Tony Mauro

November 28, 2018 | National Law Journal

"Here we are in 2018 still litigating incorporation of the Bill of Rights. Really?" Justice Neil Gorsuch said at one point during Wednesday's oral argument in a closely watched civil forfeiture case.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

November 28, 2018 | Daily Report Online

"Here we are in 2018 still litigating incorporation of the Bill of Rights. Really?" Justice Neil Gorsuch said at one point during Wednesday's oral argument in a closely watched civil forfeiture case.

By Mike Scarcella

5 minute read

November 28, 2018 | Supreme Court Brief

The justices Wednesday dig into a civil forfeiture case brought by the Institute for Justice, and there are parallels to the historic "Kelo" case the advocates oversaw years ago. Plus: Supreme Court Haiku, the popular Twitter account, is now out in book form, and scroll down for the latest Chief Justice Roberts headlines.

By Tony Mauro | Marcia Coyle

7 minute read

November 27, 2018 | National Law Journal

Roberts' description Tuesday of the dusky gopher frog called to mind his dissent in a 2003 case when he was a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and wrote about a "hapless toad."

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

November 27, 2018 | Supreme Court Brief

Lately, the story lines of written memoirs by Supreme Court justices—think Clarence Thomas and Sonia Sotomayor—have ended abruptly at a point before their authors joined the court. Not so with retired Justice John Paul Stevens.

By Tony Mauro | Marcia Coyle

7 minute read

November 26, 2018 | Supreme Court Brief

We've got a Q&A with former Justice Souter clerk Riyaz Kanji of Ann Arbor's Kanji & Katzen, making his debut argument Tuesday as an amicus in a closely watch capital case. Plus: GoFundMe campaigns are playing a part in some action at the high court. Thanks for reading Supreme Court Brief.

By Tony Mauro | Marcia Coyle

10 minute read

November 21, 2018 | National Law Journal

“We do not have Obama judges or Trump judges, Bush judges or Clinton judges," Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. said Wednesday, responding to new criticism from Trump about a judge in California who ruled against his asylum restrictions.

By Tony Mauro

3 minute read

November 21, 2018 | Litigation Daily

“We do not have Obama judges or Trump judges, Bush judges or Clinton judges," Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. said Wednesday, responding to new criticism from Trump about a judge in California who ruled against his asylum restrictions.

By Tony Mauro

3 minute read

November 21, 2018 | Supreme Court Brief

Check out how Williams & Connolly Supreme Court veteran Kannon Shanmugam deftly handled an epic-length question from Justice Breyer, and we've got an appraisal of the Constitutional Accountability Center on its tenth anniversary. Did you see Colbert's grilling of Justice Sotomayor? Video below. Thanks for reading!

By Tony Mauro | Marcia Coyle

11 minute read

November 21, 2018 | National Law Journal

In his rush to install a wave of federal judges, President Donald Trump has chosen 24 former Supreme Court clerks to fill federal trial and appellate judgeships.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read