Tony Mauro

October 14, 2015 | National Law Journal

It was a throwback moment at the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday when Catherine Robb, the granddaughter of the late president Lyndon Johnson, was admitted to the court's bar. Her father Charles Robb, the former governor and U.S. senator from Virginia, moved her admission.

By Tony Mauro

2 minute read

October 13, 2015 | Supreme Court Brief

An anger-filled petition to the U.S. Supreme Court prompted five justices to recuse themselves Tuesday, raising the knotty question of what happens to a case before the high court when it lacks a quorum.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

October 13, 2015 | Supreme Court Brief

An anger-filled petition to the U.S. Supreme Court prompted five justices to recuse themselves Tuesday, raising the knotty question of what happens to a case before the high court when it lacks a quorum.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

October 12, 2015 | National Law Journal

Fewer juveniles are being sentenced to life in prison without parole, according to a new study by a public interest law firm that is advocating for an end to the practice altogether. The study was released with an eye toward the U.S. Supreme Court's consideration on Tuesday of a case that involves such sentences, Montgomery v. Louisiana.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

October 11, 2015 | National Law Journal

Fewer juveniles are being sentenced to life in prison without parole, according to a new study by a public interest law firm that is advocating for an end to the practice altogether. The study was released with an eye toward the U.S. Supreme Court's consideration on Tuesday of a case that involves such sentences, Montgomery v. Louisiana.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

October 08, 2015 | National Law Journal

A bipartisan group of members of Congress on Thursday introduced the latest bill aimed at requiring the U.S. Supreme Court and other federal appeals courts to allow broadcast and video coverage of their proceedings. "How is it possible that we can keep up with the Kardashians, but we cannot keep up with the Supreme Court?" Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-New York, asked at a press conference on the sidewalk in front of the court.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

October 08, 2015 | National Law Journal

A bipartisan group of members of Congress on Thursday introduced the latest bill aimed at requiring the U.S. Supreme Court and other federal appeals courts to allow broadcast and video coverage of their proceedings. "How is it possible that we can keep up with the Kardashians, but we cannot keep up with the Supreme Court?" Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-New York, asked at a press conference on the sidewalk in front of the court.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

October 07, 2015 | Supreme Court Brief

Next time you use the word habeas—as in habeas corpus, the great writ—don’t use italics. The Latin word has become so common in English usage that it doesn’t need slanted letters, according to the latest edition of the U.S. Solicitor General’s style manual.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

October 07, 2015 | Supreme Court Brief

Next time you use the word habeas—as in habeas corpus, the great writ—don't use italics. The Latin word has become so common in English usage that it doesn't need slanted letters, according to the latest edition of the U.S. Solicitor General's style manual.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

October 06, 2015 | Law.com

Justice Antonin Scalia has long relished punctuating his dissents with withering criticisms of the court's majority, but he outdid himself last term. "His dissents are a lot like those of Felix Frankfurter, who was on the wrong side of history on many issues," said high court scholar Melvin Urofsky, who's written a new book called Dissent and the Supreme Court.

By Tony Mauro

9 minute read