By Tony Mauro

June 18, 2015 | Supreme Court Brief

Befitting the First Amendment, the U.S. Supreme Court's two major free speech decisions issued on Thursday prompted strong and conflicting reaction on both sides in both cases.

By By Tony Mauro

6 minute read

June 18, 2015 | Supreme Court Brief

Befitting the First Amendment, the U.S. Supreme Court's two major free speech decisions issued on Thursday prompted strong and conflicting reaction on both sides in both cases.

By By Tony Mauro

6 minute read

June 15, 2015 | Supreme Court Brief

U.S. Supreme Court justices rarely apologize from the bench. But on Monday, Justice Antonin Scalia did just that, and he probably had to. He had just called his longtime friend and colleague Ruth Bader Ginsburg "Justice Goldberg."

By By Tony Mauro

3 minute read

January 16, 2014 | National Law Journal

Veteran Supreme Court and appellate advocate Gene Schaerr is leaving Winston & Strawn to represent the state of Utah in defense of its ban on same-sex marriage.

By By Tony Mauro

3 minute read

December 08, 2003 | National Law Journal

The Supreme Court heard arguments in a clash between the privacy of Vince Foster's family and the Freedom of Information Act.

By By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

January 24, 2005 | National Law Journal

The U.S. Supreme Court appeared sharply divided last week over a Pennsylvania case that could set new minimum standards for effective assistance of counsel in death penalty cases. Rompilla v. Beard, No. 04-5462.

By By Tony Mauro

3 minute read

May 04, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

After years of expressing little interest, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday asked the Obama administration to weigh in on whether laws that bar felons from voting violated the federal Voting Rights Act.

By BY TONY MAURO

3 minute read

August 27, 2007 | The American Lawyer

By By Tony Mauro

2 minute read

May 16, 2005 | National Law Journal

By a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court struck down state laws that barred consumers from receiving direct shipment of wines from out-of-state wineries. Yet the ruling demands equal treatment for in-state and out-of-state producers seeking to ship directly to consumers--a mandate that could also be met by forbidding direct sales by both.

By By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

February 23, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

The U.S. Supreme Court appeared troubled on Tuesday by the broad sweep of a federal law that makes it a crime to give "material support" and "expert advice" to designated terrorist groups.

By BY TONY MAURO

5 minute read