HARRISBURG—Attorney General Josh Shapiro today submitted a memorandum to the United States Senate outlining the factual evidence regarding Pennsylvania’s fair and secure 2020 election despite the repeated lies former President Donald Trump and his enablers told to the American people before and after the election. Former President Trump is on trial before the Senate and could be convicted and barred from holding future office for his attacks on democracy and the rule of law, which culminated in the storming of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. The memorandum exposes President Trump’s fabrications about Pennsylvania’s election, through baseless conspiracy theories undermining our democracy, and how they led to the events of January 6.
PHILADELPHIA — Attorney General Josh Shapiro today sued President Donald J. Trump and the Trump Administration for issuing new rules that allow virtually any company to deny women insurance coverage for basic, medically-necessary contraception. According to the lawsuit filed today in the United States District Court in Philadelphia, the rules issued by the Trump Administration […]
Pennsylvania, New York and Massachusetts Co-Author Brief Outlining Order’s Impact on Residents, Economies and Institutions HARRISBURG — Today, 16 Attorneys General announce the filing of an amicus brief in support of Washington and Minnesota in the federal lawsuit against the Trump Administration’s executive order on immigration. In a 23-page amici curiae brief filed with the […]
Harrisburg — “Today, Pennsylvania won a nationwide injunction from Federal Judge Wendy Beetlestone stopping President Trump’s order that eliminated women’s guaranteed access to contraceptive care under the Affordable Care Act,” Attorney General Shapiro said.
HARRISBURG — On Wednesday, Nov. 8, 17 Attorneys General filed an amicus brief in support of the Commonwealth of Virginia’s lawsuit against the Trump Administration’s executive order on immigration. This follows an amicus brief filed earlier this week with the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, supporting Washington State’s lawsuit against the executive order. The amicus […]
HARRISBURG – Attorney General Josh Shapiro, joined by 23 Attorneys General and Attorneys General-elect, today filed comments opposing President Trump’s latest effort to marginalize lawful immigrants in Pennsylvania and around the country. The Trump Administration has proposed an overhaul of so-called “public charge” rules that could make it easier to deny adjustment of status to legal immigrants, reject green card applications, or remove immigrants from the country if they utilize certain healthcare, nutrition or housing programs.
HARRISBURG — Attorney General Josh Shapiro today announced he has filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration’s policy of forced family separation on the U.S. southern border. The lawsuit was filed today in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.
HARRISBURG — Ahead of President Trump’s visit to northeast Pennsylvania this evening, Attorney General Josh Shapiro today sent a letter to the President encouraging him to follow through on his promises to take meaningful action to combat the heroin and opioid crisis in Pennsylvania and throughout the United States.
“Earlier today, more than a dozen Attorneys General and I filed a lawsuit challenging President Trump’s decision to end the successful DACA program that the Federal Government started five years ago. I have reviewed the President’s actions and determined they violate the rule of law. I’m forced to act because of a failure of leadership, […]
HARRISBURG — Attorney General Josh Shapiro today announced he will file a multistate lawsuit next week challenging the Trump Administration’s policy of forced family separation on the U.S. southern border. The lawsuit will be filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.
“I am carefully reviewing the President’s DACA directive and am in communication with fellow Attorneys General and state leaders. I won’t hesitate to do my job and take legal action if the federal government breaks the law as it ends its commitment to these young people. There are 5,889 “Dreamers” in Pennsylvania who contribute to […]
HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro secured a major victory for workers across Pennsylvania and the nation today, as the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled in his favor. Shapiro sued the Trump Administration to stop its illegally narrow Joint Employer Rule, which changed how entities may be held jointly liable for wage and hour violations under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
HARRISBURG, PA — On behalf of all Pennsylvanians, Attorney General Josh Shapiro and Governor Tom Wolf have filed formal, legal comments opposing a proposed rule issued by the Trump Administration’s Department of Health and Human Services, which would deny women, men and families across Pennsylvania and the country access to comprehensive family planning services in direct conflict with guidance from their doctors.
HARRISBURG -“The Affordable Care Act is the law of the land. It set up cost sharing reduction payments so Americans could have the ability to purchase individual health insurance plans on their own. Without these payments, insurance premiums for the more than 400,000 Pennsylvanians who buy individual insurance plans will skyrocket and some plans may […]
HARRISBURG — Attorney General Josh Shapiro, together with a coalition of 15 other Attorneys General, today filed an amicus brief opposing the Trump Administration’s decision to roll back a requirement under the Affordable Care Act for employers to include birth control coverage in their health insurance plans.
New Rule Could Allow Employers to Take $5.8 Billion in Earned Tips Every Year HARRISBURG — Attorney General Josh Shapiro led a coalition of 17 Attorneys General today to file comments in opposition to a Trump Administration proposal to eliminate protections that allow employees to keep the tips they have earned. One study suggested this […]
PITTSBURGH — Attorney General Josh Shapiro today held a press conference at Bar Marco, a Pittsburgh wine bar and restaurant, to announce his opposition to a proposed rule change by the Trump Administration that would allow employers to keep the tips earned by waiters, waitresses, bartenders and other service industry workers.
HARRISBURG – Attorney General Josh Shapiro has scored another major victory for thousands of Dreamers in Pennsylvanians and even more across the nation who are eligible for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), and who were at risk of deportation by the Trump Administration.
HARRISBURG — Today, Attorney General Josh Shapiro and a coalition of 17 other Attorneys General, six Mayors, including the mayors of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, and the bipartisan U.S. Conference of Mayors won a federal court order to block the Trump Administration and Department of Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross from demanding citizenship information in the 2020 decennial census.
HARRISBURG—Attorney General Josh Shapiro today led a coalition of 18 attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to stop the Trump Administration from eliminating key labor protections for workers.
HARRISBURG – Attorney General Josh Shapiro today launched a new fight with 15 Attorneys General and New York City in a lawsuit to stop the Trump administration from eliminating food assistance for nearly 700,000 Americans. The lawsuit, filed in D.C., challenges a United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) rule that would limit states’ ability to extend benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly known as “food stamps,” beyond a three-month period for certain adults. AG Shapiro and his counterparts assert that the rule directly undermines Congress’ intent for the food-stamp program, and that the USDA violated the federal rulemaking process. Further, they argue that the rule would impose significant regulatory burdens on the states and harm states’ residents and economies. The coalition is urging the court to declare the rule unlawful and issue an injunction to prevent it from taking effect.
HARRISBURG—Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced today that he is filing a lawsuit with 19 other attorneys general opposing the Trump Administration’s new rule circumventing the Flores Settlement Agreement, which has governed the treatment of children in immigration custody since 1997. In the complaint before the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, the coalition argues that the rule eliminates several critical protections guaranteed by the Flores Settlement Agreement. In particular, the prolonged detention risked by the rule would cause irreparable harm to children, their families, and the Pennsylvania communities that accept them upon their release from federal custody.
HARRISBURG — Attorney General Josh Shapiro, with a coalition of 20 other Attorneys General and four major cities, today filed formal comments demanding the Trump Administration’s U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) withdraw their proposal to roll back the country’s existing Clean Car Standards.
HARRISBURG — Attorney General Josh Shapiro is releasing the statement below following the nationwide federal court injunction today against the Trump Administration’s “Gag Rule”, a policy which would strip Title X funding away from healthcare providers including neighborhood clinics and Planned Parenthood.
HARRISBURG― With Pennsylvanians and schools nationwide addressing the COVID-19 virus, Attorney General Josh Shapiro is leading efforts with 17 other Attorneys General to stop the Trump administration’s ongoing efforts to implement proposed Title IX rules that threaten protections at K-12 schools, colleges, and universities across the nation. The U.S. Department of Education proposed rule changes to Title IX in 2018.
Today, the U.S. Department of Labor announced it will withdraw the Trump administration’s “Independent Contractor” rule, which changed the test for independent contractor status, potentially misclassifying many employees and stripping them of legal protections. Included below is a statement from Attorney General Josh Shapiro.
HARRISBURG, PA — Attorney General Josh Shapiro today filed comments opposing the Trump Department of Health and Human Services’ Proposed Rule, which seeks to dramatically expand the ability of businesses and individuals to refuse to provide necessary health care on the basis of businesses’ or employees’ “religious, moral, ethical, or other beliefs.” Shapiro filed these comments as part of a coalition of 19 state Attorneys General.
HARRISBURG, PA —Attorney General Josh Shapiro today announced that Pennsylvania, in a coalition of 21 State Attorneys General, has filed a lawsuit challenging the legality of the Trump Administration’s new “gag rule” that imposes several new restrictions on participants in the Title X family planning program. The national lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court in Eugene, Oregon.
HARRISBURG, PA — Today, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro unequivocally denounced the Trump Administration’s Department of Health and Human Services’ decision to move forward with its proposed Title X “gag rule” regulation, Compliance with Statutory Program Integrity Requirements. This regulation jeopardizes the healthcare of Pennsylvanians by denying access to comprehensive family planning services and unduly burdens Pennsylvania’s healthcare providers.
Rule change would allow employers to pocket tips earned by waiters, waitresses, bartenders, other service industry workers
