OLYMPIA, Washington, Sept. 14 -- Washington state Attorney General Nick Brown issued the following news release: * * * AG Brown statement on SCOTUS order blocking USPS's unlawful attack on vote-by-mail * Attorney General Nick Brown released the following statement in response to today's U.S. Supreme Court denying the federal government's stay application, leaving a preliminary injunction in place. The injunction blocks the U.S. Postal Service (USPS)'s rule that would have disrupted the states' vote-by-mail programs and put voters' rights at more PR

MONTGOMERY, Alabama, Sept. 14 [Category: Sociological] -- The Equal Justice Initiative posted the following news: * * * Alabama Plans to Execute Jeffery Lee Despite Jury Vote for Life * An Alabama jury rejected the death penalty for Jeffery Lee and decided that life imprisonment without parole is the appropriate punishment in his case. But the State nonetheless plans to execute Mr. Lee by lethal injection on September 17. Mr. Lee's Jury Chose Life Imprisonment At Jeffery Lee's capital trial in 2000, an Alabama jury voted 7-5 against the  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- The American Action Forum issued the following insight: * * * September 14, 2026 Debt and Deficit (Lack of) Progress Report: August 2026 Jordan Haring Executive Summary * The U.S. Department of the Treasury's August 2026 Monthly Treasury Statement shows the federal budget deficit totaled $2.0 trillion during the first 11 months of fiscal year (FY) 2026 - $8 billion lower than the corresponding period in FY 2025; the FY 2026 cumulative deficit was the net effect of $4.8 trillion of revenue collections and $6.8 trill more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 [Category: Political] -- The Campaign Legal Center posted the following news release: * * * Another Federal Court Blocks Implementation of USPS Rule That Would Have Hindered Mail Voting * WASHINGTON -Yesterday, in a victory for voters, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia blocked a new United States Postal Service (USPS) rule that, as dictated by an executive order issued by the president in March, would have given the executive branch unprecedented control over mail voting and injected chaos an more PR

SACRAMENTO, California, Sept. 14 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Continues Opposition to President Trump's Unlawful Tariff Regime, Urges Court of International Trade to Declare Trump's Third Attempt Illegal * OAKLAND -California Attorney General Bonta, as part of a coalition of 25 states, filed an amicus brief in the Court of International Trade in Learning Resources v. Trump, a case challenging President Trump's latest unlawful attempt to tax the states and American c more PR

SACRAMENTO, California, Sept. 14 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Secures Supreme Court Victory Blocking Trump Administration's Attempt to Restrict Mail Voting * Eligible voters urged to make their voices heard this November OAKLAND -Co-leading a coalition of 24 attorneys general and the Governor of Pennsylvania, California Attorney General Rob Bonta today welcomed the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to leave in place a lower court order blocking the U.S. Postal Service  more PR

ALBANY, New York, Sept. 14 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General James Secures Supreme Court Victory Protecting Mail-In Voting * NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James today released the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court left a lower court's order in place blocking the U.S. Postal Service's (USPS) new mail-in voting rule: "Today, the Supreme Court protected one of our most fundamental, inalienable rights - the right to make your voice heard at the bal more PR

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Sept. 14 -- West Virginia Attorney General John B. McCuskey posted the following news release: * * * Attorney General McCuskey Applauds EPA's Repeal of 2024 Power Plant Regulations, Delivering $300+ Billion in Savings * West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey is praising the Environmental Protection Agency's announcement today to unleash America's energy potential, making it more affordable to power homes and businesses while helping secure the nation's energy grid. The EPA is repealing Obama- and Biden-era p more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 14 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL ISSUES STATEMENT AFTER SUPREME COURT BLOCKS U.S. POSTAL SERVICE'S UNLAWFUL MAIL VOTING RULE * Chicago - Attorney General Kwame Raoul today issued the following statement celebrating the Supreme Court's decision that blocks an unlawful rule that would have authorized the U.S. Postal Service to reject mail-in ballots. "The court's decision is a victory for voters, for democracy and for the rule of law in this  more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 14 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Tong Statement on Dismissal of Challenge to Connecticut School Vaccine Requirements * (Hartford, CT) - Attorney General William Tong released the following statement today regarding the dismissal of a state court challenge to Connecticut's school vaccine requirements. "Vaccines save lives. Today's decision affirms what we have said since day one-Connecticut's commonsense school vaccine requirements are life more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 14 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Tong Statement on Supreme Court Win Defeating Postal Service's Unlawful Mail Voting Rule * (Hartford, CT) - Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the preliminary injunction secured by Connecticut and a coalition of 24 other states blocking the United States Postal Service from implementing burdensome requirements on vote-by mail systems ahead of the  more PR

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 14 [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 Urges SCOTUS to Overturn Locke * Columbus, OH - On Monday, The Buckeye Institute filed its amicus brief in Hall v. Fleming, calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case and overturn Locke v. Davey, which wrongly interpreted the U.S. Constitution's establishment clause and endorsed an unp more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- The Capital Research Center issued the following commentary: * * * Cuba's Lawyers An 82-year-old New York City law firm has a colorful history of representing avowed communists, accused spies, Jimmy Hoffa, Castro's Cuba and other controversial clients. by Robert Stilson September 14, 2026 In June 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Corporacion Cimex, S.A., a case which ultimately arose from the expropriation of American-owned property by Cuba's nascent revolutionary communist government all th more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- The Center for American Progress issued the following news release on Sept. 14, 2026: * * * Supreme Court Rejects Trump Plan That Would Have Been a Disaster for Mail-In Ballots Washington, D.C. -- Today, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected President Donald Trump's illegal plan to alter the process for sending mail ballots to voters just weeks before the midterm elections. In response, Neera Tanden, president and CEO of the Center for American Progress, issued the following statement: This decision ensures the existing ru more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 14 [Category: ThinkTank] -- Ceres, a non-profit organization that is mobilizing companies and investors to take stronger action on climate change, water scarcity and global sustainability challenges, posted the following news release: * * * Ceres opposes repeal of EPA power plant standards * WASHINGTON, D.C. -The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's decision today to repeal its power plant carbon pollution standards and strip the agency's authority to limit power plant pollution in the future will "undermine i more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, Sept. 14 [Category: Consumer Services] -- Consumer Watchdog posted the following news release: * * * Consumer Watchdog Asks Court to Halt New Tariffs as Refund System Leaves Consumers Behind * Brief says tariff order exceeds Section 301 and warns future importer refunds will not make consumers whole WASHINGTON, D.C. -The tariff refund system leaves consumers behind, Consumer Watchdog warned in asking the U.S. Court of International Trade to halt the Trump administration's new tariffs of 10 or 12.5 percent on 99 per more PR

NEW YORK, Sept. 14 -- The Columbia Law School posted the following news: * * * David Stiepleman '97: 'Building Things,' From Adviser to Principal * David Stiepleman '97 is co-president and co-founder of global investment firm Sixth Street, which manages more than $135 billion in assets, but what he really wants to talk about is the amazing effects of washing the sidewalk. Since Sixth Street's founding in 2010, Stiepleman has helped build it into a leading private capital investment firm. He is now applying the same business-building mindse more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- 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: * * * U.S. Supreme Court Blocks Trump-Vance Attempt to Undermine Voting Rights September 14, 2026 Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Supreme Court today upheld a preliminary injunction that blocks the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) from enforcing its proposed ballot mail rule, which Democracy Forward had warned would make voting less  more PR

SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, Sept. 14 -- The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation posted the following news release: * * * DOJ Security Guard Union Forced to Pay Back Years of Illegal Union Dues to Avoid Labor Board Prosecution * Washington, DC (September 14, 2026) - Kywane Johnson, a security guard formerly employed by Paragon Systems at the Department of Justice (DOJ), has prevailed in his three-year dispute with Special Deputy Marshals of America (SDM) union officials. Johnson, who filed charges with the National Labor Relations Boa more PR

NEW YORK, Sept. 15 -- The Environmental Defense Fund issued the following news release: * * * Trump EPA attacks U.S. protections against power plant pollution EDF analysis shows action will increase costs and health harms for Americans - (WASHINGTON, SEPTEMBER 14, 2026) - The Trump EPA announced today that it will get rid of life-saving national limits on the amount of climate pollution that fossil fuel power plants are allowed to put into our air. Although EPA claims the rollback will lead to cost savings for industrial emitters, it ref more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 14 [Category: Environment] -- Clean Air Task Force, an organization that says it works to safeguard against the impacts of climate change by catalyzing the development and deployment of low-carbon energy and other climate-protecting technologies, issued the following news: * * * EPA eliminates pollution limits for power plants, abandoning its obligation to protect public health and welfare * WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized its repeal of the 2024 carbon pollution stand more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA Finalizes Repeal of 2024 Power Plant Regulations, Delivering $300+ Billion in Savings, Proposes Repeal of All Remaining Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Power Plants * Trump EPA delivers reliable and affordable energy in the largest power sector deregulatory action in U.S. history HOUSTON - At the G20 Energy Abundance Ministerial today in Houston, Texas, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announce more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Hickenlooper, Bennet, Colleagues Challenge Trump Efforts to Restrict Mail-In Voting * 261 current and former lawmakers joined together to file amicus brief in SCOTUS Mail-In Voting Case WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper, Michael Bennet, the entire Senate Democratic Caucus, and members of the U.S. House of Representatives filed an amicus brief challenging the legality of President Trump's executive order and U.S. Postal Service (U more PR

DENVER, Colorado, Sept. 15 -- Holland and Hart, a law firm, issued the following news on Sept. 14, 2026: * * * Holland & Hart Attorneys Recognized in the 2027 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America Holland & Hart announced today that 11 attorneys have been named to the 2027 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America guide. The 2027 guide honors attorneys who "excel at the art of advocacy before juries, judges and other decision makers on behalf of their clients," according to Lawdragon. Selected through submissions, independent journ more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Rep. Joseph Morelle, D-New York, ranking member of the House Administration Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Member Morelle Statement on SCOTUS Mail-In Voting Decision September 14, 2026 Washington, D.C. - Tonight, Rep. Joe Morelle (NY-25), the top Democrat on the Committee on House Administration, issued this statement after the Supreme Court of the United States rejected the Trump Administration's attempt to enforce new mail-in ballot rules for the 2026 midterm elections: "Tonight, the S more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Rep. Robert Garcia, D-California, ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued the following news release: * * * September 14, 2026 Ranking Member Robert Garcia Statement Following Supreme Court Ruling Against Trump Executive Order Attacking Mail-In Voting WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Rep. Robert Garcia, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court left in place a District Court ruling stopping th more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 [Category: Political] -- The Campaign Legal Center posted the following news release: * * * In a Victory for Voters, SCOTUS Upholds Block on USPS Rule That Would Have Impeded Mail Voting in the Midterms * WASHINGTON -Today, in a victory for voters across the country, the United States Supreme Court declined to block an order issued by a federal judge in Massachusetts that prevents a new United States Postal Service (USPS) rule from being implemented before the midterm elections. This rule, as directed by an executive or more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- The League of Women Voters issued the following news release: * * * US Supreme Court Blocks Postal Service From Restricting Mail Ballots Court leaves a preliminary injunction in place through the November election; USPS cannot withhold mail ballots from voters September 14, 2026 WASHINGTON, DC - In a major win for voting rights, election integrity, and democracy, the US Supreme Court today left in place a preliminary injunction that blocks the US Postal Service (USPS) from enforcing key parts of a new rule that wou more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, Sept. 14 [Category: Sociological] -- Equality California posted the following news release: * * * MEMO: Nine LGBTQ+ Priority Bills Await Governor Newsom's Signature Nine Equality California priority bills have passed both houses of the California Legislature and have been transmitted to Governor Gavin Newsom for consideration. The Governor may sign or veto the measures by September 30, 2026. The measures address access to health care, data privacy, community safety, recognition of chosen family, HIV prevention, supp more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Wyden, Colleagues Urge Supreme Court to Block Postal Service Rule Limiting Mail-In Voting * #261 Members and former Members file bicameral, bipartisan brief as court order barring Postal Service rule limiting mail voting is being challenged by Trump's DOJ Washington, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden joined a bipartisan, bicameral coalition of 261 current and former Members of Congress challenging the legality of Pr more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Wyden, Colleagues Urge Supreme Court to Block Postal Service Rule Limiting Mail-In Voting * #261 Members and former Members file bicameral, bipartisan brief as court order barring Postal Service rule limiting mail voting is being challenged by Trump's DOJ Washington, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden joined a bipartisan, bicameral coalition of 261 current and former Members of Congress challenging the legality of Presi more PR

SOUTH BEND, Indiana, Sept. 15 -- The University of Notre Dame Law School issued the following news: * * * Notre Dame Law School's Religious Liberty Clinic requests emergency relief from U.S. Supreme Court to protect Orthodox Jew's religious exercise Published: September 14, 2026 Yesterday, Notre Dame Law School's Lindsay and Matt Moroun Religious Liberty Clinic filed an emergency application to the U.S. Supreme Court. The application requests that the Court stay a New York state trial court order that directly intrudes on the free exercise  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 [Category: Political] -- U.S. Term Limits issued the following news release: * * * NUT Podcast Episode 291: Congressional Pensions: YOU Pay the Bill! * Philip Blumel: Okay, so let's talk Congressional pensions. To set the stage, we'll start with a couple of stories brought to our attention by Kim Strassel at the Wall Street Journal in May. First, former California representative and term limits foe Eric Swalwell resigned last April under a cloud of sexual misconduct allegations. Now, whether he is convicted of anything  more PR

REDWOOD SHORES, California, Sept. 15 -- Oracle, a developer of hardware and software products, issued the following news release: * * * Project Jupiter Statement on Construction Permitting "The Project Jupiter data center campus and the proposed microgrid are separate facilities on separate but adjacent sites, operated by separate companies. Construction to date has been on the data center campus, which does not require an air quality permit and is not part of, or covered by, the microgrid air permit application. The microgrid is subject to  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Padilla, Schumer Announce DHS Whistleblower Report Revealing Trump Administration Directed Officers to Break State Laws in Voter Fraud Hunt * Whistleblower reveals DHS officers were directed to illegally access sensitive voter data and create law enforcement records based on faulty data; Senators demand DHS immediately halt illegal initiative Known U.S. citizens are being swept up into the initiative, based on faulty and rushed data that DHS c more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 14 -- Vanderbilt Law School posted the following news: * * * Rebecca Haw Allensworth and J.B. Ruhl Receive Awards at Vanderbilt Fall Faculty Assembly * Professors Rebecca Haw Allensworth and J.B. Ruhl were presented with awards at Vanderbilt's 2026 Fall Faculty Assembly. Allensworth received the Chancellor's Award for Research. The award celebrates Vanderbilt faculty whose outstanding scholarly achievements, groundbreaking research, or innovative creative works have elevated both their field and the University t more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 (TNSletter) -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights, issued the following letter to Federal Judicial Center Director Robin Rosenberg: * * * Here is the text of the letter: September 1, 2026 The Honorable Robin Rosenberg Director Federal Judicial Center One Columbus Circle NE Washington, D.C. 20002 Dear Director Rosenberg: I write with disappointment at the Federal Judicial Center (FJC)'s decision more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, chairwoman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Chairman Capito Applauds Trump EPA Repeal of Clean Power Plan 2.0 September 14, 2026 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, applauded the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) repeal of the Biden administration's unlawful power plant regulation. This rule, known as th more PR

SALEM, Oregon, Sept. 14 -- Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield issued the following news release: * * * Statement from Attorney General Dan Rayfield on the Supreme Court's Rejection of Trump's Election Scheme * Attorney General Dan Rayfield issued the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the Trump administration's push to put new restrictions on mail-in ballots ahead of the November midterms. The Court kept in place a lower court's ruling that blocked a U.S. Postal Service rule requiring states to meet new ballot desig more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Supreme Court Blocks Trump's Attempt to Use Mail-In-Voting Rules to Upend November Election * WASHINGTON -The Supreme Court this evening blocked President Trump's attempts to alter the process for mail-in-voting, allowing a preliminary injunction to remain in place through the November election. In response, Lisa Gilbert, co-president of Public Citizen, issued the following statement: "The Supreme Court rejected the Trump administration's more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 [Category: Political] -- Senate Majority PAC, an organization that works to elect Democratic senators who are committed to an economy that provides opportunity and security for America's working families and who stand up to protect the rights of all Americans, posted the following news release: * * * Susan Collins Called Out for Putting Maine Last in New WinSenate Ad * Today, WinSenate released a new television ad calling out Susan Collins for her failure to stand up to Donald Trump, choosing to put the health of Mainer more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 15 -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following news release: * * * TDP Chair: Mail Ballot Restrictions Would Have Created Chaos for November Elections "The Supreme Court's decision is an important recognition that the Trump administration's attempt to impose new federal restrictions on how states administer mail-in voting was not only troubling, but dangerously disruptive. States have longstanding systems in place to administer their elections, and the federal government should not intervene at the eleventh hour t more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Trump EPA Proposes Repeal of Power Plant Endangerment Finding * WASHINGTON-President Trump's Environmental Protection Agency today finalized a rule revoking 2024 greenhouse gas emissions standards for fossil fuel-fired power plants. It also proposed a supplemental rule giving up its authority to regulate power plant climate pollution in the future, claiming that such pollution poses no harm to public health. The combined more PR

EVANSVILLE, Indiana, Sept. 15 -- The University of Evansville issued the following news: * * * UE President Christopher Pietruszkiewicz to Join Shepard Lecture Series Discussion on U.S. Supreme Court Posted: September 14, 2026 University of Evansville (UE) President Christopher Pietruszkiewicz will bring his legal expertise to an upcoming discussion examining some of the most significant recent decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court and the cases still to come. Pietruszkiewicz will serve as a special guest for the annual Randall T. Shepard Le more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 14 -- Vanderbilt Law School posted the following news: * * * When Companies Run the Courts: Brendan Ballou on the Rise of Forced Arbitration * Vanderbilt Law's Branstetter Litigation and Dispute Resolution Program welcomed lawyer and author Brendan Ballou for a conversation with Professor Brian Fitzpatrick about Ballou's new book, When Companies Run the Courts: How Forced Arbitration Became America's Secret Justice System. Ballou, a former federal prosecutor who served as special counsel for private equity in the more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- WilmerHale, a law firm, posted the following news: * * * WilmerHale Lawyers Recognized in the 2027 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America, Four Named to Hall of Fame * Lawdragon has selected 52 WilmerHale lawyers for inclusion in The 2027 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America list. The guide honors a record 4,000 trial lawyers across the country who, in Lawdragon's words, "excel at the art of advocacy before juries, judges and other decision makers on behalf of their clients." Fou more PR