Tony Mauro

May 27, 2022 | National Law Journal

After Brown v. Board of Education, Chief Justice Earl Warren insisted on hiring an African-American student to become one of the court's "pages" or aides.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

May 19, 2022 | National Law Journal

A romance novel by Judge Wilkinson raises eyebrows, but he says creative writing helps him as a judge and makes his legal writing fresher and more accessible.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

May 12, 2022 | National Law Journal

The Supreme Court of Canada gives journalists advance access to court decisions before they are made public, giving them time to better understand and report about the cases. Secrecy-prone SCOTUS is not likely to follow suit.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

May 03, 2022 | National Law Journal

The stunning leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion shakes the foundation of the court's ethic of confidentiality and discretion.

By Tony Mauro

6 minute read

April 28, 2022 | National Law Journal

Williams & Connolly partner Lisa Blatt, honored Wednesday by fellow SCOTUS colleagues, said action, not talk, is needed to increase diversity among the Supreme Court bar.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

April 21, 2022 | National Law Journal

A book by Jamie Raskin about the constitutional rights of students, sold at the Supreme Court Historical Society's (virtual) gift shop and elsewhere, is on a Texas list of books to be removed from schools.

By Tony Mauro

3 minute read

April 14, 2022 | National Law Journal

Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers said "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" when they disagreed on how to pronounce "tomato." But Justice Breyer and Justice-to-be Jackson will surely stay friends, even though they say the Latin word for friend differently.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

April 08, 2022 | National Law Journal

With an auction of the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's art collection opening on April 27, along with other awards and events, the interest in RBG's life and artifacts lives on.

By Tony Mauro

3 minute read

March 30, 2022 | National Law Journal

"I do not think there is anything 'political' or 'partisan' about this court," says Maureen Mahoney about the U.S Supreme Court. "It is destructive to disparage excellent jurists who are deciding cases based upon their interpretation of the Constitution. That is exactly what they are required to do."

By Tony Mauro

8 minute read

March 23, 2022 | National Law Journal

In a virtual service honoring the late Walter Dellinger, President Joe Biden declared him as "the protector of American democracy," and Justice Elena Kagan praised him as a "clear-eyed optimist."

By Tony Mauro

9 minute read