WASHINGTON, July 4 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper (No. LSB11332) on July 3, 2025, by legislative attorney Christopher T. Zirpoli: * * * Court Decisions Regarding Tariffs Imposed Under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) In 2025, President Donald Trump invoked the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose tariffs on most U.S. imports. Several parties filed lawsuits asserting that IEEPA does   more

WASHINGTON, July 4 -- The New Civil Liberties Alliance issued the following news release on July 3, 2025: * * * NCLA Asks Appeals Court to Toss Illegal D.C. Judicial Deference Mandate That Is Worse Than Chevron Washington, DC (July 2, 2025) - The New Civil Liberties Alliance has filed an amicus curiae brief in conjunction with the Goldwater Institute in LHL Realty Company v. District of Columbia urging the District of Columbia Court of Appeals to set aside the temporary "Deference Amendment"   more

MANILA, Philippines, July 4 -- The Supreme Court of the Philippines issued the following news release: * * * SC: Public Officials' Salaries Can Be Garnished to Pay Debts The Supreme Court (SC) has clarified that the salaries of public officials can be garnished--or legally collected--by the courts to pay off their debts. These salaries are not exempt from garnishment under current laws and rules. In a decision written by Associate Justice Samuel H. Gaerlan, the SC's Third Division ruled tha  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 4 -- Thomas More Society, a national public interest law firm defending life, family and freedom, issued the following news on July 2, 2025: * * * Thomas More Society Condemns Wisconsin Supreme Court's "Judicial Power Grab" TMS Reacts to Wisconsin Supreme Court's Ruling Against 1849 Abortion Law * Madison, WI - Today's ruling by the Wisconsin Supreme Court in Kaul v. Urmanski, which invalidates the state's historic 1849 law protecting unborn life from abortion, is a   more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Wiley Rein, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Wiley Files Supreme Court Amicus Brief in Retroactive Restitution Case Wiley filed an amicus brief in Ellingburg v. United States, No. 24-482, urging the U.S. Supreme Court to vacate an Eighth Circuit ruling that restitution ordered as part of a criminal defendant's sentence, and modified pursuant to the Mandatory Victim Restitution Act of 1996 (MVRA), does not violate the Ex Post Facto Clause of the U.S. C  more