Justice Sonia Sotomayor offered sharp commentary on Tuesday about the Supreme Court‘s recent rulings, claiming the high court has adopted several past dissenting opinions as new rulings. During oral arguments for Little v. Hecox, one of two cases the Supreme Court heard Tuesday regarding state laws limiting women’s sports to biological women, Sotomayor questioned Justice […]

House Republican leadership suffered a surprising defeat when six GOP lawmakers sank a Republican-led bill targeting overtime rules in the workforce. The Flexibility for Workers Education Act failed 209-215 after Reps. Rob Bresnahan (R-PA), Nick LaLota (R-NY), Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ), Chris Smith (R-NJ), Riley Moore (R-WV), and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) joined all Democrats to […]

(The Center Square) — New Hampshire lawmakers are moving to tighten that state’s voting laws by prohibiting high school or college students from using their student identification cards to vote in elections. The Republican-backed proposal, which recently cleared the state House of Representatives on a 190-148 party-line vote, would eliminate a provision of state election law […]

(The Center Square) – The Citizen Action Defense Fund, in a formal demand letter to Democratic leaders, argues the Washington State Legislature’s refusal to hold hearings on two citizen initiatives is unconstitutional because it violates a constitutional provision requiring initiatives to be prioritized over other legislative matters. During a legislative preview with reporters last week, […]