Tony Mauro

February 21, 2008 | The Recorder

After turmoil in its legal ranks, D.C. prepares to defend its handgun ban at the Supreme Court.

By Tony Mauro

8 minute read

February 02, 2004 | New Jersey Law Journal

For years, claims of ineffective assistance of counsel were routinely attached to death penalty appeals - and just as routinely rejected. Now, what was once a boilerplate ground for appeal has gained new bounce.

By John Council and Tony Mauro

11 minute read

September 29, 2004 | Law.com

The Supreme Court returns to the bench Monday to set about cleaning up the sentencing system chaos it created in June. In a rare two-hour afternoon session, the Court will hear arguments in United States v. Booker and United States v. Fanfan, added to its docket in the aftermath of Blakely, which struck down a sentencing system similar to the federal one. Debate continues as to whether Justice Stephen Breyer -- who helped set the guidelines -- should participate.

By Tony Mauro

12 minute read

May 15, 2006 | New Jersey Law Journal

A potentially controversial file at the Reagan Presidential Library that went missing in the weeks before the confirmation hearings for John Roberts Jr. as chief justice last year has still not been found, according to an internal investigation.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

February 23, 2004 | The Legal Intelligencer

In his prescient 1998 book on civil liberties in wartime, Chief Justice William Rehnquist wrote that when bullets fly, laws speak with a somewhat different voice.

By Tony Mauro

10 minute read

August 17, 2009 | Law.com

Six weeks after retiring from the U.S. Supreme Court, Justice David Souter's new life is taking shape -- a New Hampshire life that will keep him away from Washington, D.C., as much as humanly possible. Unlike many retired justices who keep chambers at the Supreme Court or at the nearby Thurgood Marshall judicial building, Souter will not have an office in Washington. He's using an office at the federal courthouse in Concord, N.H., where he's had summer chambers since he joined the high court in 1990.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

May 26, 2006 | The Legal Intelligencer

The intense competition for Supreme Court clerkships has been compared more than once to a market that responds to economic forces.

By Tony Mauro ALM Supreme Court Correspondent

6 minute read

September 29, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

The U.S. Supreme Court begins its term Oct. 5 with new Justice Sonia Sotomayor on board and a business-heavy docket that seems almost tailor-made to engage and challenge her.

By Tony Mauro

8 minute read

October 06, 2005 | The Recorder

The Supreme Court seemed divided on former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft's interpretation of an act which would outlaw the use of drugs for assisted suicide.

By Tony Mauro

5 minute read

March 03, 2005 | Law.com

The Supreme Court appeared no closer than ever to drawing a bright dividing line between church and state as it debated the constitutionality of Ten Commandments displays on public property. As often happens in church-state cases, much of the questioning from the justices Wednesday was case-specific, focusing on the context, setting, and history. The arguments suggested the possibility that the court will rule differently in the two cases with Justice Sandra Day O'Connor possibly holding the swing vote.

By Tony Mauro

6 minute read