RICHMOND, Virginia, April 28 -- Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones issued the following news release on April 27, 2026: * * * 100 Days of Action: Attorney General Jay Jones Prioritizes Lowering Costs, Defending Rights, and Keeping Virginians Safe On his 100th day in office, Attorney General Jay Jones released a comprehensive update on the work his office has been doing for all people in the Commonwealth. These actions deliver on the promises AG Jones has made to Virginians - that he would lo  more

LOS ANGELES, California, April 27 -- The University of California at Los Angeles School of Law posted the following news: * * * Angela Riley is elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences UCLA School of Law professor Angela R. Riley was elected on April 22 to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, among the world's preeminent learned societies of scholars, scientists, and artists. Founded in 1780 by John Adams, John Hancock and others, the academy "honors excellence and convenes  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, April 28 -- The Arizona Supreme Court issued the following news release on April 27, 2026: * * * Arizona Supreme Court Says Third-Party Statements Can Count as Harassment The Arizona Supreme Court today ruled that statements made to third parties can count as harassment of another person under Arizona law when those statements are meant to cause harm to that person. The case, Hernandez v. Loarca, involved Briana Hernandez and Luis Arturo Loarca, who share a daughter and hav  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, April 27 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Alan Wilson touts two major victories in defense of religious liberty * (COLUMBIA, S.C.) - South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson celebrates significant wins for religious liberty in two cases in which he joined two multistate coalitions to support the religious liberty claims. In the first case, Attorney General Wilson joined a brief in December of 2025   more

AUSTIN, Texas, April 27 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Ken Paxton Secures Victory in the U.S. Supreme Court to Successfully Defend Texas's Big Beautiful Map for 2026 Elections * Attorney General Ken Paxton has yet again successfully defended Texas's Big Beautiful Map in the U.S. Supreme Court. After a district court enjoined the use of Texas's congressional map, Attorney General Paxton appealed that ruling and secured an emerge  more

WASHINGTON, April 27 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Cantwell Co-Introduces Bill to Block Trump's Executive Order Restricting Vote by Mail ICYMI: Cantwell, colleagues warn USPS that complying with Trump's illegal mail-in voting executive order would be "a blatant violation of the Constitution"  * U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and senior member of the Senate F  more

WASHINGTON, April 27 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Cantwell Joins Colleagues in Filing Amicus Brief Challenging Trump Administration's Unlawful Termination of Temporary Protected Status ICYMI: Cantwell supports protected status for Washingtonians who fled armed conflict, natural disasters * U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and senior member of the Finance Comm  more

WASHINGTON, April 27 [Category: Sociological] -- Cato Institute issued the following news release: * * * Cato Scholar: Supreme Court Must Rein In Geofence Warrants * This morning, the Supreme Court will hear Chatrie v. United States, one of the most significant Fourth Amendment cases in years. The case challenges the constitutionality of "geofence warrants," a growing practice in which police demand that technology companies turn over location data for everyone near a crime scene to generate  more

WASHINGTON, April 27 [Category: Food/Beverage] -- The Center for Food Safety issued the following news release: * * * Center for Food Safety Leads Movement for Science-Based Advocacy Against Industrial Agriculture Today, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in Monsanto v. Durnell, a watershed case that could determine whether pesticide manufacturers can avoid legal responsibility for failing to warn the public about the health risks of their products. Center for Food Safety (CFS), the leadi  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, April 27 -- Washington University in St. Louis posted the following news: * * * Class Acts: Beverly Lobo and Jaden Lanza * WashU Law students Beverly Lobo and Jaden Lanza are conducting a large-scale empirical research project that sits at the intersection of law and data science and could affect imprisonment in America. Their work focuses on certificates of appealability in habeas corpus cases -an often-overlooked but critical step that determines whether a prisoner c  more

NEW YORK, April 27 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Davis Polk and Wardwell, a law firm, posted the following news: * * * Davis Polk launches Supreme Court & Appellate practice, welcomes preeminent litigators * Davis Polk today announced the launch of a Supreme Court & Appellate practice. The new practice will be led by Kannon Shanmugam, one of the nation's foremost Supreme Court litigators. Mr. Shanmugam and fellow leading Supreme Court litigator Masha Hansford join Davis Polk today as partners   more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, April 28 -- Earthjustice issued the following news release on April 27, 2026: * * * Chemical Industry Asks Supreme Court to Shield them from Cancer Lawsuits from Pesticides If the Court sides with the chemical industry, cancer patients and farmworkers could lose their only path to compensation when toxic pesticides make them sick * Washington, D.C. -- Today, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Monsanto v. Durnell, a case that could strip families, farmw  more

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- The Food and Water Watch posted the following news release on April 27, 2026: * * * Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument In Bayer Case Seeking To Block Pesticide Lawsuits Federal legislation needed to safeguard right to sue * Today, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in pesticide manufacturer Bayer's case Monsanto Company v. Durnell. Food & Water Watch and allies submitted an amicus brief in favor of Durnell earlier this month. With the Trump administration's repeat  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, April 27 -- Florida State University issued the following news: * * * FSU 175: How commencement connects generations at Florida State * As Florida State University celebrates its 175th anniversary, commencement remains one of its most enduring traditions -a moment of joy, reflection and possibility that connects today's graduates to those who came before them. Each ceremony links today's graduates to generations of students who walked the same paths, studied under the  more

WASHINGTON, April 27 -- Rep. Glenn Grothman, R-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Grothman Introduces the Ending Discrimination in Government Contracts Act * Today, Congressman Glenn Grothman (R-WI) introduced the Ending Discrimination in Government Contracting Act to stop federal agencies from violating the Constitution by awarding contracts based on recipients' race or sex. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) has introduced the Senate companion of the bill. "Companies in my district  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, April 28 (TNSjou) -- Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health issued the following news release: * * * Study Suggests Increase in Deaths During or Within One Year of Pregnancy in States that Imposed Abortion Bans Findings point to potential 9% rise in pregnancy-associated and pregnancy-related mortality * Abortion bans in the United States are likely associated with increases in deaths during or within one year of pregnancy, though data limitations and  more

NEW YORK, April 28 -- Cahill Gordon and Reindel, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Kiersten Fletcher Quoted on Supreme Court's Review of SEC Disgorgement Powers Cahill partner Kiersten Fletcher was quoted in Law360's "Justices Cast Doubt On Effort To Limit SEC Disgorgement" and New York Law Journal's "SEC's Power to Force Fraudsters to Disgorge Gains Returns to U.S. Supreme Court" regarding the U.S. Supreme Court's review of Sripetch v. Securities and Exchange Commission, which con  more

WASHINGTON, April 26 -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES ON FOX: "VIOLENCE IS NEVER THE ANSWER, WHETHER IT'S TARGETED AT THE RIGHT, THE LEFT OR THE CENTER" Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared on Fox News Sunday, where he made clear that political violence is never acceptable, and that Democrats and Republicans must come together in a bipartisan way to lower the high cost of living and fix our broken immigration syst  more

WASHINGTON, April 27 -- Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, issued the following news release: * * * Lee Introduces End of DEI Discrimination in Government Contracts * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) today introduced the Ending Discrimination in Government Contracting Act to stop federal agencies from violating the Constitution and awarding contracts based on recipients' race or sex. Congressman Glenn Grothman (R-WI-06) introduced the House version of the bill. "Unconstitutional discriminatio  more

WASHINGTON, April 27 [Category: Media] -- National Religious Broadcasters issued the following news release: * * * NRB Files FCC Complaint Over Jimmy Kimmel Live! Monologue NRB has requested that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) investigate ABC Television following remarks aired during the April 23, 2026 national broadcast of Jimmy Kimmel Live! that, when viewed in context, raise serious concerns about the normalization and potential incitement of political violence. The broadcast  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 27 -- The Ohio Democratic Party posted the following news: * * * REMINDER: Jon Husted Remains at Center of Largest Bribery Scandal in Ohio History * U.S. Supreme Court upholds the conviction of top Jon Husted ally COLUMBUS, OHIO -Today, the United States Supreme Court upheld the conviction of one of Jon Husted's top allies in the FirstEnergy corruption scheme -the largest bribery scandal in Ohio history -proving this political headache isn't going away for Husted anyt  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, April 27 -- The University of Nebraska posted the following news: * * * Speakers at Yeutter Institute symposium point to trade progress, complications * The Trump administration is using effective leverage to gain significant concessions from trade partners, with results including a marked reduction in the agricultural trade deficit, a top U.S. trade negotiator said in an April 21 Yeutter Institute symposium at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Other speakers pointed t  more

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on April 27, 2026: * * * Warren, Van Hollen Press SEC Chair Atkins on Exempting Broad Swaths of Crypto Market from American Securities Laws "You have also promised that further exemptions are on their way, raising alarm in the financial industry" * U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate B  more

WASHINGTON, April 27 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- The Wilson Center, an organization that provides nonpartisan insights and analysis on global affairs to policymakers and the public through deep research, open dialogue and independent scholarship, issued the following news release: * * * Latin America's Negative Supply Shock from the US-Iran Conflict * Latin American economies are currently absorbing two negative supply shocks: tariffs and oil prices. Countries in the re  more

WASHINGTON, April 27 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Washington Legal Foundation issued the following news release: * * * WLF Lauds New Independent Contractor Rules Grounded in "Economic Reality" "The Department's clear guidance is consistent with caselaw, keeps faith with the statute, and reflects economic reality." -Zac Morgan, WLF Senior Litigation Counsel * Washington Legal Foundation (WLF) today urged the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to adopt proposed regulations clarifying when a work  more