Tony Mauro

July 13, 2020 | National Law Journal

More than 2,000 men and women have served as U.S. Supreme Court law clerks since Justice Horace Gray hired the first one in 1882. Within that group, there's "an ever more exclusive club," as one scholar put it: the handful of former law clerks whose children have gone on to clerk at the court.

By Tony Mauro

9 minute read

July 01, 2020 | Supreme Court Brief

Welcome to Supreme Court Brief. As the court draws to a close—soon?—we're looking at some of the clerk-hiring for the new term. Plus, new and notable in the latest catch of financial disclosures. Thanks for reading!

By Tony Mauro | Marcia Coyle

9 minute read

June 24, 2020 | National Law Journal

The Appellate Project is developing ways to interest minority law students in appellate work at an early stage. The group is working through educational outreach and an "incubator" summer fellowship program.

By Tony Mauro

5 minute read

June 24, 2020 | Supreme Court Brief

Welcome to Supreme Court Brief -- the term is drawing to a close. But will it go into July? There's precedent. Plus: We catch up with the Appellate Project's work on diversity, and scroll down for all the big SCOTUS headlines. Thanks for reading!

By Marcia Coyle | Tony Mauro

9 minute read

June 17, 2020 | Supreme Court Brief

Welcome to Supreme Court Brief. We've got a snapshot from the latest financial disclosures, and we reach out to McDermott Will's Paul Hughes and Orrick's Kelsi Corkran for their thoughts on the court's denial of a raft of qualified immunity petitions. Plus: Justice Alito had sharp words in a pair of dissents this week. Thanks for reading!

By Marcia Coyle | Tony Mauro

9 minute read

June 09, 2020 | National Law Journal

The petition from a Black Lives Matter leader, DeRay Mckesson, takes on new importance amid the national protests that followed the death of George Floyd in the custody of police in Minneapolis.

By Tony Mauro

7 minute read

May 23, 2020 | National Law Journal

"You will need courage," Chief Justice Roberts said in remarks delivered to Connecticut-based Westminster School, where his son was a member of the graduating class. "Not the boundless courage of the heroic health care workers, but enough courage to live free in an uncertain world, recognizing that pandemic or no, this is your moment."

By Tony Mauro

7 minute read

May 15, 2020 | National Law Journal

"I think he is a worthy successor to Justice Scalia, perhaps the best wordsmith in Supreme Court history, and I have little doubt that Gorsuch opinions will proliferate in case books for the same reason Scalia opinions do," Tobi Young says in a wide-ranging Q&A.

By Tony Mauro

10 minute read

May 12, 2020 | Supreme Court Brief

Welcome to Supreme Court Brief. The court takes up Trump's arguments, unsuccessful so far, that his financial records must remain secret. Plus: an updated study about Justice Clarence Thomas at argument. Thanks for reading, and stay safe.

By Tony Mauro | Marcia Coyle

8 minute read

May 07, 2020 | National Law Journal

Here's a look back at some of the more awkward, let's-forget-that-happened moments at the U.S. Supreme Court in recent and not-so-recent memory.

By Mike Scarcella | Tony Mauro

8 minute read