Tony Mauro

January 09, 2018 | Supreme Court Brief

The justices delve into back-to-back challenges involving vehicle searches this morning. Plus a dearth of women arguing in January, and we wrap up Monday's Georgia v. Florida water war argument.

By Tony Mauro | Marcia Coyle

9 minute read

January 08, 2018 | Daily Report Online

Georgia's lawyer, Kirkland & Ellis partner Craig Primis, spent Monday's Supreme Court argument on the defensive, insisting that Florida had not proved its case that less water for Georgia means more for Florida.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

January 08, 2018 | Supreme Court Brief

Justices return to the bench today for the first oral arguments of 2018 in two state disputes over water.

By Tony Mauro | Marcia Coyle

8 minute read

January 03, 2018 | Supreme Court Brief

Now that we've put 2017 to bed, it's time to focus on 2018 which promises to be just as packed with contentious issues and top-flight Supreme Court advocates at the podium.

By Tony Mauro | Marcia Coyle

11 minute read

December 31, 2017 | National Law Journal

“We have a new challenge in the coming year,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in his annual year-end report. “Events in recent months have illuminated the depth of the problem of sexual harassment in the workplace, and events in the past few weeks have made clear that the judicial branch is not immune.”

By Tony Mauro

5 minute read

December 27, 2017 | National Law Journal

Here are highlights from some of the most-read U.S. Supreme Court stories published this year.

By Tony Mauro | Marcia Coyle

7 minute read

December 22, 2017 | Connecticut Law Tribune

According to a National Law Journal study, the U.S. Supreme Court's clerk ranks are less diverse than law school graduates or law firm associates—and the justices aren't doing much to change that.

By Tony Mauro

15 minute read

December 20, 2017 | National Law Journal

The bureau's press statement offers some hints about why Joseph Story, a justice from 1811 to 1845, is being honored, but not about why Louis Brandeis, formerly a pro-consumer litigator, was sidelined.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

December 20, 2017 | Supreme Court Brief

In the wake of the Alex Kozinski debacle, will Chief Judge John Roberts Jr. comment on sexual harassment in the judiciary? Plus, a First Amendment challenge to mandatory bar membership and five "must-read" books for SCOTUS lovers.

By Tony Mauro | Marcia Coyle

9 minute read

December 19, 2017 | National Law Journal

The federal law clerk handbook was revised Monday to include language that says nothing in the code of conduct prevents a clerk, or another judiciary employee, from revealing alleged misconduct. "Clerks are encouraged to bring such matters to the attention of an appropriate judge or other official," the handbook now says.

By Tony Mauro

5 minute read