WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 [Category: Political] -- America First Legal, a civil rights organization, posted the following news release: * * * America First Legal Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Reverse District Court Decision in Challenge to Flawed 2020 Census * America First Legal (AFL), in partnership with Christopher Mills of Spero Law LLC, has filed a jurisdictional statement with the U.S. Supreme Court, asking it to hear its challenge to the 2020 census and reverse the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida's erroneous ruling dismi more PR

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Aug. 6 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Alan Wilson defends religious liberty in the classroom at SCOTUS * (COLUMBIA, S.C.) -Attorney General Alan Wilson announced today that he has joined a 12-state coalition in a friend-of-the-court brief at the United States Supreme Court supporting religious liberty for teachers. The case deals with a Maryland school district policy that requires teachers to use the "preferred pronouns" of students while also prev more PR

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Aug. 7 -- West Virginia Attorney General John B. McCuskey posted the following news release: * * * Attorney General McCuskey leads states in urging the EPA to cut bureaucratic red tape slowing infrastructure projects * Attorney General JB McCuskey is leading a coalition of 21 states supporting the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) proposal to rewrite how the agency handles the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) reviews. Since it was signed into law in 1970, NEPA required that before the federal  more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 6 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Tong Issues Statement Following Latest Executive Orders Targeting Birthright Citizenship * (Hartford, CT)- Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement after President Donald Trump signed two executive orders seeking once again to attack birthright citizenship. These orders come just weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected Trump's efforts to end birthright citizenship through an executive o more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 7 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Tong Secures Dismissal in Challenge to Connecticut's Felon-in-Possession Laws * Press Releases (Hartford, CT)- Attorney General William Tong announced today that the U.S. District Court in Connecticut granted the state's motion to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the state's laws banning firearm possession by convicted felons. In the lawsuit, Freeman v. Bondi, the plaintiff, Justin Freeman, a Connecticut attor more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 [Category: Sociological] -- Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain posted the following news: * * * Bahrain Before British Courts: Historic Ruling Opens the Door to Accountability for Spying on Dissidents Abroad * Over the past years, Bahraini authorities have increasingly relied on digital surveillance and spyware as tools to target political dissidents, human rights defenders, and journalists, both inside Bahrain and abroad. These practices have been closely linked to campaigns of arrests, prosecutions, and more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: * * * BREAKING: Pressley Slams Trump's Ongoing, Unlawful Attempt to Fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook * Trump's Illegal Bid to Fire Gov. Cook Threatens Fed Independence and Comes After Supreme Court Blocked His Initial Attempt BOSTON - Today, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), a member of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following statement on social media condemning reports that Donald Trump is moving forward with his unlawful attempt t more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48089) on July 31, 2026, entitled "Columbia River System Operations and the Future of the Lower Snake River Dams:" (Continued from Part 2 of 4) * * * Conserving and Restoring Snake River Fishes Federal, state, local, and tribal stakeholders have conducted activities to conserve and restore Snake River salmon and steelhead trout. Most federal activities aimed at restoring salmon and steelhead trout in the Columbia River Basin are implemented  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48089) on July 31, 2026, entitled "Columbia River System Operations and the Future of the Lower Snake River Dams:" (Continued from Part 3 of 4) * * * 2020 Biological Opinion, Environmental Impact Statement and Record of Decision In response to the court's order and a presidential memorandum dated October 19, 2018,/217 NMFS issued a new final BiOp (2020 BiOp) for operation of the Columbia River System in July 2020./218 The 2020 BiOp determine more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 (Rep.) -- Del. Stacey Plaskett, D-Virgin Islands, issued the following news release: * * * CONGRESSWOMAN PLASKETT'S STATEMENT ON PRESIDENT TRUMP'S EXECUTIVE ORDERS ON BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP * U.S. Virgin Islands - Congresswoman Stacey E. Plaskett (D-VI) released the following statement regarding the Executive Orders titled "Continuing to Protect the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship" and "Ending Birth Tourism" signed on August 6, 2026, by President Donald Trump: "Following the Supreme Court's June 30, 2026, deci more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- The Democratic National Committee posted the following statement on Aug. 6, 2026: * * * DNC Statement on the 61st Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act On the 61st anniversary of the Voting Rights Act becoming law, DNC Chair Ken Martin and DNC Vice Chair for Civic Engagement and Voter Participation Reyna Walters-Morgan released the following statement: "This anniversary of the Voting Rights Act comes at a dark moment for our democracy. In April, the Supreme Court functionally gutted the crown jewel of the civil rights m more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement on Aug. 7, 2026: * * * Durbin Statement On Unlawful Birthright Citizenship Executive Orders U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released the following statement on the Trump Administration's latest executive actions to try restricting birthright citizenship: "Birthright citizenship is the law of the land, which the Supreme Court just upheld in more PR

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Aug. 7 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Taft, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Eklund Shares Insights on Colorado River Legal Landscape with Law Week Colorado * Law Week Colorado interviewed Taft water law attorney and architect of Colorado's Water Plan James Eklund on the complex legal issues surrounding the Colorado River Compact and the river's water supply. Eklund discussed the dispute between the Upper and Lower Basins, the role the Supreme Court of the United States could play in future negotiations, and more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Aug. 7 -- Yale Law School posted the following news: * * * Former Officials Urge Supreme Court to Hold Energy Companies Accountable for Climate Change Harms * Back to News A bipartisan group of former senior U.S. government climate experts has asked the Supreme Court to allow Boulder, Colorado, to hold energy companies accountable for local damage caused by climate change. The officials filed an amicus brief in Suncor Energy (U.S.A.) Inc. v. County Commissioners of Boulder County, arguing that, in the absence of con more PR

NEW YORK, Aug. 8 -- The Hispanic Federation, an organization that supports and strengthens Latino institutions through education, health, immigration, civic engagement, economic empowerment and the environment, issued the following statement on Aug. 7, 2026: * * * Hispanic Federation: New Executive Orders Defy Supreme Court, Threaten American Citizenship and U.S. Territories Yesterday, the President signed two new executive orders in another attempt at shrinking the bounds of birthright citizenship. These orders follow the unambiguous Suprem more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Sen. Jim Banks, R-Indiana, issued the following news release on Aug. 7, 2026: * * * ICYMI: Sen. Banks Joins Just the News with John Solomon Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) joined Just the News: No Noise with John Solomon on Real America's Voice to discuss the SAVE America Act, his introduction of the Citizenship Act of 2026, and the weaponization of the FBI against President Trump. Key Excerpts on the SAVE America Act: Sen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.): "Let's stay in Washington, let's get our work done, let's pass the SAVE America  more PR

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Aug. 7 -- The Indiana University McKinney School of Law issued the following news release: * * * Professor Silva Appointed to Inaugural Mary Beth Ramey Professorship * Professor Lahny Silva has been appointed as the inaugural holder of the Mary Beth Ramey Professorship, a new endowed professorship at the IU Robert H. McKinney School of Law, effective August 1. The endowed professorship was established and funded by Mary Beth Ramey, J.D. '72, and her husband, Rich Hailey, J.D. '74. It is the first endowed professorshi more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: * * * Lankford Defends Age Verification Laws to Protect Children from Explicit Content * WASHINGTON, DC -US Senator James Lankford (R-OK), Chair of the Senate Values Action Team, today sent a letter to Pornhub after the company's July 28 letter urged state lawmakers to reject age verification laws that protect children from online explicit content. You can read the full text of the letter HERE or below. Learn more in Fox News HERE. Dear Mr. Friedman, more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: * * * Lankford, Lee Introduce the Ballots by Election Day Act to Restore Confidence in Federal Elections * WASHINGTON, DC -US Senators James Lankford (R-OK) and Mike Lee (R-UT) today introduced the Ballots by Election Day Act to require that all absentee and mail-in ballots in federal elections be received by the time polls close on Election Day. In Watson v. Republican National Committee, the US Supreme Court upheld Mississippi's law allowing mail-in more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Larson Blasts Trump Attack on Gender-Affirming Care for Connecticut Families * East Hartford, CT - Today, following the Trump Administration's latest move to bully hospitals out of providing care to transgender youth in Connecticut, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement. "President Trump and Secretary Kennedy think they know better than families and doctors when it comes to the health of our children," said Larson. "Whi more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, issued the following news release: * * * Lee Cosponsors Ballots by Election Day Act to Restore Confidence in Federal Elections * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) cosponsored the Ballots by Election Day Act with Senator James Lankford (R-OK) to require that all absentee and mail-in ballots in federal elections be received by the time polls close on Election Day in order to be counted. "Congress holds the constitutional authority to set the times, places, and manner of federal elections," more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Aug. 8 -- Littler, a law firm, issued the following news wrap-up entitled "Policy Week in Review - August 7, 2026": * * * Policy Week in Review - August 7, 2026 At a Glance The Policy Week in Review, prepared by Littler's Workplace Policy Institute (WPI), sets forth WPI's updates on federal legislation, regulations, and congressional activity affecting the workplace. By Shannon Meade, Jim Paretti, Alex MacDonald, and Maury Baskin Senate Making Final Push on Top Legislative Priorities Before Leaving Town for Augu more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following statement on Aug. 7, 2026: * * * Neal Blasts Senate Vote to Hand Trump More Tariff Power SPRINGFIELD, MA--Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the Senate passed legislation to further embolden Trump's tariff regime and hand him even more power to raise costs on the American people: "There is no untangling last month's jobs losses and the absol more PR

MANILA, Philippines, Aug. 8 -- The Supreme Court of the Philippines issued the following news release: * * * SC Kicks Off Expanded Pilot Implementation of High-Performance Courts As part of its continuing efforts to make courts more accessible to the people, the Supreme Court (SC), with the support of the European Union Governance in Justice Programme (EU-GOJUST), launched the Expanded Pilot Implementation of the Performance Development Framework 2.0 and Companion for High-Performance Courts (HPC) through kick-off programs held at Marco Polo more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- President Trump issued the following executive order on Aug. 6, 2026: * * * CONTINUING TO PROTECT THE MEANING AND VALUE OF AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose. The privilege of United States citizenship remains a priceless and profound gift. Since my first day in office, my Administration has guarded against the risks posed by malign foreign actors who attempt to swindle American citize more PR

SEATTLE, Washington, Aug. 4 -- The Seattle University School of Law issued the following news: * * * Seattle U Law students become Justice John Paul Stevens Fellows Two Seattle University School of Law students have joined the ranks of the Justice John Paul Stevens Foundation Fellowship Program. Anneliese Seidel '28 and Annabelle Stefanoff '28 are among 158 Fellows chosen from 38 law schools across the nation. Created more than 25 years ago in honor of the late U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice John Paul Stevens, the program provides gr more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release on Aug. 7, 2026: * * * Senator Rand Paul Offers Amendment to Strip Half-Trillion-Dollar Tax Increase from Russia Sanctions Bill U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) today offered an amendment to the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act of 2026, that strikes the Executive Branch's authority to impose tariffs of up to 100 percent on an ever-changing list of countries. That authority would raise nearly $500 billion in new revenue effectively the largest tax increas more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia posted the following news release: * * * USAO-DC's Civil Division Earns Supreme Court Victory in Miot v. Trump * WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, Jeanine Ferris Pirro, commended Assistant U.S. Attorneys from the U.S. Attorney's Office Civil Division for their work litigating Miot v. Trump on behalf of the U.S. Government, which permitted the termination of Haiti's Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation. "The well-fou more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren Pushes Giant Corporations to Give Billions in Tariff Refunds Back to Consumers * Trump Administration Illegally Collected $166 in Tariffs, Forcing High Prices on Consumers. "American consumers -who are paying almost the full cost of these tariffs -have received nothing." Text of Letters (PDF) Washington, D.C. -U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) wrote to Target, Apple, Amazon, Nike, Motorola, Walmart, and Energizer pushing th more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on Aug. 6, 2026: * * * President Donald J. Trump Ends Birth Tourism and Protects the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship SAFEGUARDING AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP AND ENDING BIRTH TOURISM: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed two Executive Orders to continue to protect the meaning and value of American citizenship after Trump v. Barbara. * The first Executive Order non-exhaustively identifies certain categories of children of aliens who are not entitled to birthright ci more PR