Tony Mauro

April 27, 2004 | Law.com

To celebrate a conservation victory by Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas and mark the 50th anniversary of his 184-mile hike along the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, a hardy group is making the trek again. In other high court-related news, the unorthodox law review The Green Bag has released its latest justice bobble-head, this one of Sandra Day O'Connor ... and in a recent speech, Justice John Paul Stevens shared fond memories of former colleagues.

By Tony Mauro

13 minute read

July 21, 2003 | Law.com

Squabbles have broken out among plaintiffs challenging the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform law over how to divide up face time before the Supreme Court. Lawyers for seven main challengers submitted a plan last week urging the justices not to grant argument time to three fellow plaintiffs, including the National Rifle Association. If the high court approves the proposal, the Sept. 8 arguments will be a career-crowning battle of legal titans.

By Tony Mauro

5 minute read

April 14, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

Washington's spin machine cycled into high gear Monday, churning out a new set of names as possible contenders to fill Justice John Paul Stevens' seat on the U.S. Supreme Court.

By Tony Mauro and David Ingram

6 minute read

October 14, 2009 | Law.com

Lawyer competence was the topic of the day at the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, as the justices heard two cases involving claims of ineffective assistance of counsel that violated the Sixth Amendment. In one case being tracked by immigrant rights advocates, a lawyer's flawed advice exposed his client to deportation. In the other, the defense lawyer in a capital case called his client sick and twisted during a closing argument, and minimized mitigating evidence that might have helped avoid the death penalty.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

August 18, 2009 | New York Law Journal

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

February 22, 2000 | Law.com

There is a calm-before-the-storm quality to the two-week cycle of Supreme Court oral arguments and decisions that begins Feb. 22. The most tumultuous cases of the term -- prayer at Texas football games, gays in the Boy Scouts, partial-birth abortion, the Massachusetts law against doing business with Burma -- will be argued in March or April. Now is the time for the Court to hear some less emotionally-heated cases and, perhaps, to hand down some decisions from early term arguments.

By Tony Mauro

10 minute read

February 08, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

A Washington, D.C., solo practitioner with extensive experience before the Supreme Court will argue in defense of the city of Chicago's strict handgun ordinance in a closely watched Second Amendment case next month.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

April 10, 2007 | National Law Journal

Crunch time is coming early this term at the Supreme Court. It's not just that the Court is substantially behind in issuing opinions -- only 22 so far this term, compared to 35 at this point last term. Several of its knottiest issues -- "partial-birth abortion" and the use of race in public school class assignments, to name two -- have yet to emerge. The busy April argument calendar is likely to make for frayed nerves and fractured rulings through the end of the term in June.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

March 22, 2010 | National Law Journal

The White House appears ready to move quickly on a Supreme Court nominee should Justice John Paul Stevens decide to retire before the end of the term, with the short list of candidates reportedly including Solicitor General Elena Kagan, appeals court Judges Diane Wood and Merrick Garland, and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. There seems to be less chatter about the possible replacement than usual, though conservatives speculate that liberals will be unenthusiastic about the presumed front-runner, Kagan.

By Tony Mauro

7 minute read

April 28, 2010 | Law.com

It was quite a morning for the First Amendment at the Supreme Court, as the justices handed down a major church-state decision and heard oral arguments in a case testing issues of free speech, the right to petition and the right of privacy. It was a historic morning for another reason: Barring the unforeseen, it was Justice John Paul Stevens' final day of hearing oral argument as a justice.

By Tony Mauro

3 minute read