COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Nov. 12 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Alan Wilson leads defense of Trump's deployment of National Guard to Chicago * (COLUMBIA, S.C.) - South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson co-led a coalition of state attorneys general in filing an emergency legal brief backing President Donald Trump's lawful deployment of the National Guard to Chicago to protect federal officers and federal property. The 22 s  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Nov. 12 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Opposes Trump Administration's Efforts to Dramatically Expand Expedited Deportations Without Due Process * Expansion of expedited removal is a threat that bypasses due process, denying individuals their right to a fair legal hearing OAKLAND California Attorney General Rob Bonta led a coalition of 19 attorneys general in opposing the Trump Administration's  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Nov. 11 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Stands Firm for Full SNAP Benefits After Latest U.S. Supreme Court Order * OAKLAND California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following statement on the U.S. Supreme Court's order continuing its temporary stay of the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island's decision requiring the Trump Administration to pay full Supplemental Nutrition As  more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Nov. 11 -- Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark posted the following news release: * * * Attorney General Clark and Coalition Oppose Trump Administration's Efforts to Dramatically Expand Expedited Deportations Without Due Process * Expansion of expedited removal is a threat that bypasses due process, denying individuals their right to a fair legal hearing Attorney General Charity Clark today joined a coalition of 19 attorneys general in opposing the Trump Administrat  more

ALBANY, New York, Nov. 11 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General James Urges Supreme Court to Reject Federal Government's Latest Attempt to Cut Off Food Assistance * November 11, 2025 NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James and a coalition of 25 other states today urged the Supreme Court to reject the federal government's latest attempt to unlawfully deny tens of millions of Americans their full Supplemental Nutrition  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Nov. 12 [Category: Libraries] -- The American Library Association posted the following news release: * * * Bryan Stevenson to Open PLA 2026 Conference * CHICAGO The Public Library Association (PLA) is honored to announce that Bryan Stevenson, founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) and author of Just Mercy, will deliver the opening keynote at the PLA 2026 Conference. The Opening Session, exclusively sponsored by OCLC, will take place Wednesday,  more

ASHEVILLE, North Carolina, Nov. 12 -- The Campaign for Southern Equality issued the following news on Nov. 10, 2025: * * * U.S. Supreme Court Denies Petition That Sought to Challenge the Freedom to Marry for Same-Sex Couples A majority of Americans, including a majority of people in every single state, support the freedom to marry. Marriage equality has had immense positive impacts on families, businesses, and society at large - and there's no reason to disrupt that. * Today the U.S. Supre  more

BELLEVUE, Washington, Nov. 12 [Category: Political] -- The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms issued the following news release: * * * CCRKBA MOVES FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT IN NFA CHALLENGE * BELLEVUE, WA - The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms and its partners in a federal lawsuit challenging the National Firearms Act of 1934 (NFA) have filed a motion for summary judgment in federal court in Texas. The lawsuit is known as Jensen v. ATF. CCRKBA is joine  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 [Category: Think Tank] -- The American Action Forum issued the following commentary: * * * CFPB Headed for Shutdown in Wake of Department of Justice Action * Executive Summary * The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) will likely run out of operational funds and close in early 2026 in the wake of a Trump Administration Department of Justice finding that the agency cannot legally seek new financing. * Congress created the CFPB in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Re  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Nov. 13 -- FFRF Action Fund, an organization that says it develops and advocates for legislation, regulations and government programs to preserve the constitutional principle of separation between state and church, posted the following news: * * * FFRF Action Fund and Conservation Voters of PA secure Pa. judicial victories The FFRF Action Fund and Conservation Voters of Pennsylvania are celebrating a major victory after voters across Pennsylvania overwhelmingly supported t  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 [Category: Political] -- U.S. Term Limits issued the following news release: * * * Fifth Candidate Supports Congressional Term Limits in MI SD-35 Special Election Race Overwhelming Support in MI SD-35 Special Election Race for Congressional Term Limits * Bay City, MI - U.S. Term Limits (USTL), the leader in the national, non-partisan movement to limit terms for elected officials, is gathering support from state lawmakers across the nation. Its mission is to get 34 state  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Nov. 12 -- The Pennsylvania House Republicans posted the following news: * * * Mako Supports Reforms Included in Budget Package * HARRISBURG Rep. Zach Mako (R-Lehigh/Northampton) today issued the following statement in response to passage of a $50.1 billion state budget for Fiscal Year 2025-26: "While I voted against the General Appropriations bill due to its high spend level, I supported some of the related legislation which addresses three main priorities I hav  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Nov. 13 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on Nov. 12, 2025: * * * Attorney General Brown Opposes Trump Administration's Efforts to Dramatically Expand Expedited Deportations Without Due Process Expansion of Expedited Removal is a Threat That Bypasses Due Process, Denying Individuals Their Right to a Fair Legal Hearing * Attorney General Anthony G. Brown joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general in opposing the Trump admi  more

LANSING, Michigan, Nov. 13 -- The Michigan Democratic Party posted the following news release on Nov. 12, 2025: * * * Anti-Abortion Group Vows to Spend Millions of Dollars in Michigan Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America (SBA), a dark money anti-abortion group that exclusively supports candidates that back a national abortion ban, has set it sights on Michigan and three other battleground states in 2026 with an $80 million effort to elect extreme anti-abortion politicians like John James, Mike R  more

ELON, North Carolina, Nov. 13 -- Elon University issued the following news release on Nov. 12, 2025: * * * N.C. Supreme Court justice to deliver Elon Law Commencement address Justice Philip Berger Jr., whose legal career includes experience as a prosecutor and top state jurist, will address graduates in a Dec.12 ceremony on the main campus of Elon University. A member of North Carolina's highest court who has served at every level of the state's judiciary will share insights from a distingui  more

MANILA, Philippines, Nov. 13 -- The Supreme Court of the Philippines issued the following news release: * * * SC: No Violation of Vloggers' Right to Free Speech in Congressional Hearings The Supreme Court (SC) has ruled that a congressional inquiry on the spread of fake news online did not violate the right to free speech of vloggers invited as resource persons. In a Decision written by Associate Justice Amy C. Lazaro-Javier, the SC En Banc dismissed the petition filed by Ernesto S. Abines,   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 -- Rep. Nellie Pou, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * Pou, Espaillat Lead Call for Trump DOJ to Back Hispanic Serving Institutions * WASHINGTON, DC - Congresswoman Nellie Pou (D-NJ-09) and Congressman Adriano Espaillat (D-NY-13), Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, today led 15 House Democrats calling on U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi to defend the Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) program from a lawsuit challenging its constitutionality. T  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Nov. 12 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Reed Smith, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Reed Smith secures Supreme Court victory for King Crude Carriers, confirming legal doctrine of 'Deemed Fulfilment' is not English Law * Today, in King Crude Carriers SA and others (buyers) v Ridgebury November LLC and others (sellers), the Supreme Court unanimously overturned the Court of Appeal's judgment that the Sellers had claims in debt for deposits to be paid u  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 [Category: Political] -- U.S. Term Limits issued the following news release: * * * Shannon Denniston Pledges to Support Congressional Term Limits * For immediate release Contact: Scott Tillman, U.S. Term Limits Phone: (321) 345-7455 stillman@termlimits.com Mount Sterling, KY - U.S. Term Limits (USTL), the leader in the national, non-partisan movement to limit terms for elected officials, is gathering support from state lawmakers across the nation. Its mission is  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 12 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * US/El Salvador: Torture of Venezuelan Deportees * * The Venezuelan nationals the US government sent to El Salvador in March and April were tortured and subjected to other abuses, including sexual violence. * The cases of torture and ill-treatment of Venezuelans in El Salvador were not isolated incidents by rogue guards or riot police, but rather systematic violations. * The Trump adminis  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * Zach Nunn Attends "Decadent Opera and Truffles Rager at Mar-a-Lago" * Where in the world is Zach Nunn? Ritzing it up at Mar-a-Lago for a " decadent opera and truffles rager," all while his host " was asking the Supreme Court to stop [the administration] from being forced to pay food stamps to millions." Nunn and other guests reportedly " strutt[ed] down a Hollywood-style red ca  more