Tony Mauro

November 10, 2005 | Law.com

Influential senators on Wednesday predicted passage soon of legislation that would open the doors of the Supreme Court to regular broadcast coverage of its proceedings. "It's a question of when, in my judgment, not if," said Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter, R-Pa., at a hearing on a bill that would mandate broadcast access unless a majority of justices voted against it in an individual case. One factor cited by several witnesses is the renewed public interest in the Court.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

April 03, 2007 | The Recorder

In a 5-4 ruling, the Supreme Court weighs in on global warming.

By Tony Mauro and Cheryl Miller

7 minute read

March 03, 2010 | National Law Journal

The U.S. Supreme Court will almost certainly extend the scope of the Second Amendment right to bear arms to limit state and federal regulation of firearms, based on oral arguments in McDonald v. City of Chicago on Tuesday. But comments from the justices made it clear they want to do it the old-fashioned way -- through the 14th Amendment's due process clause, rather than via the "privileges or immunities" clause, which had been advanced as a better way to bolster a range of rights including economic rights.

By Tony Mauro

6 minute read

January 04, 2007 | The Recorder

Just-released information from a FOIA request details the justice's two confirmation battles and drug dependence.

By Tony Mauro

10 minute read

January 13, 2010 | National Law Journal

After oral argument in the titanic battle Wednesday over the antitrust status of the National Football League, it did not seem that the NFL would have an easy touchdown in its long quest for baseball-like immunity from antitrust laws.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

May 13, 2005 | Law.com

In the guessing game over who might be the next Supreme Court nominee, one factor has been largely overlooked: geography. Whether a state can claim a justice is a matter not only of birthplace, but also of teaching posts, judicial appointments -- even summer homes. In the end, where a justice chooses to hail from may come down to politics. A key factor is whether a state has any senators from the majority party -- senators who can introduce and sponsor a nominee during the confirmation process.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

June 30, 2000 | Law.com

Washington, D.C., attorney Thomas Goldstein watches the Supreme Court closely, maintains statistics about its docket, and argued two cases this term. Reflecting on the last few months, Goldstein explains the politics and the pressures that shaped the Court's decisions. Next term? Not too exciting. "The most interesting cases probably involve the scope of federal environmental law, search and seizure, and the Wiretapping Act," Goldstein says.

By Tony Mauro

6 minute read

August 08, 2005 | National Law Journal

If Supreme Court nominee John Roberts Jr. is confirmed and seated in time to hear oral argument Nov. 9 in Goodman v. Georgia -- which asks whether disabled inmates can sue states over prison conditions under the Americans with Disabilities Act -- the case will be an early and crucial test of the new justice's views not only on disability rights, but on federalism. It will also be a case study of how the change of a single justice can alter the way a case is briefed and argued to the high court.

By Tony Mauro

10 minute read

February 23, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

For pharmaceutical companies, going up against David Frederick of Kellogg Huber Hansen Todd Evans & Figel at the U.S. Supreme Court has been a bitter pill -- until Tuesday.

By Tony Mauro

5 minute read

July 29, 2002 | New Jersey Law Journal

U.S. Supreme Court Year in Review.

By Tony Mauro

6 minute read