Supreme Court Tipoffs from TNS
187 Members of Congress File Brief to Support Conversion Therapy Bans at SCOTUS
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release:
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187 Members of Congress File Brief to Support Conversion Therapy Bans at SCOTUS
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Congressional Equality Caucus Chair Rep. Mark Takano (CA-39), Congressional Equality Caucus Vice Chair & House Democratic Caucus Vice Chair Rep. Ted Lieu (CA-36), and Senator Jeff Merkley (OR) filed an amicus brief to urge the United States Supreme Court to uphold the constitutionality of Colo
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AFL-CIO President: 'The State of Our Unions Is Under Attack and Fighting Back'
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 [Category: Union] -- The AFL-CIO issued the following news release:
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AFL-CIO President: 'The State of Our Unions Is Under Attack and Fighting Back'
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The leader of the nation's largest labor federation emphasized, 'Working people are going to save ourselves,' in third annual address
Video of Speech (YouTube)
(Washington, D.C.) --Liz Shuler, president of the AFL-CIO--which represents 63 unions and nearly 15 million working people--delivered her third annual State
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Appellate Courts Divided on Whether a Single Incident of Sexual Harassment Can Trigger Title IX Liability for Schools Topic of White Paper From CRS
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper (No. LSB11352) on Aug. 26, 2025, by legislative attorney Jared P. Cole:
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Appellate Courts Divided on Whether a Single Incident of Sexual Harassment Can Trigger Title IX Liability for Schools
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX) prohibits sex discrimination in education programs and activities that receive federal financial assistance. Recipient schools can
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Attorney General Bonta Supports Colorado Law Banning Conversion Therapy for Minors at U.S. Supreme Court
SACRAMENTO, California, Aug. 27 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release:
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Attorney General Bonta Supports Colorado Law Banning Conversion Therapy for Minors at U.S. Supreme Court
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OAKLAND -- California Attorney General Bonta today joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court defending a Colorado law that prohibits licensed health professionals from practicing conversion "therapy" on minors. Conversio
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Attorney General Ken Paxton Urges Texas Supreme Court to Reverse Flawed, Unprecedented Ruling Protecting Beto O'Rourke
AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 27 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release:
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Attorney General Ken Paxton Urges Texas Supreme Court to Reverse Flawed, Unprecedented Ruling Protecting Beto O'Rourke
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Attorney General Ken Paxton has made an emergency filing with the Texas Supreme Court following a deeply flawed and unprecedented decision by the newly formed Fifteenth Court of Appeals that puts a hold on a series of thoughtful orders from a trial court that restrained the
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Berkeley Center for Consumer Law & Economic Justice Senior Fellow Levine Testifies Before Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law released the following testimony by Samuel Levine, a senior fellow at the Berkeley Center for Consumer Law and Economic Justice, from a July 30, 2025, hearing entitled "Protecting the Virtual You: Safeguarding Americans' Online Data":
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Chair Blackburn, Ranking Member Klobuchar, and Members of the Subcommittee, my name is Samuel Levine, and I serve as Senior Fellow at the Berkeley Center for Consume
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Breaking: NAACP, Lawyers Committee Sue Texas Over Racially Discriminatory Electoral Map, Violation of Voting Rights Act
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 [Category: Political] -- The NAACP posted the following news release:
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Breaking: NAACP, Lawyers Committee Sue Texas Over Racially Discriminatory Electoral Map, Violation of Voting Rights Act
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August 26, 2025
Contact: communications@naacpnet.org
The NAACP, the nation's largest and most influential civil rights organization, filed a lawsuit today in Texas, following the passage of a new electoral map that strips Black voters of their political power.
Filed in p
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Cantwell Warns University Presidents, Regents That SCORE Act Will Widen Inequities in College Sports, Roll Back Athletes' Rights, Fuel a Football Spending Arms Race & Shortchange Women's & Olympic Sports
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, ranking member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following news release:
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Cantwell Warns University Presidents, Regents That SCORE Act Will Widen Inequities in College Sports, Roll Back Athletes' Rights, Fuel a Football Spending Arms Race & Shortchange Women's & Olympic Sports
Senator calls for greater input from schools outside the Power conferences before Congress passes legislation that wi
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Capital Research Center: InfluenceWatch 2025 - Year's Top Ten Influencers
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- The Capital Research Center issued the following commentary on Aug. 27, 2025:
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InfluenceWatch 2025: The year's top ten influencers
By Jonathan Harsh
InfluenceWatch, a project of Capital Research Center, is a comprehensive and ever-evolving compilation of our research into the numerous advocacy groups, foundations, and donors working to influence the public policy process. The website offers transparency into these influencers' funding, motives, and connections whi
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Capito Statement on Passing of Justice Tim Armstead
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release:
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Capito Statement on Passing of Justice Tim Armstead
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) released the below statement on the passing of Tim Armstead, Justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia:
"Our hearts are broken to learn of the passing of our dear friend, Justice Tim Armstead. He was compassionate, gentle, strong, and a loyal le
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Center for Immigration Studies Resident Fellow Arthur Testifies Before Senate Judiciary Subcommittee (Part 1 of 3)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Border Security and Immigration released the following testimony by Andrew R. Arthur, a resident fellow in law and policy at the Center for Immigration Studies, from a July 22, 2025, hearing entitled "Biden's Border Betrayal: Criminal Aliens in America":
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Chairman Cornyn, Ranking Member Padilla, and members of the subcommittee, thank you for inviting me here today to discuss criminal deportations.
To address the issues raised by
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Center for Immigration Studies Resident Fellow Arthur Testifies Before Senate Judiciary Subcommittee (Part 2 of 3)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Border Security and Immigration released the following testimony by Andrew R. Arthur, a resident fellow in law and policy at the Center for Immigration Studies, from a July 22, 2025, hearing entitled "Biden's Border Betrayal: Criminal Aliens in America":
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(Continued from Part 1 of 3)
For example, section 241(a)(1) of the INA149 directs DHS to remove all aliens under final orders of removal within 90 days, designated therein as t
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Congressman Scott Perry Introduces the Freedom from Union Violence Act
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release:
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Congressman Scott Perry Introduces the Freedom from Union Violence Act
Congressman Scott Perry (PA-10) just introduced the Freedom from Union Violence Act, to rectify a deadly loophole in the 1946 Hobbs Anti-Extortion Act that enables union officials to perpetrate violence, extortion, and other crime in pursuit of union objectives.
"I was shocked to learn that unions can literally terrorize non
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Ex-ICE Acting Chief of Staff Fleischaker Testifies Before Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Border Security and Immigration released the following testimony by Deborah T. Fleischaker, principal consultant at Blackbird Ventures LLC and former acting chief of staff at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, from a July 22, 2025, hearing entitled "Biden's Border Betrayal: Criminal Aliens in America":
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Chairman Cornyn, Ranking Member Padilla, and Members of the Subcommittee:
Thank you for the opportunity to testify t
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Heinrich, Lujan Announce Introduction of Legislation to Restore Abortion Access Nationwide
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release:
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Heinrich, Lujan Announce Introduction of Legislation to Restore Abortion Access Nationwide
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Introduction of the Women's Health Protection Act comes as Trump and Congressional Republicans move to restrict a woman's right to choose and toward a national abortion ban
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined the entire Senate Democratic caucus in in
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Heinrich, Lujan Announce Introduction of Legislation to Restore Abortion Access Nationwide
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release:
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Heinrich, Lujan Announce Introduction of Legislation to Restore Abortion Access Nationwide
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Introduction of the Women's Health Protection Act comes as Trump and Congressional Republicans move to restrict a woman's right to choose and toward a national abortion ban
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined the entire Senate Democratic caucus in int
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La. A.G. Liz Murrill Files United States Supreme Court Brief in Landmark Redistricting Case
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Aug. 27 -- Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issued the following news:
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Attorney General Liz Murrill Files United States Supreme Court Brief in Landmark Redistricting Case
Today, Attorney General Liz Murrill filed a brief in the United States Supreme Court for Louisiana's landmark redistricting case, Louisiana v. Callais.
After oral arguments before the Court this past winter, the Court called for re-argument on the constitutionality of race-based redistric
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Latino Voters in Yakima Valley Secure Key Voting Rights Act Victory
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 [Category: Political] -- The Campaign Legal Center posted the following news release:
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Latino Voters in Yakima Valley Secure Key Voting Rights Act Victory
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Seattle, WA -- Today, Latino voters in Washington state's Yakima Valley successfully defended their right to have an equal voice in state legislative elections. In the case, Soto Palmer v. Hobbs, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit dismissed a challenge to a district court's 2023 ruling that Washingto
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Main Street Privacy Coalition General Counsel Martino Testifies Before Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law released the following testimony by Paul Martino, general counsel to the Main Street Privacy Coalition, from a July 30, 2025, hearing entitled "Protecting the Virtual You: Safeguarding Americans' Online Data":
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Chair Blackburn, Ranking Member Klobuchar, and Members of the Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law, I am Paul Martino, a partner at Hunton Andrews Kurth here in Washington, DC, a
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Md. A.G. Brown Joins Coalition at SCOTUS Supporting Colorado Law Banning Conversion 'Therapy' for Minors
BALTIMORE, Maryland, Aug. 27 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release:
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Attorney General Brown Joins Coalition at SCOTUS Supporting Colorado Law Banning Conversion 'Therapy' for Minors
Attorney General Anthony G. Brown joined a multistate coalition in an amicus brief (https://www.marylandattorneygeneral.gov/News%20Documents/082725_StatesAmiciBr.pdf) at the Supreme Court of the United States defending a Colorado law that prohibits licensed health pro
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Pappas, Colleagues File Brief Calling on SCOTUS to Uphold Constitutional Conversion Therapy Bans
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release:
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Pappas, Colleagues File Brief Calling on SCOTUS to Uphold Constitutional Conversion Therapy Bans
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Yesterday Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), Co-Chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus, joined 187 of his colleagues, including Congressional Equality Caucus Chair Rep. Mark Takano (CA-39), Congressional Equality Caucus Vice Chair & House Democratic Caucus Vice Chair Rep. Ted Lieu (CA-36), and
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Philippine Supreme Court: Special Power of Attorney Ends Upon Death of Principal
MANILA, Philippines, Aug. 27 -- The Supreme Court of the Philippines issued the following news release:
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SC: Special Power of Attorney Ends Upon Death of Principal
The Supreme Court (SC) has ruled that a Special Power of Attorney (SPA) automatically ends with the death of the person who granted it, and any acts carried out by the agent afterward are void, unless covered by narrow exceptions under the law.
In a Decision written by Associate Justice Henri Jean Paul B. Inting, the SC's Thi
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Ranking Member Robert Garcia Slams Department of Justice for Recycling Already Public Epstein Records, Demands Full Transparency
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 -- Rep. Robert Garcia, D-California, ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued the following news release:
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Ranking Member Robert Garcia Slams Department of Justice for Recycling Already Public Epstein Records, Demands Full Transparency
Rep. Robert Garcia, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement after President Trump's Department of Justice released a partial batch of the Ep
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Seton Hall University Launches Pre-Law Advising and Services at P-PAC
SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, Aug. 28 -- Seton Hall University issued the following news:
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Seton Hall University Launches Pre-Law Advising and Services at P-PAC
Seton Hall University's Pre-Professional Advising Center (P-PAC) is excited to announce the launch of dedicated pre-law advising, services, and resources, providing students with comprehensive support as they prepare for law school and legal careers. P-PAC now serves as the centralized hub for all pre-health and pre-law resources at
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The Buckeye Institute to SCOTUS: Protect Donor Privacy
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 27 [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:
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The Buckeye Institute to SCOTUS: Protect Donor Privacy
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Columbus, OH - On Wednesday, The Buckeye Institute filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to quash a New Jersey attorney general's subpoena served on First Choice Women's Resource Centers demanding
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