WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper (No. LSB11364) on Sept. 12, 2025, by legislative attorney Andreas Kuersten: * * * Are State Tort Claims Against Military Contractors Preempted? High Court Weighs Combatant-Activities Exception On November 3, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments in the case Hencely v. Fluor Corp. This case concerns a former servicemember bringing state tort claims agai  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Congressional Hispanic Caucus Senators Condemn Outrageous Supreme Court Decision to Allow Racial Profiling, Call it an Attack on Hardworking American Families * The Senate Congressional Hispanic Caucus members, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), and Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), condemned the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to allow the Depa  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper (No. LSB11363) on Sept. 12, 2025, by legislative attorney Karen Sokol: * * * The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act's Requirements for Personal Jurisdiction over Foreign States The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) (codified as amended at 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1330 & Sec.Sec. 1602 11) addresses the immunity of foreign states from U.S. courts' jurisdiction, generally providing such   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Murphy, Blumenthal, DeLauro Lead Lawmakers In Introducing Bipartisan Bill Honoring Constance Baker Motley With Congressional Gold Medal * Ahead of Judge Constance Baker Motley's birthday on September 14, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and U.S. Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) led a group of lawmakers in introducing legislation to posthumously a  more

NEW YORK, Sept. 12 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * Nepal: Protesters Demand Integrity, Rights, Rule of Law * (London) - All stakeholders in Nepal should publicly commit to uphold the rule of law and international human rights obligations as an interim government headed by former Chief Justice Sushila Karki takes charge following deadly violence, Amnesty International, the International Commission of Jurists, the International Federation of Hum  more