urged the U.S. Supreme Court to halt a recent more PR

ALBANY, New York, May 4 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General James Leads Coalition Urging Supreme Court to Protect Access to Mifepristone * May 4, 2026 NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James today led a coalition of 21 other states and the District of Columbia in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to stay a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit that would restrict access to mifepristone, a safe and effective abortion medication. The Fifth Circuit ru more PR

LANSING, Michigan, May 4 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Nessel Files Brief Urging Supreme Court to Stay Restrictions on Mifepristone * Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is expressing relief after the U.S. Supreme Court temporarily restored access to Mifepristone, a safe and effective abortion medication. The decision comes after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a ruling that would have reinstated a medically unnecessary in-person dispensing require more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, May 4 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL: SUPREME COURT ENTERS ADMINISTRATIVE STAY, PREVENTING RESTRICTIONS ON MIFEPRISTONE GOING INTO EFFECT * Chicago - Attorney General Kwame Raoul today announced the U.S. Supreme Court entered an administrative stay to pause a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit that would restrict access to mifepristone, a safe and effective abortion medication. The order was entered shortly after Raoul and a coa more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 4 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Tong Files Brief Urging Supreme Court to Stay Restrictions on Mifepristone Fifth Circuit Decision Arbitrarily and Abruptly Bans Telehealth Prescribing, Forces Patients to Medically Unnecessary In-Person Appointments  * Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 22 states and the District of Columbia in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to stay a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Cir more PR

WASHINGTON, May 4 [Category: Political] -- The Campaign Legal Center posted the following news release: * * * Campaign Legal Center, UCLA Voting Rights Project Sue to Block Florida's Partisan Gerrymander TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - On May 4, 2026, Campaign Legal Center and the UCLA Voting Rights Project (VRP) -on behalf of individual Florida voters - sued to block Florida's new illegal, gerrymandered congressional map, arguing that state lawmakers violated the Florida Constitution by drawing districts to favor one political party ahead of the 2026 m more PR

BELLEVUE, Washington, May 4 [Category: Political] -- The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms issued the following news release: * * * CCRKBA AMICUS BRIEF SUPPORTS SAILOR CONVICTED OF GUN CRIMES BY BIDEN ATF * BELLEVUE, WA - "The facts of this case are outrageous," says an amicus brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court by the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, in support of a decorated Navy veteran convicted of crimes he really didn't commit, but was prosecuted by the Biden administration's Bureau of A more PR

WASHINGTON, May 5 [Category: Political] -- The League of Women Voters issued the following news release on May 4, 2026: * * * Civil Rights Groups File Emergency Federal Challenge to Louisiana Officials' Attempt to Suspend Election Already Underway BATON ROUGE, LA -- A group of individual voters, the League of Women Voters of Louisiana, and the League of Women Voters of Louisiana Education Fund today filed an emergency lawsuit in federal court seeking to block Secretary of State Nancy Landry's implementation of Governor Jeff Landry's unlawful more PR

SOUTH BEND, Indiana, May 4 -- The University of Notre Dame Law School posted the following news: * * * Class of 2026 Commencement Feature: Kathleen Casey * For Kathleen Casey, the path to law school began long before she ever stepped into a courtroom. Growing up on the East Coast, she was first introduced to the law through a mock trial program at her public middle school, an experience that sparked an early interest in advocacy and justice. That curiosity developed into a lasting passion. Kathleen went on to attend the College of the Hol more PR

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom issued the following fact sheet on May 4, 2026: * * * COUNTRY UPDATE: Uzbekistan Declining FoRB Conditions in Mirziyoyev's "New Uzbekistan" * Introduction When Shavkat Mirziyoyev assumed the presidency of Uzbekistan in 2016, he made some positive reforms to the bleak religious freedom landscape that former president Islam Karimov had left behind. Ten years later, Mirziyoyev's government has undone such positive changes. Today, the Uzbek government exploits an ever-ex more PR

WASHINGTON, May 4 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper (No. LSB11426) on May 1, 2026, by legislative attorney Dave S. Sidhu: * * * The Cruel and Unusual Punishments Clause's Ban on Executing the Intellectually Disabled In 2002, the Supreme Court in Atkins v. Virginia ruled that the imposition of capital punishment on the intellectually disabled constitutes "cruel and unusual" punishment in violation of the Eighth Amendment, leaving to the states the responsibility to determine who qua more PR

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on May 1, 2026, by Federico Steinberg, visiting fellow with the Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program: * * * The European Union in the New Trade Disorder Global trade and its governance are being reconfigured. Beyond the problems that the war in Iran is causing for oil and gas flows--which will also affect global supply chains and could call into question freedom of navigation--the wave of protectionism that began on the Trump administration more PR

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, May 3 -- Samford University issued the following news release: * * * Cumberland School of Law Commencement: Sessions Calls Future Lawyers to Serve as Constitution 'Guardians' * Samford University's Cumberland School of Law recognized 157 graduates during spring commencement ceremony May 2 in Pete Hanna Center. Jeff Sessions, former U.S. Senator and U.S. Attorney General, delivered the keynote address. An Alabama native, Sessions graduated from Huntingdon College and the University of Alabama School of Law. He served i more PR

HANOVER, New Hampshire, May 5 -- Dartmouth College issued the following news: * * * Three Undergraduates Awarded Truman Scholarships Gracie Bartos '27, Jackson DeConcini '22, and Will Nelson '27 chosen for public service. Written by Aimee Minbiole Gracie Bartos '27, Jackson DeConcini '22, and Will Nelson '27 have been named 2026 Truman Scholars, the Truman Scholarship Foundation announced. The fellowships provide up to $30,000 for graduate school, advising and mentoring from public service leaders, and preferred hiring with the federal gov more PR

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * DCCC Chair Suzan DelBene on Why GOP is Pursuing Their Corrupt Power Grab: "They're losing across the country, so they want to rig the system." * DelBene also weighs in on Supreme Court's recent decision to gut the Voting Rights Act: "This is judicial overreach and a sad day day for our country" In the wake of the Supreme Court's ruling to gut the Voting Rights Act and subsequent moves by Republicans to rig the midterms with new g more PR

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Democracy Forward, an organization that says it advances democracy and social progress through litigation, policy and public education and regulatory engagement, issued the following statement: * * * Democracy Forward Issues Statement on Urgent Supreme Court Applications to Protect Access to Mifepristone in the United States Following last night's decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to block patients' access nationwide to mifepristone via mail or pharmacies in Louisiana et al. v. FDA, mul more PR

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- 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 on May 4, 2026: * * * Asian American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander Heritage Month: A Time for Reflection and Recommitment As the nation observes Asian American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month, Democracy Forward President and CEO Skye Perryman reflected on the resilience of AANHPI communities and c more PR

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- The Democratic National Committee posted the following news release on May 4, 2026: * * * Republicans Continue to Wage Assault on Access to Reproductive Healthcare On Friday, a three-judge panel composed entirely of Republican-appointed judges, including two Donald Trump appointees, restricted abortion providers from prescribing mifepristone by telemedicine and sending it to patients by mail. The ruling halted a Biden-era policy that allowed greater access to the commonly used Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved  more PR

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, May 4 -- Duquesne University issued the following news release: * * * A Full-Circle Moment for Law Grads and President Ken Gormley Duquesne University President Ken Gormley will serve as commencement speaker for the Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University's 112th Commencement Ceremony at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 16, the UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse. Gormley, who will step down as president June 30 to assume the role of chancellor, has shaped Duquesne University for more than 30 years, with the law school remain more PR

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies released the following testimony by Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin from an April 27, 2026, hearing on the fiscal 2027 budget request: * * * Thank you, Chairman Simpson, Ranking Member Pingree, and members of the committee. I appreciate the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss the President's Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Budget Request for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). At the EPA under Pres more PR

WASHINGTON, May 4 [Category: International] -- The Federation for American Immigration Reform issued the following news release: * * * The Federation for American Immigration Reform Launches New Immigration Council * Top National Experts to Help Advance 'Critical Mission' The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) is pleased to announce the formation of its new advisory Immigration Council.  FAIR's Immigration Council is a prestigious group of respected and highly accomplished thought leaders who seek reform of America's immig more PR

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Five Things to Know Following Administrator Zeldin's Budget Hearings on Capitol Hill * This week, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin wrapped up congressional testimony before three committees regarding EPA's Proposed Fiscal Year 2027 Budget. Throughout all three hearings, Administrator Zeldin corrected many absurd claims from congressional Democrats attempting to dismiss or outright lie about the agency's histor more PR

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, May 4 -- The University of Virginia School of Law posted the following news: * * * From Virgil to Virginia: Classics, UVA Law Experience Prepares Student for Career * For David Del Terzo '26, a lifetime of studying the classics not only steeped him in the works of Virgil and Cicero, but also prepared him for the rigors of law school. At the University of Virginia School of Law, Del Terzo, a Dean's Scholar and Community Fellow, has been membership development editor for the Virginia Law Review, lead articles edit more PR

WASHINGTON, May 4 [Category: Political] -- Heritage Action for America posted the following news release: * * * Heritage Action Applauds Florida's Newly Enacted Congressional Map, Restoring Equal Protection and Advancing Fair Representation * Heritage Action today praised Florida Governor Ron DeSantis for signing into law a newly enacted congressional map passed by the Florida legislature, calling it decisive leadership in the effort to reject racial gerrymandering and restore fair representation.  The new map is likely to result in a net more PR

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies released the following testimony by Clayton Fulton, chief of staff at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Indian Health Service, from an April 30, 2026, hearing on the fiscal 2027 budget request: * * * Good afternoon, Chairman Simpson, Ranking Member Pingree, and Members of the Committee. Thank you for your support and for inviting me to speak with you about the President's Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Budget Request for the Indian  more PR

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, May 4 -- The Indiana University McKinney School of Law issued the following news release: * * * In Memoriam: Professor Emeritus William "Andy" Kerr * The IU McKinney School of Law family mourns the loss of Professor William Andrew Kerr of Indianapolis, who died on April 6, 2026. He was 91 years old. Professor Emeritus Kerr was born in Harding, West Virginia, on November 17, 1934. He earned a bachelor's degree and his Doctor of Jurisprudence degree at West Virginia University. He then received the Ford Foundation Fel more PR

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Rep. Joseph Morelle, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * JOINT STATEMENT FROM LEADER JEFFRIES, CONGRESSMAN MORELLE ON NEW YORK REDISTRICTING * (New Haven, C.T.)-Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Congressman Joe Morelle released a statement announcing a redistricting initiative, the New York Democracy Project. "House Republicans have failed and the American people know it," said House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries. "That is why GOP extremists have concluded the only way to win in N more PR

WASHINGTON, May 4 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * JOINT STATEMENT FROM LEADER JEFFRIES, RANKING MEMBER MORELLE ON NEW YORK REDISTRICTING * Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Committee on House Administration Ranking Member Joe Morelle released a statement announcing a redistricting initiative, the New York Democracy Project. " House Republicans have failed and the American people know it," said House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries. "That is why GOP  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * JOINT STATEMENT FROM LEADER JEFFRIES, RANKING MEMBER MORELLE ON NEW YORK REDISTRICTING * Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Committee on House Administration Ranking Member Joe Morelle released a statement announcing a redistricting initiative, the New York Democracy Project. " House Republicans have failed and the American people know it," said House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries. "That is why GOP extremists have concluded  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Rep. Joseph Morelle, D-New York, ranking member of the House Administration Committee, and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following statement on May 4, 2026: * * * Joint Statement from Leader Jeffries, Ranking Member Morelle on New York Redistricting Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Committee on House Administration Ranking Member Joe Morelle released a statement announcing a redistricting initiative, the New York Democracy Project. "House Republicans have failed and th more PR

WASHINGTON, May 4 [Category: Sociological] -- National Right to Life, a pro-life organization, issued the following news release: * * * National Right to Life Responds to Supreme Court's Temporary Order on Abortion Pills * The U.S. Supreme Court today issued a temporary order allowing continued mail distribution of the abortion drugs mifepristone and misoprostol while litigation proceeds. The order is set to expire within days as the Court considers next steps in the case.  "Today's action by the Court is not a final ruling on the merits  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Rep. Johnny Olszewski, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Olszewski to Introduce ROBE Act to Establish Term Limits for Supreme Court Justices * (Washington, D.C.) - Maryland Congressman Johnny Olszewski today will introduce the Reform of Bench Eligibility (ROBE) Act -a constitutional amendment that would establish 18-year term limits for Supreme Court Justices. His announcement comes in the wake of the Court's recent and dangerous ruling effectively gutting the Voting Rights Act. That decision adds t more PR

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution released the following written testimony by Jeffrey Bossert Clark, vice president of litigation at the Oversight Project, and former acting administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, from an April 21, 2026, hearing entitled "Arctic Frost: Conspiracy and Coordination Against President Trump and the American Right": * * * Chairman Schmitt, Ranking Member Welch, and Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to speak with you today. more PR

WASHINGTON, May 4 [Category: Political] -- Reproductive Freedom for All (formerly the NARAL Pro-Choice America) posted the following news release: * * * Reproductive Freedom for All on the Supreme Court's Decision to Temporarily Block Fifth Circuit Ruling Restricting Access to Mifepristone * This morning, the Supreme Court temporarily restored telehealth, mail, and pharmacy access to mifepristone. This was in response to an emergency appeal of the Fifth Circuit's Friday ruling that had reinstated medically unnecessary, nationwide in-person  more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, May 4 -- The University of California at Los Angeles School of Law posted the following news: * * * Rick Hasen is cited in a Supreme Court opinion on voting rights UCLA School of Law professor Rick Hasen 's election law scholarship was recently cited in a U.S. Supreme Court opinion in a landmark voting rights case.  Issued on April 29, the majority opinion in Louisiana v. Callais remade decades of law on the drawing of congressional districts and race that undergirded the Voting Rights Act. Meanwhile, Justice Elena more PR

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following opening statement from an April 29, 2026, hearing on the fiscal 2027 budget request for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: * * * "I want to gavel in, and I want to say good afternoon to the Administrator. Administrator Zeldin, I would have come down to shake your hand, but we're running a little behind. And in consideration of time, I'll just wave to you and thank you for being here. I  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- John Squires, under secretary of commerce for intellectual property and director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, delivered a keynote address at the International Trademark Association 2026 Annual Meeting in London, England. Squires characterized the USPTO as "America's Branding Agency," emphasizing a strategic shift toward protecting personal brands and identity rights in an era of social media and artificial intelligence. Squires noted that trademark filings increasingly center on name, image, and likeness, driv more PR

SALEM, Oregon, May 4 -- Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Supreme Court Issues Temporary Stay on Restrictions on Mifepristone after Attorney General Rayfield and Coalition File Brief * Attorney General Dan Rayfield and a coalition of 21 other states and the District of Columbia successfully urged the U.S. Supreme Court today to stay a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit that would restrict access to mifepristone, a safe and effective abortion medication. The Supreme Cour more PR