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Supreme Court Tipoffs from TNS Newsletter for 2026-06-24 ( 28 items )  
At Spotlight Forum on Dobbs Anniversary, Murray and Senate Democrats Highlight How Republicans' Efforts to Ban Abortion & Rip Away Reproductive Health Care Has Harmed Women & Families (10)
WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * At Spotlight Forum on Dobbs Anniversary, Murray and Senate Democrats Highlight How Republicans' Efforts to Ban Abortion & Rip Away Reproductive Health Care Has Harmed Women & Families * WATCH : Video of full forum WATCH and READ : Senator Murray's opening remarks Washington, D.C. - Today -ahead of the four-year anniversary of the Supreme Court's disastrous decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization overturning the constitutiona more PR

Bennet, Colleagues Reintroduce Legislation to Help People With Disabilities Access Care in the Setting of their Choice (10)
WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Bennet, Colleagues Reintroduce Legislation to Help People With Disabilities Access Care in the Setting of their Choice * Washington, D.C. -Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet reintroduced the Latonya Reeves Freedom Act, legislation to strengthen the right of Americans with disabilities to receive long-term services and support (LTSS) in the setting of their choice. In 1991, Latonya Reeves left a nursing home facility in Tennessee to move t more PR

BREAKING: Attorney General Murrill secures U.S. Supreme Court victory in Landor Case (10)
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 23 -- Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issued the following news: * * * BREAKING: Attorney General Murrill secures U.S. Supreme Court victory in Landor Case * Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill and her team today secured a victory before the United States Supreme Court in Landor v. Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections. The Court ruled that the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) does not authorize claims for money damages against state officials in their ind more PR

Cambodia: Coerced Confessions Silence Activists, Opposition (10)
NEW YORK, June 22 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * Cambodia: Coerced Confessions Silence Activists, Opposition * * Cambodia's government is systematically coercing and publicizing confessions from detained political opposition members and activists to undermine their political standing. * By compelling the activists to join the ruling party, the authorities seek to discredit them and further cement effective one-party rule. * The Cambodian government should drop politically motivated ch more PR

Cantwell Raises Alarm Over Trump Administration Efforts to Deny Vote by Mail (10)
WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Cantwell Raises Alarm Over Trump Administration Efforts to Deny Vote by Mail Senator delivers floor remarks decrying use of new bureaucratic hurdles to suppress voting; New Postal Service rule under Trump routes Washingtonians' ballots to regional processing centers, delaying postmarking for days after they were mailed; Test case: In Snohomish Co, just 1/5 of ballots mailed for a February special election were postmarked on the same day they we more PR

Capital Research Center Issues Commentary: Enemies of Energy - Earthjustice (10)
WASHINGTON, June 24 (TNSrpt) -- The Capital Research Center issued the following commentary on June 23, 2026, by Managing Editor and Director of Content Ken Braun: * * * Enemies of Energy: Earthjustice The legal defense arm of the anti-energy movement wants to save the whales from reliable offshore oil & gas production, but isn't so worried if weather-dependent offshore wind turbines harms them. Editor's note: The following is an excerpt from Enemies of Energy, a research report created for the Capital Research Center. - "Because the Eart more PR

Cato Expert: Pung Decision Elevates Foreclosure System Over Constitutional Property Rights (10)
WASHINGTON, June 23 [Category: Sociological] -- Cato Institute issued the following news release: * * * Cato Expert: Pung Decision Elevates Foreclosure System Over Constitutional Property Rights * Following the Supreme Court's decision in Pung v. Isabella County, Ilya Somin, the B. Kenneth Simon Chair in Constitutional Studies at Cato, and a coauthor of Cato's amicus brief in this case, released the following statement: In today's badly flawed ruling in Pung v. Isabella County, the Supreme Court elevated the supposed needs of the tax fore more PR

Congressman Cohen Introduces the Latonya Reeves Freedom Act (10)
WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Cohen Introduces the Latonya Reeves Freedom Act * Named for Memphis woman who fled a nursing home to live independently WASHINGTON - Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today reintroduced the Latonya Reeves Freedom Act, assuring that the Supreme Court's Olmstead ruling, giving the disabled the qualified right to receive the services they need in a setting of their choice, is honored. The measure was introduced with 48 bipartisan House cos more PR

Cooper Leads Whatley by 14 Points as Trump Remains Underwater in North Carolina, New Catawba College-YouGov Survey Finds (10)
SALISBURY, North Carolina, June 23 -- Catawba College posted the following news: * * * Cooper Leads Whatley by 14 Points as Trump Remains Underwater in North Carolina, New Catawba College-YouGov Survey Finds * Democrats hold advantage on congressional and legislative ballot tests while Republican voters appear less Trump-centered than they were six months ago; North Carolinians remain opposed to the conflict with Iran. President Donald Trump's approval remains underwater among North Carolinians -43 percent approve to 54 percent disapprove more PR

Demand Progress Education Fund, Common Cause Illinois Issue Letter to Ill. Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission (10)
WASHINGTON, June 24 (TNSletter) -- Demand Progress Education Fund and Common Cause Illinois issued the following letter to Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission: * * * Here is the text of the letter: June 11, 2026 Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission Supreme Court of Illinois 130 E. Randolph Dr., Ste. 1500 Chicago, IL 60601-6219 Dear Officials: We are writing to raise serious concerns about the professional conduct of federal prosecutors in the Office of the United States Attorney for the Nort more PR

Democratic Governors Association: Reminder - 100% MAGA Stacy Garrity Is All-In On Trump's Cost-Raising Agenda (10)
WASHINGTON, June 24 -- The Democratic Governors Association posted the following news on June 23, 2026: * * * REMINDER: 100% MAGA Stacy Garrity Is All-In On Trump's Cost-Raising Agenda As Donald Trump heads to the Lehigh Valley today to try to rewrite his record of sowing chaos and making everything more expensive for hardworking Pennsylvanians, Stacy Garrity remains in unwavering support of his extreme and costly agenda. Here's a reminder of just some of the ways Garrity has put her "100% MAGA" loyalties ahead of the needs of Pennsylvania  more PR

DNC: Ahead of the Fourth Anniversary of the Dobbs Decision, Vance Compares Eliminating Access to Abortion to Abolishing Slavery (10)
WASHINGTON, June 24 -- The Democratic National Committee posted the following news release: * * * Ahead of the Fourth Anniversary of the Dobbs Decision, Vance Compares Eliminating Access to Abortion to Abolishing Slavery On Allie Beth Stuckey's podcast, JD Vance callously compared the Trump administration's effort to limit access to abortion to Abraham Lincoln's abolition of slavery. Since Trump and Vance took office, their administration has undermined women's healthcare across the country, freezing millions in funding for lifesaving repro more PR

Durbin Calls Out President Trump's Ongoing Attacks To Americans' Voting Rights & Our Free And Fair Elections (10)
WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Calls Out President Trump's Ongoing Attacks To Americans' Voting Rights & Our Free And Fair Elections * June 23, 2026 Durbin: "As we celebrate our country's 250th year of independence, we must join together in support of free and fair elections and condemn any attempts by this President or otherwise to undermine our democracy before it's too late." WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the S more PR

Durbin Calls Out President Trump's Ongoing Attacks To Americans' Voting Rights & Our Free And Fair Elections (10)
WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on June 23, 2026: * * * Durbin Calls Out President Trump's Ongoing Attacks To Americans' Voting Rights & Our Free And Fair Elections U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today called out the Trump Administration's ongoing efforts to undermine America's free and fair elections and restrict Americans' voting rights ahead of the midterm electio more PR

DXC Collects $213,560,494.98 in Landmark IP Theft Case From TCS (10)
ASHBURN, Virginia, June 23 [Category: BizComputer Technology] -- DXC Technology, an information technology services company, issued the following news release: * * * DXC Collects $213,560,494.98 in Landmark IP Theft Case From TCS * Supreme Court declines to disturb ruling that TCS willfully misappropriated DXC's trade secrets, reinforcing the importance of protecting IP and customer trust *** Original text here: https://dxc.com/newsroom/06232026-dxc-collects-over-two-hundred-million-dollars-in-landmark-ip-theft-case-from-tcs more PR

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath Issues Commentary: Supreme Court Decides Cisco Systems Inc. vs. Doe (10)
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, June 24 -- Faegre Drinker Biddle and Reath, a law firm, issued the following commentary on June 23, 2026, by associate William R. Heaston and partner Jeffrey P. Justman: * * * Supreme Court Decides Cisco Systems, Inc. v. Doe On June 23, 2026, the US Supreme Court decided Cisco Systems, Inc. v. Doe, No. 24-856, holding that courts may not create new rights of action to remedy violations of international norms, and also that there is necessarily no liability for aiding and abetting such violations. The plaintiffs were  more PR

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath Issues Commentary: Supreme Court Decides Exxon Mobil Corp vs. Corporacion Cimex (10)
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, June 24 -- Faegre Drinker Biddle and Reath, a law firm, issued the following commentary on June 23, 2026, by associate Athanasius G. Sirilla and partner Brian J. Paul: * * * Supreme Court Decides Exxon Mobil Corp v. Corporacion Cimex On June 23, 2026, the US Supreme Court decided Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Corporacion Cimex, No. 24-699, holding that the Helms-Burton Act of 1996 abrogates the sovereign immunity of Cuban agencies and instrumentalities. Thus, plaintiffs suing Cuban agencies and instrumentalities do not also ne more PR

FTC Files Amicus Brief to Protect Consumers from Pharmaceutical Monopolies (10)
WASHINGTON, June 23 -- The Federal Trade Commission issued the following news release: * * * FTC Files Amicus Brief to Protect Consumers from Pharmaceutical Monopolies * The Federal Trade Commission filed an amicus brief in an antitrust case alleging that drug manufacturer Johnson & Johnson illegally maintained a monopoly through anticompetitive conduct. The FTC's brief seeks to protect American consumers from anticompetitive harm by asserting that longstanding Supreme Court precedent has clearly and consistently held that antitrust law is  more PR

Illinois Supreme Court Hires First Title II ADA Compliance Attorney (10)
SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, June 24 -- The Illinois Supreme Court issued the following news release on June 23, 2026: * * * ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT HIRES FIRST TITLE II ADA COMPLIANCE ATTORNEY The Illinois Supreme Court and Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts (AOIC) today announced the hiring of Anna Hurst as the AOIC's Title II ADA Compliance Attorney, a newly created position established to strengthen accessibility and ensure compliance with federal and state disability laws across the Illinois Judicial Branch. As the first attorney de more PR

In Lead up to Anniversary of Roe Being Overturned, Baldwin Leads Bills to Expand Access to Abortion Care (10)
WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * In Lead up to Anniversary of Roe Being Overturned, Baldwin Leads Bills to Expand Access to Abortion Care * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ahead of the four-year anniversary of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision overturning Roe v. Wade, U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Patty Murray (D-WA) today introduced two bills to help Americans access abortion as Republicans continue to chip away at women's fundamental right to make their ow more PR

In WLF Victory, Supreme Court Rejects Expansion of Aiding-and-Abetting Liability Under Federal Law (10)
WASHINGTON, June 23 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Washington Legal Foundation issued the following news release: * * * In WLF Victory, Supreme Court Rejects Expansion of Aiding-and-Abetting Liability Under Federal Law * "The respondents asked the Court to go far beyond any residual common law discretion that federal courts may possess. The Court rightly declined that invitation." -Cory Andrews, WLF General Counsel & Vice President of Litigation (Washington, DC)-The U.S. Supreme Court today overturned an appeals court decision that would more PR

Manhattan Institute Issues Commentary to Bloomberg Opinion: Loan Forgiveness Made Students Worse Off, Then and Now (10)
NEW YORK, June 23 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on June 22, 2026, by senior fellow Allison Schrager to Bloomberg Opinion: * * * Loan Forgiveness Made Students Worse Off, Then and Now Student loans are a special kind of debt. They are an investment to increase someone's future earnings, though they must be paid back before most of those earnings are realized. Most of the loans are directly from the government, which not so long ago was telling borrowers they wouldn't have to pay them back, and didn't more PR

Mich. Democratic Party: Ahead of the Dobbs Anniversary, a Reminder of Mike Rogers' Extreme Anti-Choice Record (10)
LANSING, Michigan, June 23 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release: * * * Ahead of the Dobbs Anniversary, a Reminder of Mike Rogers' Extreme Anti-Choice Record Ahead of tomorrow's anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson to overturn Roe v. Wade, a reminder that failed GOP Senate candidate Mike Rogers has an extensive anti-choice record--from supporting a national abortion ban to co-sponsoring dangerous bills that would have restricted Michiganders' access to IVF and contraception. What t more PR

National Center for Youth Law Managing Director Smith Testifies Before House Education & Workforce Committee (10)
WASHINGTON, June 23 -- The House Education and Workforce Committee released the following written testimony by Johnathan J. Smith, managing director of education and federal strategic advocacy at the National Center for Youth Law, from a June 10, 2026, hearing entitled "Breaking Trust: Attacks on Parental Rights, Inappropriate Content, and Legal Abuses in America's Schools": * * * Chairman Walberg, Ranking Member Scott, and Members of the Committee on Education and Workforce, on behalf of the National Center for Youth Law,1 I want to thank yo more PR

Senator Murray's Opening Remarks at Dobbs Anniversary Spotlight Forum on Republicans' Attacks on Reproductive Health Care (10)
WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Murray's Opening Remarks at Dobbs Anniversary Spotlight Forum on Republicans' Attacks on Reproductive Health Care * Washington, D.C. - Today, just ahead of the four-year anniversary of the Supreme Court's disastrous decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization that overturned the constitutional right to abortion, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), a senior member and former chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, L more PR

Stanford RegLab and Colorado Labor Department Receive Award for AI Adjudication Tool (10)
STANFORD, California, June 24 -- Stanford University Law School issued the following news: * * * Stanford RegLab and Colorado Labor Department Receive Award for AI Adjudication Tool By Monica Schreiber Resolving an unemployment claim often turns on asking the right questions. Adjudicators must determine which facts matter, identify what is missing or disputed, and decide what to ask claimants and employers next, often while managing a heavy caseload and pressure to reach accurate decisions quickly. To help adjudicators navigate that proce more PR

Statement of Agudath Israel on Supreme Court Decision in Religious Liberty Case (10)
NEW YORK, June 24 -- Agudath Israel of America, an arm and voice of American Orthodox Jewry, issued the following statement on June 23, 2026: * * * Statement of Agudath Israel on Supreme Court Decision in Religious Liberty Case Agudath Israel of America expresses disappointment with the Supreme Court's decision today in Landor v. Louisiana Department of Corrections and Public Safety. The case involves the scope of remedies available under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (RLUIPA), a statute Agudath Israel help more PR

Victory! Supreme Court Refuses to Let Alien Criminals be Readmitted (10)
WASHINGTON, June 23 [Category: International] -- The Federation for American Immigration Reform issued the following news release: * * * Victory! Supreme Court Refuses to Let Alien Criminals be Readmitted * FAIR had shown Congress intended to protect the nation WASHINGTON-Today, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit that weakened provisions in immigration law meant to protect the nation from criminal aliens. The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) had filed a brief in t more PR