A coalition of 22 Democratic state attorneys general filed a comment letter Monday opposing the Trump administration’s proposed tariffs of up to 12.5 percent on 59 countries and the EU, arguing they are unlawful and amount to a pretext to reimpose broad tariffs previously struck down by the courts. The coalition, co-led by California Attorney [...]
Meta revealed in a court filing Monday that state attorneys general (AGs) are seeking up to $1.4 trillion in penalties ahead of an August trial over claims that the company knowingly designed Facebook and Instagram to be addictive to teen users. The staggering figure represents the large share of Meta’s total market capitalization, currently listed [...]
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker on Monday signed into law a landmark artificial intelligence (AI) bill, cementing the state as a “national leader in setting guardrails for responsible innovation and growth.” Senate Bill 315, or the AI Safety Measures Act, implements new safety regulations on AI companies developing frontier models, the most advanced and costliest AI [...]
The Louisiana Supreme Court on Friday issued a stay of proceedings and recalled a pending arrest warrant against state Attorney General Liz Murrill. The 5-2 per curiam decision pointed out “disturbing defects” in Orleans Parish Criminal District Court’s procedure, namely the (1) failure to follow the Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure and administer a grand [...]
A US federal judge on Thursday prevented Philadelphia’s “ICE OUT” mandate from taking effect, holding that the law requiring Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to remove masks and display badges sidesteps the Constitution’s “clear mandate” that localities do to interfere with federal law enforcement. In a lawsuit by the Department of Justice (DOJ) disputing [...]
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed lawsuits Wednesday against Virginia and California, alleging that newly enacted firearm restrictions in both states violate the Second Amendment to the US Constitution. The complaint filed against Virginia in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia challenges Senate Bill 749, which Governor Abigail Spanberger signed [...]
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday granted certiorari to two consolidated cases challenging “assault weapon” bans, setting the stage to potentially reshape firearm regulations across the country. The court agreed to hear Viramontes v. Cook County out of the Seventh Circuit and Grant v. Higgins out of the Second Circuit, consolidating the cases for a [...]
President Donald Trump repeatedly missed legal deadlines and omitted business deals required under federal ethics laws designed to expose conflicts of interest, his latest financial disclosure reveals—lapses that fall to his own appointees to police. The 927-page annual report, filed with the US Office of Government Ethics (OGE) and released Tuesday, states that Trump paid [...]
The San Francisco Catholic archdiocese announced on Monday that it reached a $395 million settlement with over 500 survivors of childhood sexual abuse by church clergy. The terms of the agreement, which must still be approved by a judge, also require the church to comply with transparency and child protection demands, including maintaining an up-to-date [...]
The US Supreme Court on Monday struck down federal limits on how much political parties can spend in coordination with their candidates, ruling 6-3 that the restrictions violate the First Amendment‘s free speech protections. The decision in National Republican Senatorial Committee v. Federal Election Commission overrules the court’s 2001 decision in FEC v. Colorado Republican [...]
