Tony Mauro

January 03, 2005 | New York Law Journal

By Tony Mauro

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March 25, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

The U.S. Supreme Court's weakened support for the McCain-Feingold campaign law seemed to slip further Tuesday as the justices debated whether an anti-Hillary Clinton movie released during the 2008 presidential campaign should be regulated as a campaign advertisement or protected under the First Amendment.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

August 16, 2010 | Law.com

The high-profile battle over California's Proposition 8 has been touted as the case that could force the Supreme Court to face the issue of same-sex marriage. But now that Judge Vaughn Walker has ruled that Prop 8, which banned same-sex marriage in California, is unconstitutional, the possibility is real that the case might never make it on appeal all the way to the high court. That's because the advocates of Prop 8, who are launching the appeal, may not have the necessary standing to carry it forward.

By Tony Mauro

3 minute read

September 25, 2008 | The Recorder

Gibson, Dunn's Theodore Olson will be making his 50th appearance before the Supreme Court on Oct. 6, something only a handful of lawyers have achieved.

By Tony Mauro

10 minute read

October 28, 2002 | National Law Journal

The U.S. Supreme Court made it clear Oct. 21 that an internal debate is under way that could lead it someday -- but not now -- to re-examine the constitutionality of executing individuals who committed crimes when they were juveniles. While the Court denied a direct habeas corpus petition filed by a convicted murderer who was 17 at the time of his crime, four justices joined in a dissent from the denial.

By Tony Mauro

7 minute read

March 20, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

During oral arguments yesterday, the Supreme Court's two newest justices seemed to be on opposite sides of a major free-speech case, forecasting possible sharp divisions among justices on the power of public-school officials to censor students.

By Tony Mauro ALM Supreme Court Correspondent

5 minute read

September 23, 2009 | The Recorder

New Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has jumped in the cert pool, but may decide to opt out later.

By Tony Mauro

5 minute read

October 21, 2005 | Law.com

In one of his first major decisions about how he will operate as a justice, Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. has decided to join the cert pool -- the group of justices whose law clerks divvy up incoming petitions for certiorari to produce a single memo about each case. But the fact that Roberts said he's joining the pool for his first year suggests that once he gets settled in, he may take another look at a process that some criticize for giving individual clerks too much power.

By Tony Mauro

3 minute read

November 06, 2003 | Law.com

Intel Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. are major high-tech competitors. And they are on opposite sides in a corporate battle over the power of federal courts to grant discovery of materials sought in disputes before foreign tribunals. But in an unusual development, both adversaries -- along with the Bush administration -- now agree that the U.S. Supreme Court should resolve their dispute.

By Tony Mauro

6 minute read

April 04, 2006 | National Law Journal

The Bush administration succeeded Monday in its effort to keep the case of Jose Padilla, an American-born former enemy combatant, off the Supreme Court's docket. The Court denied review in Padilla's case, as requested by the Justice Department, which argued that because Padilla is no longer in military custody, his challenge to his detention as an enemy combatant is moot. But statements from the justices indicated that his case was a close call.

By Tony Mauro

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