Tony Mauro

November 08, 2017 | Supreme Court Brief

The libertarian Cato Institute, known for its irreverent U.S. Supreme Court briefs, has just aimed its provocative writing at prairie dogs. “The protection of cuteness is not a congressional power enumerated in Article I, Section 8,” the group argues in its brief asking the justices to review federal regulations protecting the Utah prairie dog.

By Tony Mauro

5 minute read

November 06, 2017 | National Law Journal

Elaine Goldenberg, who joins former SG Donald Verrilli Jr. at Munger, is the fifth female assistant to leave the office for private practice this year. That sends a fresh infusion of women advocates into law firms but diminishes gender parity in the SG's office.

By Tony Mauro

20 minute read

November 02, 2017 | National Law Journal

In an extremely rare media interview on Fox News Wednesday night, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas defended his new colleague, discussed judicial philosophy and raised concerns about limiting exposure to ideas.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

November 01, 2017 | Supreme Court Brief

The number of amicus briefs filed in the case of a Colorado baker who refused to bake a wedding cake for a same-sex couple will not break the record set in the U.S. Supreme Court's 2015 marriage equality cases, but it clearly signals the high stakes involved for civil rights, business and religious communities. More than 80 briefs in total have been lodged with the justices in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission—short of the record 148 in the same-sex marriage challenges. Not surprisingly, the Masterpiece briefs reflect a familiar divide.

By Marcia Coyle | Tony Mauro

42 minute read

November 01, 2017 | National Law Journal

Nicole Saharsky, who has argued 29 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court as an assistant to the U.S. solicitor general, is joining Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher as a partner and co-chair of the firm's appellate and constitutional law practice group.

By Tony Mauro

34 minute read

October 30, 2017 | Supreme Court Brief

It's a professional courtesy for parties to consent to amicus filings at the certiorari stage. But is that always the right call?

By Tony Mauro

10 minute read

October 30, 2017 | The Recorder

The U.S. Supreme Court won't weigh in on a California dispute over the payments some municipalities require developers to make to support low-income housing.

By Tony Mauro

7 minute read

October 27, 2017 | National Law Journal

It's tradition for solicitors general to argue the government's most important case each cycle. In November that's a challenge to Ohio's voter purge rules.

By Tony Mauro

10 minute read

October 25, 2017 | Supreme Court Brief

New research shows women are significantly underrepresented in the elite ranks of advocates who argue before the court. Tony Mauro asked practitioners why and what can done about it.

By Tony Mauro

40 minute read

October 23, 2017 | National Law Journal

Ruth Bader Ginsburg's workout is detailed in a new book from personal trainer Bryant Johnson, who the 84-year-old justice has called the most important person in her life.

By Tony Mauro

7 minute read