Category: Federal-State Relations

House Subcommittee Misleads About Florida’s Stance on COVID-19 Vaccines for Children: Florida Surgeon General

The Florida surgeon general, Dr. Joseph Ladapo, on June 29 accused the office of Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.), the chairman of the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, of having issued misleading statements about various matters related to Florida’s attitude and actions toward COVID-19 vaccines for children under 5. Florida is the only state…


Supreme Court Upholds Oklahoma Child Neglect Prosecution in Ruling That Curbs Tribal Criminal Authority

In a complex 5-4 ruling that narrows its own 2020 decision enhancing tribal authority in Oklahoma, the Supreme Court ruled June 29 in favor of state’s prosecution of a non-Native American man convicted of neglecting his young Indian step-daughter on Indian territory. The decision is a win for the state of Oklahoma and the principle…


Supreme Court Upholds Federal Anti-Discrimination Law Protecting Veterans

Texas violated a federal anti-discrimination law protecting veterans by refusing to rehire a former state trooper after he was injured in the Iraq War while serving as a U.S. Army reservist, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 on June 29. The Biden administration previously urged the court to reject the case, but switched sides during oral arguments…


3 Arrested Following Protests Against Supreme Court Abortion Ruling

Two people have been arrested following protests at the Supreme Court and another for disrupting traffic by protesting atop a nearby bridge over the court’s majority decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, which has sent legislative powers for abortion access back to the states. The two were arrested for the…


Texas AG Closes Offices Across State, Declares Annual Holiday to Mark End of Roe

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said on Friday he closed his offices statewide for the day “in honor of the nearly 70 million unborn babies killed in the womb since 1973,” and created an annual holiday to mark the Supreme Court decision that has overturned Roe v. Wade. “June 24th will be an annual Office…


LIVE UPDATES: Abortion Activists Protest Across the US; Abortion Ban Takes Effect in Several States

The latest updates after the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. Pro-abortion Activists Protest in Multiple Cities Pro-abortion activists staged protests Friday in several major cities around the country, following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. Protests were taking place in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco as well…


LIVE UPDATES: Abortion Activists Protest Across the Country; Abortion Ban Takes Effect in Several States

The latest updates after the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. Abortion Activists Protest in Multiple Cities Pro-abortion activists staged protests Friday in several major cities around the country, following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. Protests were taking place in New York, Washington, Los Angeles and San Francisco as…


Abortion Activists Protest Across the Country; Abortion Ban Takes Effect in Several States

The latest updates after the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. Police Fire Tear Gas to Disperse Protesters Outside Arizona Capitol Building Police fired tear gas from the windows of the Arizona Capitol building to disperse hundreds of people demonstrating outside, as lawmakers briefly huddled in a basement. The lawmakers were working to…


2 Dozen States to Restrict Abortions After Supreme Court Overturns Roe v. Wade

More than two dozen states will move to restrict abortions following the Supreme Court’s Friday ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. The Guttmacher Institute, a research group, says that 13 states have “trigger laws” that bar most abortions that will take effect immediately after the ruling Friday. They are Arkansas, Idaho,…


Supreme Court Agrees to Hear New York’s Case Opposing New Jersey Leaving Waterfront Commission

The Supreme Court agreed on June 21 to hear New York’s lawsuit seeking to prevent New Jersey from unilaterally withdrawing from the interstate compact that created the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor to combat corruption. The storied Port of New York and New Jersey’s reckoning with organized crime was immortalized in director Elia Kazan’s 1954 film,…