Attorney General Merrick Garland is scheduled to testify in front of the House Judiciary Committee on September 20, a source familiar with the plans told CNN. The attorney general’s appearance before the panel will be for a standard oversight hearing. It’s routine for top-level executive branch officials to provide general testimony before congressional committees. But […]
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton tests in front of the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services, just a few days before a grand jury indicts him on three felony.Robert Daemmrich Photography Inc/Corbis via Getty Images Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton could soon be out of a job after being accused of several crimes. The […]
Below is a political press release from Attorney General Lynn Fitch: In a letter sent Friday to the US Department of Education, Attorney General Lynn Fitch and 21 other Attorneys General urged the Department to retain a rule that compels public universities to comply with the First Amendment or lose grant funding – a provision […]
The attorney for Brian Laundrie’s family is seeking copies of all the family’s texts, calls and other phone records for a six-month stretch of 2021 obtained by the parents of Gabby Petito as part of a Florida civil suit connected to the travel blogger’s murder. Her parents’ attorney, Pat Reilly, obtained a subpoena earlier this […]
The Supreme Court Case that Threatens to Upend US Labor Law Priyanka Podugu Within the next few months, the Supreme Court will release its decision for Glacier Northwest v. Int’l Brotherhood of Teamsters, a case that has held the attention of union activists and corporate leaders, alike. The case reached the Supreme Court in the […]
This post was authored by Matthew Loescher, Esq. In 2003, the City of Augusta, Georgia enacted an adult-entertainment ordinance with the stated purpose of combating negative secondary effects associated with adult-oriented businesses. The owners and operators of two longstanding nude-dancing clubs in downtown Augusta, the Discotheque Lounge and Joker’s Lounge, sued the City and others […]
This post was authored by Sebastian Perez, JD Proposed intervenors sought to challenge AT&T’s application for a wireless facility at St. Peter’s chapel (the “Chapel”) as violative of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (“TCA”). The judge had previously ordered Plaintiff’s and Defendant’s proposed settlement agreement (“Settlement Agreement”), but the Court granted the Proposed Intervenors’ motion […]
This post is authored by Andrew LW Peters originally appeared on the Rocky Mountain Sign Law Blog and is reposted with permission The first federal circuit court opinions applying Reagan National Advertising of Austin, Inc. v. The city of Austin is flowing in, and local governments may perhaps breathe a sigh of relief: normalcy has […]