LANSING, Michigan, July 8 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: * * * AG Nessel Urges U.S. Trade Representative to Stop Hitting American Consumers, Businesses with Illegal Tariffs * Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and a coalition of 21 other states are urging the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to change course and drop its plan to continue Trump's illegal tariffs. In a comment letter (https://www.doj.state.or.us/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Tariffs-Section-301-Comment-Letter.pdf), the c more PR

PHOENIX, Arizona, July 8 -- The Arizona Supreme Court issued the following news release on July 7, 2026: * * * Arizona Supreme Court Clarifies Election Authority in Maricopa County Dispute The Arizona Supreme Court today issued an order in Heap v. Galvin, vacating a June 18, 2026 Court of Appeals stay and reinstating, with modifications, superior court injunctions governing the allocation of election-administration responsibilities between the Maricopa County Recorder and the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors. The dispute concerns which  more PR

PHOENIX, Arizona, July 8 -- The Arizona Supreme Court issued the following news release on July 7, 2026: * * * Arizona Supreme Court Clarifies Strict Product Liability Law The Arizona Supreme Court today issued its opinion in Maywald v. Toyota Motor Company, ruling that a person bringing a strict product liability claim must prove two separate things: first, that a product was defective, and second, that the defect made the product unreasonably dangerous. The case arose from a 2019 auto collision where the driver of a Toyota 4Runner fell as more PR

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, July 8 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Alan Wilson defends religious liberty at U.S. Supreme Court * (COLUMBIA, S.C.) - Attorney General Alan Wilson announced he has joined two friend-of-the-court briefs to support religious liberty in two separate cases. The first brief supports Catholic preschools in Colorado that were barred by the state from receiving universal pre-K funds. The funds were withheld because of the schools' religious beliefs about  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 8 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Emergency Petition Urges EPA to Add Cancer Warnings to Pesticide Labels * The Center for Biological Diversity petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency today to add cancer warnings to all pesticide product labels containing ingredients the agency has linked to cancer.  The emergency filing comes just days after the Supreme Court sided with Bayer and the Trump administration in limiting Americans' ability to sue pesti more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, July 8 -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation issued the following news release: * * * FFRF warns Schumer against legitimizing Christian nationalist myth The Freedom From Religion Foundation is urging Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to correct the record after he again attributed a fabricated quotation to the Founding Fathers in his Independence Day message. In a July 4 post from his official Senate X account, Schumer wrote: "The founding fathers called America God's noble experiment. I believe in all three words  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 8 -- Sen. Adam Schiff, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Sen. Schiff Talks Recent Supreme Court Rulings, Cost of Trump's Corruption, and Democrats' Path Forward on Lovett or Leave It * Los Angeles, CA - In case you missed it, U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) joined Jon Lovett's Lovett or Leave It for a wide-ranging discussion on recent Supreme Court rulings empowering President Trump, Trump's repeated self-enrichment schemes and brazen corruption at the cost of the American people, and the con more PR

WASHINGTON, July 8 [Category: Political] -- Reproductive Freedom for All (formerly the NARAL Pro-Choice America) posted the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Trump's DOJ Goes to Court to Let Employers Deny Birth Control Coverage * Trump admin asks appeals court to roll back Obamacare's contraception coverage Yesterday, Politico reported that Trump's Department of Justice went to court seeking to revive a rule that would allow employers to deny birth control coverage. The rule is not in effect right now, but the DOJ is fighting to chang more PR

WASHINGTON, July 6 -- Rep. Mike Lawler, R-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Lawler Urges Senate to Immediately Pass Bipartisan Bill Extending Temporary Protected Status for Haitians * Today, Congressman Mike Lawler (NY-17) sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader John Thune urging the Senate to immediately take up and pass H.R. 1689, bipartisan legislation that would extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitians following the recent Supreme Court decision allowing the Administration to terminate the program. Reps. L more PR

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, July 8 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Lee Marshall recognized among Law.com's Litigators of the Week * BCLP was named among Law.com's Litigators of the Week as part of the team that secured a victory for Bayer subsidiary Monsanto at the U.S. Supreme Court in June. Lee Marshall, Global Department Leader - Litigation and Investigations, was recognized alongside Paul Clement of Clement & Murphy and David Zionts of Covington & Burling. In a 7-2 decisio more PR

WASHINGTON, July 8 [Category: Political] -- America First Legal, a civil rights organization, posted the following news release: * * * MAJOR VICTORY -- America First Legal Secures Landmark Election Integrity Win for Recorder Justin Heap as Arizona Supreme Court Restores Maricopa County Recorder's Election Authority * The Arizona Supreme Court has issued a ruling handing America First Legal (AFL) and its client, Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap, a decisive victory in a year-long election integrity case against the Maricopa County Board o more PR

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- The National Center on Sexual Exploitation issued the following news: * * * Big Tech Denied: Supreme Court Clears Way for Texas App Store Accountability Law in Massive Victory for Parents and Survivors The National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE), standing alongside a nationwide network of protective parents and child exploitation survivors, celebrated a definitive legal turning point in the fight for online safety. In a major blow to Silicon Valley, the U.S. Supreme Court flatly denied an emergency application by more PR

WASHINGTON, July 8 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper (No. LSB11451) by legislative attorney Amin Aminfar: Here are excerpts: * * * Ninth Circuit Applies Limited First Amendment Exception to Doctrine of Consular Nonreviewability On April 30, 2026, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued an opinion in Gonzalez v. U.S. Department of State resolving the merits of a constitutional challenge to a State Department determination that the Mexican husband of a U.S.  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- No Labels, a political organization that advocates for centrism and bipartisanship, issued the following commentary on July 7, 2026, by Deputy Research Director Austin Milks: * * * The Court Just Ruled on Birthright Citizenship The Court rejected President Trump's attempt to narrow citizenship by executive order -- reaffirming a rule that has stood since 1898. - Birthright citizenship survives. On June 30th, the Supreme Court struck down President Trump's Day 1 executive order ending automatic citizenship for children more PR

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee posted the following news: * * * Joanna Mendoza's No-Good, Horrible, Very "Toxic" Week It couldn't have come at a worse time for Democrat lobbyist Joanna Mendoza. Mendoza's out of touch comments calling Arizona parents "toxic" for wanting to protect their girls' sports came to light this week. Then, Mendoza refused to comment as the Supreme Court issued a landmark decision upholding Arizona's state law protecting women's sports. Now, Arizonans are watching lobbyist Mendoz more PR

MANILA, Philippines, July 9 -- The Supreme Court of the Philippines issued the following news release: * * * SC Dismisses Petitions Against NCAP The Supreme Court (SC) has dismissed the consolidated petitions challenging the No Contact Apprehension Program (NCAP) in Metro Manila, ruling that the issues raised have become moot because of the adoption of a new and uniform traffic enforcement framework under the Metro Manila Traffic Code of 2023 (MMTC 2023). In addition to mootness, the petitions were also dismissed for lack of standing, violat more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 8 -- The Rhode Island Supreme Court issued the following opinion: * * * Reagan Marine Construction, LLC v. Victor Costa et al. Present: Suttell, C.J., Robinson, Lynch Prata, Long, and Indeglia (ret.), JJ. OPINION Justice Lynch Prata, for the Court. The defendants, Victor Costa and Costa Companies, Inc., appeal from a default judgment in favor of the plaintiff, Reagan Marine Construction, LLC, in the amount of $716,001.83, inclusive of costs, prejudgment interest, and attorney's fees. On appeal, the defendant more PR

WASHINGTON, July 8 -- The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government issued the following information for a hearing entitled "A Review of the Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request for the Supreme Court of the United States" at 2 p.m. on July 14, 2026, at 124 Dirksen Senate Office Building: Witnesses * The Honorable Amy Coney Barrett, Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States * The Honorable Elena Kagan, Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States * * * Original text here: https://www.app more PR

WASHINGTON, July 7 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Sens. Cruz, Lankford File Amicus Brief Defending Religious Liberty in Supreme Court School Choice Case * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights, and James Lankford (R-Okla.) were joined by six Senators and 35 Representatives in filing an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to protect the constitutional rights of faith-based schools pa more PR

WASHINGTON, July 8 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper (No. LSB11450) by legislative attorney Dave S. Sidhu: * * * Supreme Court Rules Federal Gun Ban Unconstitutional as Applied to Marijuana User Federal law prohibits nine categories of individuals from possessing firearms or ammunition. One such prohibition, 18 U.S.C. Sec. 922(g)(3), forbids any person "who is an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance" from such possession. In United States v. Hemani, the Supreme  more PR

COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 8 [Category: Think Tank] -- The Buckeye Institute, an independent research and educational institution that says its mission is to advance free-market public policy, posted the following news release: * * * The Buckeye Institute Takes 3rd Union Wage Theft Case to Ohio Supreme Court * On Wednesday, The Buckeye Institute filed its brief asking the Ohio Supreme Court to accept jurisdiction in DuPuis v. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), and either hold it pending the court's decision in  more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, July 9 -- Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones issued the following news release on July 8, 2026: * * * Attorney General Jones Joins Multistate Opposition to Postal Service's Attempt to Undermine Voting Rights Attorney General Jones joined a multistate coalition of 24 attorneys general in filing a formal comment letter opposing the United States Postal Service's attempt to aid the president's efforts to seize control of elections and restrict mail-in voting through a proposed rule and asking the Postal Service to withdraw more PR