<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?><rss version="2.0" xml:base="https://ago.nebraska.gov/news" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:foaf="http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/" xmlns:og="http://ogp.me/ns#" xmlns:rdfs="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#" xmlns:sioc="http://rdfs.org/sioc/ns#" xmlns:sioct="http://rdfs.org/sioc/types#" xmlns:skos="http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#"> <channel> <title>Latest News</title> <link>https://ago.nebraska.gov/news</link> <description></description> <language>en</language> <atom:link href="https://ago.nebraska.gov/rss/news" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <item> <title>Amicus Brief in Woods, Creed, and Riberio v. Alaska State Employees Association </title> <link>https://ago.nebraska.gov/news/amicus-brief-woods-creed-and-riberio-v-alaska-state-employees-association</link> <description></description> <pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2021 20:50:13 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Heather.Buell</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="false">1893 at https://ago.nebraska.gov</guid> </item> <item> <title>Amicus Brief in Shurtleff v. City of Boston</title> <link>https://ago.nebraska.gov/news/amicus-brief-shurtleff-v-city-boston</link> <description>&lt;div class=&quot;field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field-items&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field-item even&quot; property=&quot;content:encoded&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;page&quot; style=&quot;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot; title=&quot;Page 5&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;layoutArea&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;column&quot;&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt; font-family: CenturySchoolbook;&quot;&gt;The government-speech doctrine is both necessary and potentially dangerous. It’s necessary because a government must be able to advocate for and support the ideas and policies that the people elected their of- ficials to implement. But it’s dangerous because ex- panding the doctrine too far risks creating an end-run&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;page&quot; style=&quot;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot; title=&quot;Page 6&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;layoutArea&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;column&quot;&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt; font-family: CenturySchoolbook;&quot;&gt;around the Free Speech Clause and the protections the clause provides for private speech—protections that apply even when that private speech occurs on government property. And so courts must carefully scrutinize claims of government speech to guard against abuse.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description> <pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2021 22:39:13 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Heather.Buell</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="false">1892 at https://ago.nebraska.gov</guid> </item> <item> <title>Ninth Circuit Amicus Brief Supporting Amicus Brief Supporting Arizona&#039;s Law Banning Abortion of Children with Genetic Abnormalities</title> <link>https://ago.nebraska.gov/news/ninth-circuit-amicus-brief-supporting-amicus-brief-supporting-arizonas-law-banning-abortion</link> <description>&lt;div class=&quot;field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field-items&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field-item even&quot; property=&quot;content:encoded&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;page&quot; style=&quot;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot; title=&quot;Page 7&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;layoutArea&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;column&quot;&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14pt; font-family: CenturySchoolbook;&quot;&gt;People with Down syndrome and other genetic abnormalities add unique joy, beauty, and diversity to our society. Yet the abortion of children with Down syndrome approaches genocidal levels, threatening the Down syndrome community with complete elimination.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description> <pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2021 17:40:02 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Heather.Buell</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="false">1891 at https://ago.nebraska.gov</guid> </item> <item> <title>Attorney General Provides Update on Lawsuit Against Vaccine Mandate for Healthcare Workers</title> <link>https://ago.nebraska.gov/news/attorney-general-provides-update-lawsuit-against-vaccine-mandate-healthcare-workers</link> <description>&lt;div class=&quot;field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field-items&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field-item even&quot; property=&quot;content:encoded&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;On November 17th, Wednesday of this week, Judge Matthew T. Schelp of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri issued an order requiring the federal government to respond by Monday, November 22nd to Nebraska’s (and joining states’) lawsuit challenging the Biden Administration’s vaccine mandate for healthcare workers. The judge is expected to rule about a week or so after that response. The lawsuit was first filed on November 10th, and this expedited process recognizes the urgency of the deadlines created by this vaccine mandate. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description> <pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2021 22:43:39 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Heather.Buell</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="false">1890 at https://ago.nebraska.gov</guid> </item> <item> <title>Amicus Brief in Scardina v. Masterpiece</title> <link>https://ago.nebraska.gov/news/amicus-brief-scardina-v-masterpiece</link> <description>&lt;div class=&quot;field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field-items&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field-item even&quot; property=&quot;content:encoded&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;page&quot; title=&quot;Page 7&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;layoutArea&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;column&quot;&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14pt; font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;&quot;&gt;The Arizona Supreme Court recently recognized that individual First Amendment rights do not disappear in the face of public-accommodation laws. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14pt; font-family: TimesNewRomanPS; font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;See Brush &amp;amp; Nib Studio, LC v. City of Phoenix&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14pt; font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;&quot;&gt;, 448 P.3d 890 (Ariz. 2019) (City of Phoenix cannot compel speech from artists who craft custom wedding invitations); &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14pt; font-family: TimesNewRomanPS; font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;see also Telescope Media Grp. v. Lucero&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14pt; font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;&quot;&gt;, 936 F.3d 740, 755 (8th Cir. 2019) (“Even antidiscrimination laws, as critically important as they are, must yield to the Constitution.”). Despite recognizing this limited exception, Arizona is still able to robustly enforce its public-accommodation law and effectively punish invidious status-based discrimination.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description> <pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2021 20:15:20 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Heather.Buell</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="false">1889 at https://ago.nebraska.gov</guid> </item> <item> <title>AG Peterson Joins Nationwide Investigation into Instagram’s Impact on Young People</title> <link>https://ago.nebraska.gov/news/ag-peterson-joins-nationwide-investigation-instagram%E2%80%99s-impact-young-people</link> <description>&lt;div class=&quot;field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field-items&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field-item even&quot; property=&quot;content:encoded&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;Lincoln- Attorney General Peterson today joined a nationwide investigation into Meta Platforms, Inc., formerly known as Facebook, for providing and promoting its social media platform – Instagram – to children and young adults despite knowing that such use is associated with physical and mental health harms. Attorneys General across the country are examining whether the company violated state consumer protection laws and put the public at risk.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description> <pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2021 19:03:38 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Heather.Buell</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="false">1888 at https://ago.nebraska.gov</guid> </item> <item> <title>Memorandum in Support of Motion for Preliminary Injunction </title> <link>https://ago.nebraska.gov/news/memorandum-support-motion-preliminary-injunction-0</link> <description></description> <pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2021 22:03:26 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Heather.Buell</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="false">1887 at https://ago.nebraska.gov</guid> </item> <item> <title>Motion for Expedited Briefing and Consideration of Their Motion for Preliminary Injunction </title> <link>https://ago.nebraska.gov/news/motion-expedited-briefing-and-consideration-their-motion-preliminary-injunction</link> <description></description> <pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2021 21:51:34 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Heather.Buell</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="false">1886 at https://ago.nebraska.gov</guid> </item> <item> <title>Motion to Expedite in Federal Contractor Mandate Case</title> <link>https://ago.nebraska.gov/news/motion-expedite-federal-contractor-mandate-case</link> <description></description> <pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2021 21:32:24 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Heather.Buell</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="false">1885 at https://ago.nebraska.gov</guid> </item> <item> <title>Reply in Support of Petitioners&#039; Motion for Stay of Emergency Temporary Standard Pending Judicial Review and for Temporary Administrative Stay</title> <link>https://ago.nebraska.gov/news/reply-support-petitioners-motion-stay-emergency-temporary-standard-pending-judicial-review-and</link> <description>&lt;div class=&quot;field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field-items&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field-item even&quot; property=&quot;content:encoded&quot;&gt;&lt;div title=&quot;Page 5&quot;&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;p&gt;OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) exceeds its statutory authority, violates the Constitution in several ways, tramples on principles of federalism, fails to engage in basic reasoned decision-making, and threatens immediate and painful economic injury to millions of working families. The Court should stay this unlawful mandate.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description> <pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2021 22:09:58 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Heather.Buell</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="false">1884 at https://ago.nebraska.gov</guid> </item> </channel> </rss>