Tony Mauro

January 05, 2016 | National Law Journal

More than 100 women lawyers joined in a brief to tell the U.S. Supreme Court about their own abortions and why their reproductive freedom was pivotal to their personal and professional lives. The extraordinary brief, filed Monday, was signed by former judges, law professors, law firm partners, public interest lawyers and law clerks, though none who clerked for the high court itself.

By Tony Mauro

5 minute read

January 04, 2016 | Law.com

Barely catching its breath after a momentous 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court begins the new year under the politicized spotlight of a presidential election as it confronts blockbuster issues that include abortion, affirmative action, contraception and immigration.

By Tony Mauro

15 minute read

January 04, 2016 | National Law Journal

The legal dispute underlying the occupation of a national wildlife refuge in Oregon made its way last year to the U.S. Supreme Court, which denied review in March 2015. "This case bears no resemblance to any prior decision of this court invalidating a non-capital term-of-years sentence on proportionality grounds," the SG wrote.

By Tony Mauro

3 minute read

January 04, 2016 | National Law Journal

The legal dispute underlying the occupation of a national wildlife refuge in Oregon made its way last year to the U.S. Supreme Court, which denied review in March 2015. "This case bears no resemblance to any prior decision of this court invalidating a non-capital term-of-years sentence on proportionality grounds," the SG wrote.

By Tony Mauro

3 minute read

January 03, 2016 | National Law Journal

Barely catching its breath after a momentous 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court begins the new year under the politicized spotlight of a presidential election as it confronts blockbuster issues that include abortion, affirmative action, contraception and immigration.

By Tony Mauro

6 minute read

December 31, 2015 | National Law Journal

Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. on Thursday urged federal judges and lawyers to redouble their efforts to make civil litigation more just and efficient, admonishing them to change the legal culture and narrow the scope of discovery. Roberts' annual report on the federal judiciary focused entirely on the "just, speedy and efficient resolution of civil disputes," as he highlighted new revisions in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that are aimed at achieving those goals. They took effect on Dec. 1.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

December 31, 2015 | National Law Journal

Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. on Thursday urged federal judges and lawyers to redouble their efforts to make civil litigation more just and efficient, admonishing them to change the legal culture and narrow the scope of discovery. Roberts' annual report on the federal judiciary focused entirely on the "just, speedy and efficient resolution of civil disputes," as he highlighted new revisions in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that are aimed at achieving those goals. They took effect on Dec. 1.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

December 31, 2015 | New York Law Journal

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer on Sunday sidestepped questions about Donald Trump's views on Muslims, but said he doubted anything like the World War II internment of Japanese-Americans would ever occur again.

By Tony Mauro

3 minute read

December 31, 2015 | New York Law Journal

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer on Sunday sidestepped questions about Donald Trump's views on Muslims, but said he doubted anything like the World War II internment of Japanese-Americans would ever occur again.

By Tony Mauro

3 minute read

December 28, 2015 | Supreme Court Brief

U.S. Supreme Court Justice James McReynolds, historically one of the court's least liked members, was said to have been such a dedicated anti-Semite that he refused to sit next to Justice Louis Brandeis for a 1924 group photograph.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read