WASHINGTON, June 19 [Category: Business] -- NetChoice, a coalition of trade associations that says it makes the internet safe for free enterprise and expression, posted the following news release: * * * Another Blow to Florida's SB 7072: Court Rejects Florida's First Amendment Defense, Sends Case to Trial * TALLAHASSEE, Fla.-Today, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida denied both parties' motions for summary judgment in NetChoice & CCIA v. Uthmeier, the five-year challenge to Florida's unconstitutional SB 7072. While more PR

NEW YORK, June 19 -- The Anti-Defamation League, an anti-hate organization that aims to stop the defamation of the Jewish people and to secure justice and fair treatment for all, posted the following news release on June 18, 2026, with the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law: * * * ADL, Brandeis Center Urge Somerville City Officials to Oppose Israel Boycott Ordinance Organizations warn the ordinance is divisive, harmful, and unconstitutional, and say it would incite hostility toward Jewish residents, harm local businesses, an more PR

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence and GIFFORDS Law Center issued the following statements on June 18, 2026: * * * Brady, GIFFORDS Law Center Statements on Supreme Court Opinion in Hemani The Supreme Court reaffirmed that lawmakers can restrict firearm access for certain categories of people. Those safeguards are essential to the Brady Background Check System and protection from gun violence. - Brady: United Against Gun Violence, the nation's oldest gun violence prevention organization, and GIFFORDS Law Cente more PR

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Task Force on Defending Constitutional Rights and Exposing Institutional Abuses released the following written testimony by David J. Bier, chair in immigration policy at the Cato Institute, from a June 9, 2026, hearing entitled "Amnesty and Chaos: Abuse of U.S. Immigration Policy": * * * Chairman Gill, Ranking Member Simon, and distinguished members, thank you for the opportunity to testify before this task force on Constitutional Rights and Exposing Institutional Abus more PR

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence and the Internet released the following written testimony by Jamie Simpson, chief policy officer and counsel of the Council for Innovation Promotion, from a June 4, 2026, hearing entitled "Medicines and IP: Balancing Innovation and Access": * * * Chairman Issa, Ranking Member Johnson, and Members of the Subcommittee: Thank you for the opportunity to submit this statement on biopharmaceutical patents and the role of intellectual p more PR

PLANO, Texas, June 19 [Category: Sociological] -- The First Liberty Institute, an organization that says it is dedicated to defending liberty for all Americans, issued the following news release: * * * Court Enters Final Judgment in Favor of Waco Judge Who Refused To Perform Same-Sex Weddings, Awarding $10,000 in Damages and $630,000 in Attorney's Fees * Austin, TX -The District Court of Travis County has issued its final judgment in favor of Judge Dianne Hensley, who had been disciplined by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct ("Commis more PR

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence and the Internet released the following testimony by Krista Carver, partner at Covington and Burling LLP, from a June 4, 2026, hearing entitled "Medicines and IP: Balancing Innovation and Access": * * * Chairman Issa, Ranking Member Johnson, and Members of the Subcommittee, my name is Krista Carver, and I am a partner at Covington & Burling LLP. I have represented innovative biopharmaceutical companies on regulatory matters for al more PR

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Task Force on Defending Constitutional Rights and Exposing Institutional Abuses released the following written testimony by Matt O'Brien, deputy executive director of the Federation for American Immigration Reform, from a June 9, 2026, hearing entitled "Amnesty and Chaos: Abuse of U.S. Immigration Policy": * * * Amnesty for illegal aliens simply encourages fraud and criminality. As any parent, school teacher or police officer knows, rewarding bad simply begets more bad more PR

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence and the Internet released the following written testimony by Rachel Goode, senior vice president and head of legal and intellectual property of Fresenius Kabi, from a June 4, 2026, hearing entitled "Medicines and IP: Balancing Innovation and Access": * * * Chairman Issa, Ranking Member Johnson, and Distinguished Members of the Subcommittee: Good morning and thank you for the opportunity to provide testimony on Medicines and IP: Ba more PR

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- The House Judiciary Committee released the following testimony by Mary McCord, executive director of the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection, and a visiting professor at Georgetown University Law Center, from a June 9, 2026, hearing entitled "The Southern Poverty Law Center: Manufacturing Hate, Part II": * * * Distinguished members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me to testify today. I am currently the Executive Director of the non-partisan Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 19 [Category: Political] -- America First Legal, a civil rights organization, posted the following news release: * * * MAJOR VICTORY: Ninth Circuit Grants Preliminary Injunction Blocking California's Child Transition Secrecy Law * AFL secures federal appellate win, vindicating parental rights under the Supreme Court's landmark decision in Mirabelli v. Bonta America First Legal Foundation, with co-counsel Schaerr Jaffe, achieved a major victory on behalf of the City of Huntington Beach and brave California parents after th more PR

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Task Force on Defending Constitutional Rights and Exposing Institutional Abuses released the following written testimony by Chris Newman, legal director and general counsel at the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, from a June 9, 2026, hearing entitled "Amnesty and Chaos: Abuse of U.S. Immigration Policy": * * * Chairman Comer, Ranking member Garcia, and members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify. I am Chris Newman, Legal Director and Gen more PR

WASHINGTON, June 18 [Category: Business] -- NetChoice, a coalition of trade associations that says it makes the internet safe for free enterprise and expression, posted the following news release: * * * NetChoice Disappointed in Sixth Circuit Decision in NetChoice v. Yost CINCINNATI, Ohio-Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued a divided opinion vacating the preliminary injunction in NetChoice v. Yost. This decision threatens the online privacy and constitutional rights of every Ohioan, but NetChoice remains fully confi more PR

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: * * * Pressley Commends Senate Partners for Introducing Bill to Designate Haiti for Temporary Protected Status Following House Passage Senate Bill Follows Successful House Passage of Pressley's Discharge Petition to Extend TPS for Haitians -  Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) commended Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), along with Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and 16 other Senate colleagues, fo more PR

WASHINGTON, June 19 [Category: Political] -- Reproductive Freedom for All (formerly the NARAL Pro-Choice America) posted the following news release: * * * Reproductive Freedom for All Celebrates Court Decision Restoring Abortion Access in Missouri - Today, Reproductive Freedom for All celebrated a Missouri court ruling striking down nearly all of the state's medically unnecessary abortion restrictions and restoring access to medication abortion for the first time since 2018.  Missouri became the first state to ban nearly all abortion care more PR

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence and the Internet released the following written testimony by Rutgers University Professor Michael Carrier from a June 4, 2026, hearing entitled "Medicines and IP: Balancing Innovation and Access": * * * I. Introduction A. Drug prices too high; patients unable to afford needed medicines. Why? 1. Brand drug companies abuse system by delaying generic and biosimilar entry a) Examples: building and enforcing patent thickets, claimin more PR