WASHINGTON, June 24 (TNSgov) -- The American Civil Liberties Union, an organization that works to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the U.S., issued the following news release on June 23, 2023: The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a challenge from Texas and Louisiana to the Biden administration's immigration enforcement priorities in United States v. Texas. The court held that Texas and Louisiana lack standing to force "the Executi  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 22 (TNSgov) -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana issued the following news release on June 21, 2023, and a letter: The ACLU of Louisiana, the American Civil Liberties Union, and coalition partners today called for action to address the issue of overdetention of those convicted under Louisiana's Crime Against Nature by Solicitation (CANS) law - a statute that has disproportionately harmed LGBTQ+ people and women. In a letter addressed to the U.S. Depart  more

WASHINGTON, June 22 (TNStalk) -- The Asian Americans Advancing Justice issued the following statement on June 20, 2023: * * * The Louisiana state legislature recently passed two discriminatory land laws (H.B. 125 and H.B. 537) that would effectively prohibit certain foreign nationals--including Chinese nationals--from purchasing land. Louisiana is one of the latest in a series of states across the country to introduce land laws. While different versions of these bills contain slightly varyin  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 22 (TNSgov) -- Consumer Energy Alliance issued the following statement on June 21, 2023: * * * Consumer Energy Alliance, the leading energy and environmental advocate for families and businesses, issued the following statement at the opening of the Environmental Protection Agency's public hearing on Louisiana's application for authority to regulate carbon capture permitting under the federal Clean Water Act. "Louisiana's long regulatory history and control over th  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 24 (TNSgov) -- Consumer Energy Alliance issued the following news release: Consumer Energy Alliance (CEA), the leading energy and environmental advocate for families and businesses, issued the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency's public hearing on Louisiana's application for authority to regulate carbon capture permitting under the federal Safe Drinking Water Act. "CEA strongly supports the proposed application that would allow Louisiana'  more

TAMPA, Florida, June 19 (TNSper) -- The National Council of Architectural Registration Boards issued the following news: Miguel A. Rodriguez, FAIA, NCARB, of Coral Gables, Florida, was elected as a regional director at the National Council of Architectural Registration Board's (NCARB) 2023 Annual Business Meeting. Rodriguez was nominated to serve on the NCARB Board of Directors by the organization's Region 3 (Southern Conference), which represents the licensing boards of Alabama, Arkansas, Flor  more

CANOGA PARK, California, June 21 -- The Free Speech Coalition issued the following news release: Free Speech Coalition, the advocacy organization for the adult industry, has filed a legal challenge in Louisiana over the state's unconstitutional age-verification law. The Louisiana law gives the state the power to fine sites with adult content up to $5,000 per day, a direct violation of the First Amendment. FSC filed a similar suit against the state of Utah in May. Joining Free Speech Coalition   more

WASHINGTON, June 24 (TNStalk) -- The Heritage Foundation issued the following statement on June 23, 2023: * * * The U.S. Supreme Court's decision Friday in U.S. v Texas held that Texas and Louisiana lacked Article III standing to challenge the Biden administration's immigration enforcement policies. * * * Heritage Foundation senior legal fellow Hans von Spakovsky released the following statement: "This opinion says the Constitution limits the power of the federal judiciary and state govern  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, June 24 (TNStalk) -- The National Immigrant Justice Center issued the following statement on June 23, 2023: * * * The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today, in an 8-1 vote, that Texas and Louisiana lack standing to challenge the Biden administration's decision-making about immigration prosecutions. The administration's immigration enforcement priorities have been on hold for more than a year while the two states convinced federal courts to micromanage federal immigration policy. *  more

ST. BERNARD PARISH, Louisiana, June 22 (TNSgov) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on June 21, 2023: Today, Sierra Club and Healthy Gulf, represented by Earthjustice, filed a lawsuit against the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources (LDNR) for unlawfully granting a coastal use permit (CUP) to the Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company for its Evangeline Pass project, a methane gas pipeline proposed for southeast Louisiana. Evangeline Pass would feed liquified methane gas to Plaque  more