WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–June 23, 2016. In a 4-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court today deadlocked in the case of United States v. Texas. It left in place a lower court order preventing the president from shielding millions of people from deportation via the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans program.[Read More…]
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ACLU Comment on Supreme Court Fisher Ruling
WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)–June 23, 2016. In a 4-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court today upheld the race-conscious admissions program at the University of Texas at Austin. The ruling means the school will be able to continue using race as one of multiple factors in admissions decisions. The American Civil Liberties[Read More…]
Court Affirms Public Hospitals Must Comply with Reproductive Privacy Act
SEATTLE —(ENEWSPF)–June 22, 2016. Public hospitals in Washington that provide maternity services must also provide abortions, according to a Skagit Valley Superior Court decision released yesterday. The decision came in a lawsuit (Coffey v. Public Health District No. 1) filed by the ACLU of Washington on behalf of Kevan Coffey,[Read More…]
ACLU Statement on Obama Administration Affirmation of Women’s Access to Abortion
WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)–June 22, 2016. The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Civil Rights yesterday dismissed complaints regarding California’s requirement that all group health insurance plans cover basic health care services, including abortion. After the California Department of Managed Health Care clarified in 2014 that a longstanding state law[Read More…]
Yuengling to Upgrade Environmental Measures to Settle Clean Water Act Violations at Two Pennsylvania Breweries
PENNSYLVANIA–(ENEWSPF)–June 23, 2016. The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that D. G. Yuengling and Son Inc., has settled Clean Water Act violations involving its two large-scale breweries near Pottsville, Pennsylvania. In a consent decree filed today in federal court in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the[Read More…]
Justice Department Settles Immigration-Related Discrimination Claim Against Macy’s
CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)–June 22, 2016. The Justice Department reached an agreement today with Macy’s over allegations that the large national retailer violated the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) by discriminating against work-authorized non-U.S. citizens at its Glendale, California, location. The department’s investigation was based on a charge filed by a lawful permanent[Read More…]
National Health Care Fraud Takedown Results in Charges against 301 Individuals for Approximately $900 Million in False Billing
Most Defendants Charged and Largest Alleged Loss Amount in Strike Force History Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 22, 2016. Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell announced today an unprecedented nationwide sweep led by the Medicare Fraud Strike Force in 36 federal districts,[Read More…]
Hillary Clinton Statement on Texas v. United States
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–June 23, 2016. Today, following the Supreme Court’s deadlocked decision in Texas v. United States, Hillary Clinton issued the following statement: “Today’s deadlocked decision from the Supreme Court is unacceptable, and show us all just how high the stakes are in this election. As I have consistently said, I[Read More…]
Bolthouse Farms Voluntarily Recalls Protein Beverages Due to Possible Spoilage
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–June 23, 2016. Bolthouse Farms is voluntarily recalling a selection of protein drinks due to possible spoilage that may cause the beverages to appear lumpy, taste unpleasant and have an off odor. These products should not be consumed. The issue was identified after the company received consumer complaints,[Read More…]
Metropolitan Tenants Organization to Host City Wide HUD Town Hall on June 29
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—June 23, 2016. Metropolitan Tenants Organization will host a city wide HUD Town Hall on Wednesday, June 29 from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at St. Paul Community Development Ministries, 4550 South Wabash Avenue in Chicago. The event is free and open to the public. Do you or someone you[Read More…]
