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Bipartisan AGs At Attention on Veterans’ Education Benefits

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A bipartisan coalition of 52 AGs filed an amicus brief in Yoon v. Collins, a case before the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, in support of two veterans and their families who challenged the denial of G.I. Bill...more

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Firings of Democratic Commissioners Leave FTC In Flux and Tee Up Revisiting of Humphrey’s Executor

As news hit last night that President Trump fired the two remaining Democratic FTC Commissioners Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Slaughter, many questions abound. Would Commissioners Bedoya and Slaughter contest the dismissals?...more

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State-By-State Guide to Ag-Gag Legislation - February 2025

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Several states have made attempts to provide the animal production industry protection against unlawful interference by enacting so-called Ag-Gag laws. A wave of litigation is challenging these laws as unconstitutional,...more

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The Uncertain Future of Gender-Affirming Care for Minors, Part 1: United States v. Skrmetti

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Gender-affirming care (GAC) is a model of care encompassing medical, surgical, mental health, and non-medical services to support transgender and nonbinary individuals in affirming their gender identity. Advocates argue that...more

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Bipartisan AGs Support Universal Service Fund

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A bipartisan coalition of 22 AGs and the Maine Office of the Public Advocate filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in consolidated cases FCC v. Consumers’ Research (No. 24-354) and Schools, Health & Libraries...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Overturn New York’s Affordable Broadband Act

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The U.S. Supreme Court closed out 2024 by confirming states’ authority to regulate internet service providers. On December 16, 2024, the Court denied certiorari in New York State Telecommunications Association, Inc., et al....more

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Supreme Court Denies Oral Argument to Republican State AGs Who Argue That the CFPB Funding Mechanism Is Unconstitutional

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On August 21, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a request by West Virginia Attorney General (AG) Patrick Morrisey and 26 other state AGs to participate in oral arguments in Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) et al. v....more

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SCOTUS denies motion of Republican State Attorney Generals to participate in oral argument in case challenging constitutionality...

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The U.S. Supreme Court has denied the motion filed by the 27 Republican State Attorney Generals who filed an amicus brief in support of Community Financial Services Association in CFSA v. CFPB asking for leave to participate...more

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States urge Supreme Court to find CFPB funding unconstitutional

On July 10, the West Virginia attorney general, along with 26 other states, filed an amicus brief in support of respondents in Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Community Financial Services Association of America,...more

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16 amicus briefs filed with SCOTUS in support of CFSA’s position that CFPB’s funding mechanism is unconstitutional

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Sixteen amicus briefs have been filed with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of the position of the Community Financial Services Association of America (CFSA) that the Court should affirm the Fifth Circuit panel decision in...more

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Constitutionality of CFPB Funding Mechanism to Be Reviewed by Supreme Court

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The Supreme Court announced that it will resolve a circuit split over the constitutionality of the CFPB’s funding mechanism. The case is CFPB et al. v. Community Financial Services Association of America, Limited et al....more

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State AGs With Opposing Objectives File Separate Amicus Briefs Urging Supreme Court to Grant Cert in CFPB Funding Appeal

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As discussed here, on October 19, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Community Financial Services Association of America Ltd. (CFSA) v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) held that the CFPB’s funding mechanism...more

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In Two Camps, 37 States and D.C. Urge Supreme Court to Review CFPB Funding Case

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Two coalitions of state attorneys general are urging the Supreme Court to review the constitutionality of the CFPB's funding structure—albeit for vastly different reasons. The two amicus briefs were filed December 14 in...more

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State AGs file amicus briefs urging Supreme Court to grant CFPB’s petition for certiorari seeking review of Fifth Circuit ruling...

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Two groups of state attorneys general have filed amicus briefs in the U.S. Supreme Court urging the Court to grant the CFPB’s certiorari petition seeking review of the Fifth Circuit panel decision in Community Financial...more

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Supreme Court Decides Cameron v. EMW Women’s Surgical Center

On March 3, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Cameron v. EMW Women’s Surgical Center, No. 20-601, holding that the Sixth Circuit erred in prohibiting Kentucky’s attorney general from intervening to defend an abortion law...more

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The Supreme Court - March 3, 2022

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United States v. Zubaydah, No. 20-827: Respondent Abu Zubaydah claims that following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the CIA held him in a detention site in Poland and subjected him to “enhanced interrogation”...more

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Supreme Court Hears Argument on a State Attorney General’s Authority to Defend State’s Laws

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On October 12, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in the case Cameron v. EMW Women’s Surgical Center, P.S.C., an appeal from the Sixth Circuit. Plaintiff abortion providers (collectively, “EMW”) initiated this case,...more

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Supreme Court Rules on Constitutionality of California’s Charity Donor Disclosure Requirement

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On Thursday, July 1, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its long-awaited ruling on California’s charity donor disclosure requirement, finding the requirement to be facially invalid because it burdened donors’ First Amendment...more

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Coalition of States Petitions for Supreme Court Review of Affordable Care Act Ruling

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On January 3, 2020, a coalition of 20 states and the District of Columbia, led by California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari to review the recent Affordable Care Act...more

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Supreme Court Decides Virginia House of Delegates v. Bethune-Hill

On June 17, 2019, the Supreme Court of the United States decided Virginia House of Delegates v. Bethune-Hill, No. 18-281, holding that the Virginia House of Delegates and its speaker lacked standing to appeal an order...more

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