OTTAWA, Ontario, May 6 -- Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney issued the following news release on May 5, 2026: * * * Prime Minister Carney announces The King's approval of Canada's next Governor General Today, the Prime Minister, Mark Carney, announced that, on his recommendation, His Majesty King Charles III has approved the appointment of the Honourable Louise Arbour as the next Governor General of Canada. As Governor General, Ms. Arbour will be the representative of His Majesty The King   more

ORANGE, California, May 6 -- Chapman University issued the following news: * * * Antony Page to Lead Fowler School of Law as Dean Page brings global perspective and commitment to teaching * After a national search, Provost Mike Ibba announced Antony Page as the next dean of the Dale E. Fowler School of Law. Page most recently served as dean of the Florida International University College of Law in Miami and is an internationally recognized scholar on corporate law and social enterprise.   more

WASHINGTON, May 5 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council for Responsible Nutrition posted the following news release: * * * Council for Responsible Nutrition Thanks Leading Organizations for Supporting Supreme Court Petition Defending First Amendment Protections * The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), the leading trade association for the dietary supplement and functional food industry, today expressed its sincere appreciation to a coalition of respected organizations that have filed  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 6 -- Case Western Reserve University issued the following news: * * * CWRU honors two Faculty Distinguished Research Award winners: Grace McComsey and Michael P. Scharf Story by: Lydia Coutre Case Western Reserve University awarded the 2025 Faculty Distinguished Research Award to Grace McComsey and Michael P. Scharf for their work in making a far-reaching impact in advancing medicine and in international diplomacy. Established in 2013, the Faculty Distinguished Researc  more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * DeGette Leads Over 250 Congressional Democrats on Amicus Brief to Supreme Court in Louisiana v. FDA * DENVER, CO -Today, Congresswoman Diana DeGette (CO-01), co-chair of the Reproductive Freedom Caucus, is leading more than 250 Congressional Democrats in filing an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in State of Louisiana v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), a case that could have sweeping  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, May 6 -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation issued the following news release on May 4, 2026: * * * FFRF warns about appeals court ban on telehealth mifepristone The country now awaits Supreme Court action in a case that could ban telehealth abortion nationwide only four years after the Dobbs decision overturning the constitutional right to abortion. While the Supreme Court today temporarily paused an appeals court ruling imposing an extraordinary restriction all across  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on May 5, 2026: * * * Following Emergency Stay, 250+ Democrats Fight To Protect Mifepristone Access, Women's Health Care, and FDA Authority Yesterday, more than 250 Senate and House Democrats--led by Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY); Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Dick Durbin (D-IL), and Ron Wyden (D-OR); House Democratic Leader Ha  more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Following Emergency Stay, Clark Leads 250+ Democrats in Supreme Court Fight to Protect Mifepristone Access, Women's Health Care, and FDA Authority * Yesterday, more than 250 House and Senate Democrats filed an amicus brief to the Supreme Court urging them to overturn a Fifth Circuit decision that would upend the FDA approval process and restrict access to life-saving mifepristone. Yesterday  more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Following Emergency Stay, Murray, Schumer, Jeffries Lead 250+ Democrats in Supreme Court Fight to Protect Mifepristone Access, Women's Health Care, and FDA Authority * More than 250 House and Senate Democrats filed an amicus brief to the Supreme Court urging them to overturn a Fifth Circuit decision that would upend the FDA approval process and restrict access to life-saving mifepristone. ICYMI :  more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Following Emergency Stay, N.M. Delegation Join 250+ Democrats in Supreme Court Fight to Protect Mifepristone Access, Women's Health Care, And FDA Authority * New Mexico - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) joined more than 250 House and Senate Democrats in  more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Following Emergency Stay, Pappas, Goodlander, and 250+ Democrats Join Supreme Court Fight to Protect Mifepristone Access & FDA Integrity * Yesterday Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander (NH-02), and more than 250 Senate and House Democrats filed an amicus brief to the Supreme Court urging them to overturn a Fifth Circuit decision that would upend the FDA approval pr  more

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, May 4 -- Samford University issued the following news release: * * * From Cumberland to U.S. Tax Court: Levi Wolff's Path to Federal Judicial Experience * When Levi Wolff, JD '26, arrived at Samford University's Cumberland School of Law, he knew he wanted to practice tax law. What he didn't anticipate was how quickly that interest would turn into a front-row education in the federal judiciary-taking him all the way to Washington, D.C., before his final law school semeste  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, May 5 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Goldwater Institute posted the following news: * * * Goldwater Asks Supreme Court for Justice for Native American Kids * The Goldwater Institute today asked the U.S. Supreme Court to take up a shocking case of discrimination involving two Minnesota children who were taken from the safe, loving foster home where they had lived for most of their young lives and sent hundreds of miles away to live on a reservation far from the medical care th  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following remarks at the subcommittee markup of the fiscal 2027 Commerce, Justice, Science and related agencies funding bill: Thank you Chairman Cole, Chairman Rogers, and Ranking Member Meng. I also want to thank the subcommittee staff, Bob Bonner, Nora Faye, Jamie Wise, and Faye Cobb on the minority, and their counterparts on the majority, Rob Yavor (pronounced YAY-ver)  more

NEW YORK, May 5 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following commentary by Associate Director Heather Barr and acting research assistant Susanne Seong-eun Bergsten, both of the Women's Rights Division: * * * US: Courts Consider Access to Mifepristone via Telehealth Abortion Access at Risk Nationwide * The US Supreme Court paused on Monday an order by the country's Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals that had inflicted a serious blow to abortion access nationwide. While th  more

WASHINGTON, May 5 [Category: Political] -- Reproductive Freedom for All (formerly the NARAL Pro-Choice America) posted the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Mifepristone Emerges as a Defining Issue Ahead of Critical Midterm Elections * New reporting from the Associated Press highlights how back-and-forth court rulings impacting access to mifepristone are propelling abortion back into the center of the political conversation ahead of this year's critical midterm elections. Last week, the  more

SOUTH BEND, Indiana, May 5 -- The University of Notre Dame Law School posted the following news: * * * In Memoriam: G. Robert Blakey, the William J. and Dorothy K. O'Neill Professor of Law Emeritus, Notre Dame Law School * George Robert Blakey, the William J. and Dorothy K. O'Neill Professor of Law Emeritus, died Friday, May 1 in Chicago. He was 90 years old. Blakey was a towering figure in criminal law, legislation, and legal education. His career spanned more than five decades of public   more

MURFREESBORO, Tennessee, May 5 -- Middle Tennessee State University posted the following news: * * * In the news: MTSU faculty, staff talk censorship, AI, unemployment, Pirates, more * MURFREESBORO, Tenn. -Middle Tennessee State University faculty and staff recently shared their perspectives with media on various issues, including employment rates, artificial intelligence, censorship and finances. * Allie Sultan, media arts professor, talked with Axios Nashville on April 9 about the launch  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- The Jamestown Foundation posted the following commentary on May 5, 2026, by Paul Goble, specialist on ethnic and religious questions in Eurasia, in the foundation's Eurasia Daily Monitor: * * * Moscow's Replacement of Dagestan Leadership Likely Making Bad Situation Worse Executive Summary: * Russian President Vladimir Putin has replaced Dagestan Governor Sergey Melikov and his team with Fyodor Shchukin, head of Dagestan's Supreme Court, after long being unhappy with the   more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Rep. Emilia Strong Sykes, D-Ohio, issued the following statement on May 5, 2026, with Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Virginia: * * * Joint Statement from Reps. Emilia Sykes and Jennifer McClellan on Mifepristone Ruling and Ongoing Legal Uncertainty U.S. Representatives Emilia Sykes (OH-13), Chair of the Reproductive Justice Task Force of the Reproductive Freedom Caucus, and Jennifer McClellan (VA-04), Chair of the Abortion Rights and Access Task Force of the Reproductive Free  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on May 5, 2026: * * * Justice Department Sues the City of Denver for Unconstitutional Weapons Bans Today, the Justice Department filed suit against the City of Denver, Colorado alleging that the City unconstitutionally bans certain constitutionally protected semi-automatic rifles. These laws unconstitutionally infringe on the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens to keep and bear arms in common use  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, May 6 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on May 5, 2026: * * * Attorney General Brown Files Brief Urging Supreme Court to Stay Restrictions on Mifepristone Attorney General Anthony G. Brown joined a coalition of 22 states and the District Columbia in urging the Supreme Court of the United States to stay a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit that would restrict access to mifepristone, a safe and effective a  more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- George Washington University posted the following news: * * * Media Tip Sheet: SCOTUS Abortion Pill Ruling * WASHINGTON (May 5, 2026) - The Supreme Court decided to temporarily preserve access to the abortion pill mifepristone. The Court's move pauses a lower court ruling that could have restricted nationwide access. Sonia M. Suter, a professor at the George Washington University Law School and a leading scholar in health law and bioethics, is available to comment on t  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, May 6 -- New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella issued the following news release on May 5, 2026: * * * Purdue/Sackler $7.4 Billion Opioid Settlement Goes into Effect Attorney General John M. Formella announces that a $7.4 billion settlement reached with Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family, has now become legally effective, capping nearly a decade of work by attorneys general from across the country in pursuing investigations and litigation over Purd  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education released the following written testimony by Michaele N. Turnage Young, senior counsel and co-manager of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc. Equal Protection Initiative, from an April 28, 2026, hearing entitled "Leveling Down: How Equity Policies Undermine Excellence and Harm Students": * * * Good morning Chairman Kiley, Ranking Member Bonamici, and other dist  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, May 6 -- The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development issued the following news release: * * * NJDOL Adopts Clear Rules on Worker Classification to Protect Workers' Rights, Level the Playing Field for Businesses Today, the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) adopted new regulations that clarify the statutory ABC test for determining whether a worker is an independent contractor or employee . These rules provide New Jersey busin  more

SOUTH BEND, Indiana, May 5 -- The University of Notre Dame Law School posted the following news: * * * Notre Dame Law 3L Simon Brake Wins First Place in Religious Liberty Student Writing Competition * Simon Brake, a third-year student at Notre Dame Law School, has been awarded first place in the Religious Liberty Student Writing Competition, sponsored by the J. Reuben Clark Law Society, for his paper, "Are Religious Nondiscrimination Clauses Religion-Neutral?" The competition promotes lega  more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Pelosi Joins Over 250 Congressional Democrats To Protect Mifepristone Access * Washington, D.C. - Yesterday, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi joined more than 250 Senate and House Democrats-led by Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY); Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Dick Durbin (D-IL), and Ron Wyden (D-OR); House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY); and Representatives Katherine Clark (D-MA  more

WILLIAMSBURG, Virginia, May 5 -- William and Mary issued the following news: * * * Professor Allison Orr Larsen named 2026 Andrew Carnegie Fellow * Allison Orr Larsen, the Alfred Wilson & Mary I.W. Lee Professor of Law and Taylor Reveley Research Professor at William & Mary Law School, has been named a 2026 Andrew Carnegie Fellow by the Carnegie Corporation of New York. The fellowship supports bold scholarship on pressing issues facing American democracy. Larsen is one of 24 fellows select  more

DOVER, Delaware, May 6 -- Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings issued the following news release on May 5, 2026: * * * Supreme Court issues stay of restrictions on mifepristone following advocacy by AG Jennings, coalition Attorney General Kathy Jennings yesterday joined a coalition of 22 states and the District of Columbia in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to stay a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit that would restrict access to mifepristone, a safe and effective ab  more

NEW YORK, May 6 -- The Center for Reproductive Rights issued the following news release on May 5, 2026: * * * Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks Ruling that Banned the Use of Telemedicine to Get Abortion Pills This ruling pauses an order issued by an appellate court on Friday, but this ruling is temporary and the Supreme Court has yet to make a final decision * Today, the U.S. Supreme Court temporarily blocked a ruling from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals that forced people to get the abor  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, May 5 -- Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issued the following news: * * * U.S. Supreme Court Immediately Enters Judgment in Louisiana Redistricting Case * In case you missed it: Yesterday, the United States Supreme Court allowed its decision in Callais v. Louisiana-which struck down Louisiana's unconstitutional congressional map-to take effect immediately, just a week after the historic victory for Louisiana voters by Attorney General Liz Murrill and her team.   more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren, Duckworth, Schumer Lead Senators in Pressing Head of Employment Protections Commission on Attacks on Workers Undergoing IVF U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) led 12 senators in pressing the Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on the Commission's efforts to weaken a rule affirming emplo  more