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Nevada District Attorneys Seeks Order to Allow Enforcement of Nevada’s Parental-Notice Law for Minors Seeking Abortion On Thursday, Jason D. Woodbury, Carson City District Attorney, and Stephen B. Rye, Lyon County District Attorney, petitioned the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to order the district court to lift an injunction which bars enforcement of Nevada’s requirement that parents of minors seeking abortion be notified before any abortion. The injunction should have been lifted because it was based on a federal abortion right that no longer exists after the 2022 Dobbs decision overruled Roe v. Wade, but the district court refused to do so.

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Pro-life organization Oregon Right to Life (“ORTL”), represented by the Bopp Law Firm, PC, is asking a federal district court judge to block the government from forcing it pay for the very thing it is devoted to fighting against. An Oregon law (the “Mandate”) requires virtually all health insurance plans to cover abortion. Because ORTL does not qualify for the Mandate’s narrow exceptions, this requires it to purchase employee insurance plans that cover abortion. ORTL objects to abortion on religious grounds, so this violates ORTL’s religious liberty.

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On Tuesday, attorney James Bopp, Jr., of The Bopp Law Firm, PC, argued in Nevada's federal court that the court should lift its order barring enforcement of Nevada's requirement that parents be notified when their minor children seek an abortion. The request was made in a motion by Jason D. Woodbury, Carson City District Attorney, and Stephen B. Rye, Lyon County District Attorney. The case is Glick v. Ford.

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TERRE HAUTE - On Tuesday, a federal court prohibited enforcement of an Indiana law that, in violation of the First Amendment, limited corporate contributions to PACs for independent expenditures. This ruling represents a complete victory for Indiana Right to Life Victory Fund (“IRTL Victory Fund”) and for all who value the constitutional right to engage in political speech, which is at the core of the First Amendment. IRTL Victory Fund, an Indiana state PAC, makes only independent expenditures only, in races for Indiana state and local offices. Thus, it is an “independent expenditure-only PAC” (such PACs are also called “Super PACs”). Its expenditures are not coordinated with any candidate and it does not give money to the candidates. Together with Sarkes Tarzian, Inc., a corporation wishing to donate to it, IRTL Victory Fund had argued that Indiana's election law violates the First Amendment by limiting corporate contributions to PACs for independent expenditures.

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On Tuesday, a federal judge refused to stop Oregon from forcing Oregon Right to Life (“ORTL”), which opposes abortion on religious grounds, to pay for abortion in its employee health-insurance plan. Represented by the Bopp Law Firm, PC, ORTL had sued last year to seek relief from an Oregon law requiring virtually all health insurance plans to cover abortion (“the Mandate”). Because ORTL does not qualify for the Mandate’s narrow exceptions, this requires ORTL to purchase such plans for all of its employees, which violates ORTL’s religious liberty.

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WASHINGTON, D.C.— On Friday, the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) filed a friend of the court brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, supporting Idaho's efforts to uphold its Defense of Life Act. Idaho's protective pro-life law ensures that women and their unborn children are not placed at risk by abortion. The Defense of Life Act includes exceptions for cases where the mother's life is at risk or in instances of sexual assault. The Biden administration is attempting to misuse the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) to advance a pro-abortion agenda. This federal law, originally created to safeguard access to emergency care, is now being used as a tool to force hospitals nationwide to perform abortions.

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Terre Haute - On Thursday, the National Right to Life Committee, Inc. (NRLC) issued requests for records relating to the Army’s designation of it as a “terrorist group” during a training event at Fort Liberty, North Carolina, on July 10, 2024. Shockingly, the training event included a slide listing National Right to Life under the bold, all-caps heading, “TERRORIST GROUPS,” as well as bullet points listing examples such as “Pro Life” and “Oppose Row [sic] v Wade.” Were these baseless and sweeping vilifications of NRLC and pro-life people in general not appalling enough, the slide also mentioned peaceful pro-life activities, such as sidewalk counseling.

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TERRE HAUTE - On Thursday, a federal appeals court ruled in favor of Indiana Right to Life Victory Fund (“IRTL Victory Fund”) that an Indiana law that limits corporations from contributing to PACs for independent expenditures violates the First Amendment. IRTL Victory Fund, a PAC that only does independent expenditures because their expenditures are not coordinated with a candidate, and does not give money to the candidates, and Sarkes Tarzian, Inc., a corporation wishing to donate to it, had argued that Indiana’s Election Code violates the First Amendment by prohibiting corporations from contributing to PACs for independent expenditures. The court found this argument compelling and barred enforcement of the laws.

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South Bend, Indiana - On Friday, The Irish Rover, an independent, non-profit, student publication “devoted to preserving the Catholic identity of Notre Dame” filed a response in the Indiana Court of Appeals to an appeal by abortion advocate and Notre Dame Professor Tamara Kay in her attempt to revive a dismissed defamation suit against them. The Irish Rover is represented by The Bopp Law Firm.

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Indianapolis, Indiana - On Thursday, The Bopp Law Firm filed an amicus (or “friend of the court”) brief on behalf of the Young America’s Foundation in support of John M. Kluge, a Christian teacher who was forced to quit his job at an Indiana public school for following his religious beliefs and not referring to transgender students by their preferred pronouns. Mr. Kluge was pushed out of his job for simply asking to use last names for all students, rather than using transgender students' preferred first names and pronouns. Brownsburg Community School Corporation initially agreed but later changed its mind, telling Mr. Kluge he had to quit if he wouldn't use names that went against his religious beliefs. “The school district's attempt to force Mr. Kluge to violate his Christian beliefs is a blatant attack on religious liberty and the First Amendment,” said James Bopp, Jr., lead counsel on YAF’s brief. “ We cannot allow activist administrators to bully faithful teachers out of our classrooms simply for living out their religious beliefs.”

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Indianapolis, Indiana - On Monday, Notre Dame Law School Professors Stephanie Barclay and Richard Garnett filed an amicus (or “friend of the court”) brief in support of Indiana’s current abortion law. The brief they wrote supports the Indiana Attorney General’s efforts to ask the Indiana Supreme Court to review a court of appeals decision which prevents enforcement of Indiana’s abortion law.

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Adrienne Nelson, the federal judge who’s taken over a case overseeing the Oregon State Hospital, is a former public defender who’d become the first Black justice of the Oregon Supreme Court before receiving a federal appointment from President Joe Biden. Her predecessor on the case until March, Michael Mosman, was a former prosecutor who was appointed by former President George W. Bush.  What the two have in common? A failure to be persuaded by Marion County's efforts to steer management of the state’s primary psychiatric institution in a different direction — one that county officials contend would better address public safety as well as the care of people experiencing mental illness. Continue reading article here.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – WASHINGTON, D.C.— On Wednesday, the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) filed a friend of the court brief asking the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down the Biden administration’s mandate that federal law creates a right to abortion on demand throughout all fifty states in hospital emergency rooms. The brief supports Idaho’s pro-life law, Defense of Life Act.

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Indianapolis, Indiana - James Bopp, Jr., of The Bopp Law Firm, PC, testified in front of the Indiana Senate Corrections and Criminal Law Committee on Tuesday that House Bill 1235 should be passed. The bill would prevent Gary, Indiana, from continuing a lawsuit intended to prohibit the sale of fir...

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Terre Haute - Oregon Right to Life (“ORTL”) has brought a challenge in federal court against Oregon’s mandate that ORTL pay for abortion in its employee healthcare plan. ORTL argues that this requirement (the “Mandate”) should be struck down. In 2017, Oregon adopted a law that required virtually all health insurance plans to cover abortion. Because ORTL does not qualify for this Mandate’s narrow exception, this requires ORTL to purchase such plans for all of its employees. But ORTL opposes abortion on religious grounds. As a result, ORTL filed suit to challenge the Mandate’s constitutionality, because it is well-established that the First Amendment prohibits the government from requiring anyone to violate sincere religious beliefs without a “compelling” reason.

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CV NEWS FEED // Following their victory in court, student-run newspaper the Irish Rover has requested for the pro-abortion Notre Dame professor who filed a “frivolous” defamation lawsuit against them to pay $178,000 to cover their attorney fees. In early January, the St. Joseph Superior Court in Indiana dismissed the lawsuit that Dr. Tamara Kay filed against student publication the Irish Rover after months of legal proceedings. Kay filed the initial lawsuit in July of 2023, accusing the pro-life newspaper of defamation for publicizing Kay’s public pro-abortion advocacy on campus.  On January 26, “The Irish Rover, independent, non-profit, student publication ‘devoted to preserving the Catholic identity of Notre Dame’ asked a court to force Dr. Tamara Kay… to pay $178,000 in legal fees for a frivolous defamation suit she brought against The Irish Rover and lost,” stated a January 29 email press release from the Irish Rover’s legal representative, the Bopp Law Firm.

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South Bend, Indiana - On Friday, The Irish Rover, independent, non-profit, student publication “devoted to preserving the Catholic identity of Notre Dame” asked a court to force Dr. Tamara Kay, a professor at Notre Dame, to pay $178,000 in legal fees for a frivolous defamation suit she brought against The Irish Rover and lost. Earlier this month, the state court in South Bend dismissed Dr. Kay’s defamation suit against The Irish Rover. Indiana law has an “Anti-SLAPP” law which protects someone when exercising their right of free speech against a frivolous suit by dismissing the case. The Anti-SLAPP law also requires the person who filed the meritless suit to pay the attorney’s fees for the defendant. That is exactly what happened to The Irish Rover and is why the court dismissed Dr. Kay’s lawsuit. Now, Dr. Kay will be obligated to pay The Irish Rover’s attorney’s fees.

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PRESS RELEASE Wednesday, January 24, 2023 Contact: James Bopp, Jr. Cell Phone 812/243-0825; Phone 812/232-2434; Fax 812/235-3685; [email protected] Economist Files Brief in Support of Florida, Texas Laws That Protect Free Speech on Social Media Terre Haute, Indiana – On Tuesday, Professor Eric...

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The defamation lawsuit brought against the Irish Rover by Prof. Tamara Kay in June 2023 was dismissed by St. Joseph County, Indiana, Superior Court on Jan 8, 2024, under Indiana’s Anti-SLAPP law.  The court’s ruling, issued by Justice Steven David, held that, “the alleged defamatory statements were true, within the meaning of the law, not made with actual malice, did not contain a defamatory inference, and there were no damages that were causally linked to The Irish Rover Articles, Dr. Kay’s defamation claim fails and the statements in the Articles were lawful

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South Bend, Indiana - On Monday, a state court dismissed a defamation suit against The Irish Rover, an independent, non-profit, student publication “devoted to preserving the Catholic identity of Notre Dame.” The court found that the defamation lawsuit, which was filed by Dr. Tamara Kay, a professor at Notre Dame and an outspoken abortion rights activist, was meritless. When someone exercises his right to free speech on a matter of public concern and is “slapped” with a frivolous suit, Indiana’s “Anti-SLAPP” law provides a way for the defendant to get the suit dismissed early in the legal process, saving valuable time and resources along the way. That is exactly what happened to The Irish Rover and is why the court dismissed Dr. Kay’s lawsuit.

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Indiana lawmakers passed Senate Bill 1 in 2022, prohibiting all abortions except in the cases of rape, incest, fetal abnormalities, or when the mother's life is at risk.  On Aug. 21, more than a year after Gov. Eric Holcomb signed the bill into law, most abortions in Indiana officially became illegal, following a decision by the Indiana Supreme Court to deny a request from the ACLU and Planned Parenthood to rehear the case. Read the full Indy Star article here.

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washington: It was Thanksgiving break of 1998 at Capital University Law School in Ohio, and Senator Mitch McConnell was on the phone for Prof. Bradley Smith. Mr. McConnell aides had already approached the conservative law professor about a spot on the Federal Election Commission, but Mr. Smith was hesitant. Now the senator himself was calling, and he was not going to be turned down. Long Battle by Foes of Campaign Finance Rules Shifts Landscape

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If Congress enacts any part of the campaign finance legislation being debated in the Senate this week the sponsors may exult in their victory, but James Bopp Jr. will be waiting for them at the courthouse door.

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James Bopp Jr. is driving his six-year-old Lincoln LS past the Vigo County Courthouse in Terre Haute, Ind. The huge limestone neo-Baroque structure looms over much of an otherwise sparse area at the edge of downtown.   Bopp frequented the building when he augmented his fledgling general practice as a part-time prosecutor in the late 1970s. Along with personal injury cases, he handled welfare fraud. He is believed to have gotten the first murder conviction there against a woman; he also put away the youngest murder defendant, age 16. Bopp’s practice has mostly outgrown the old court­house, now only an occasional venue for him in state election law matters. Read the full ABA Journal article here.

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