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Federal judge sets August start date for Cabell County, Huntington opioid trial
CHARLESTON – A federal judge has set an Aug. 31 start date for the trial filed by Cabell County and the City of Huntington against the three major opioid distribution companies.At the end of a March 5 status hearing, U.S. -
In pipeline/Appalachian Trail case, law prof tells SCOTUS natural gas is needed to fight climate change
WASHINGTON, D.C. – An abundant supply of natural gas is crucial to the United States' ability to combat the effects of climate change, a leading expert in energy law argued in a brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court. -
Depriving Americans of lower-cost energy is depraved
The Atlantic Coast Pipeline is a 600-mile conduit of natural gas from West Virginia to Virginia and North Carolina. The pipeline is good for them and good for us. For whom could it possibly be bad? Who could possibly want to perpetuate scarcity, high prices, and deprivation? -
Morrisey confident after U.S. Supreme Court hears Atlantic Coast Pipeline arguments
WASHINGTON — After the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments about the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey said he is optimistic about the ruling being favorable. -
Morrisey talks about importance of pipeline project before U.S. Supreme Court arguments
CHARLESTON – West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey joined state leaders, business operators and union laborers to stress what he calls is an "urgent need" for the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that blocked construction on the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. -
Morrisey joins two coalitions signing briefs to protect women's health
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey's office has joined two multistate coalitions it says are aimed at protecting women’s health by urging the U.S. Supreme Court to protect the rights of individual states to regulate abortion within their borders. -
WEST VIRGNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL: Attorney General Morrisey Defends State’s Right-To-Work Law
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey expressed optimism Wednesday after arguments to uphold the state’s right-to-work law, believing his office put forth a strong case before the state Supreme Court of Appeals on why the measure is constitutional. -
Blankenship thanks Berger after she refuses to void his federal conviction
BECKLEY – A federal judge ignored a magistrate’s recommendation to void Don Blankenship’s 2015 conviction. In response, Blankenship thanked the judge for doing so. -
Both sides confident after Supreme Court hears right-to-work law oral arguments
CHARLESTON – After state Supreme Court oral arguments regarding the state’s right-to-work law, leaders from both sides say they feel confident about their position. -
Democratic lawmakers – including Manchin – criticize Morrisey healthcare proposal, but AG stands behind bill
CHARLESTON – Democratic lawmakers and others are criticizing Attorney General Patrick Morrisey’s proposal to protect West Virginia residents with preexisting health conditions. Morrisey, however, stands by the bill called the West Virginia Healthcare Continuity Act. -
U.S. representatives from W.Va. join in amicus brief challenging abortion decisions
WASHINGTON, D.C. — More than 200 lawmakers filed an amicus brief in support of June Medical Services in a case seeking to have the high court reconsider two abortion decisions. -
Late federal judge's estate provides $100,000 to WVSU scholarship fund
DUNBAR – The estate of a federal appeals court judge who graduated from West Virginia State University provided $100,000 to a scholarship fund established in his honor at the university. -
Morrisey, other AGs ask Supreme Court to protect Second Amendment in Maryland case
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has joined a 21-state coalition in supporting the right of citizens to keep and bear arms. -
Let’s make energy and pipelines great again
Message to all the green bullies: Oil is good, pipelines are good, and we’re not giving them up. -
Reviving the non-delegation doctrine means restoring the separation of powers
CHARLESTON – Beginning in earnest since the New Deal in the 1930s, Congress has created an unfathomable amount of executive agencies and tasked them with filling in the details of unfinished legislation. Today, executive agencies are given large swaths of authority — and money — to regulate nearly every aspect of our daily lives. Agency rulemaking has replaced congressional lawmaking at the expense of democratic accountability -
Morrisey, other AGs urge Supreme Court to overturn shutdown of Atlantic Coast Pipeline
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is leading an 18-state alliance urging the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a lower court ruling that blocked construction on the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. -
Morrisey, others urge U.S. Supreme Court to defend rights of traveling gun owners
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has joined an 18-state coalition in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to review, and ultimately overturn, a lower court ruling that would prohibit gun owners from carrying a firearm when crossing state lines. -
Judge to speak at next Amicus Curiae Lecture Series event
HUNTINGTON — The next lecture in Marshall University's Amicus Curiae Lecture Series is scheduled for Nov. 12, where Judge David J. Barron will speak at the Brad D. Smith Foundation Hall. -
President Trump will be re-elected in 2020
CHARLESTON – With respect to a recent op-ed penned by my friend and former Mayor of Charleston Danny Jones, President Trump will be re-elected in 2020. Not only will President Trump be re-elected, but he will also prevail by a larger margin in 2020 than in 2016. -
Morrisey hails U.S. Senate support of Affordable Clean Energy rule
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey praised the U.S. Senate for rejecting a resolution he says was an attempt to revoke the Trump administration’s Affordable Clean Energy rule.