Tony Mauro

June 06, 2006 | National Law Journal

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to re-enter the contentious debate over affirmative action. Three years after the Court upheld race-conscious admissions policies in higher education in the Grutter v. Bollinger decision, two new cases will test that precedent in the setting of public elementary and high schools. Adding uncertainty is Justice Samuel Alito Jr.'s replacement of Sandra Day O'Connor, who was a crucial vote in favor of affirmative action and the author of the Grutter ruling.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

April 21, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in a key church-state dispute over the status of a Christian group at a state university law school. But the discussion quickly devolved into a testy debate over the factual record in the case and what it was all about.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

June 30, 2000 | Law.com

In January, the Supreme Court was invisible. All nine justices stayed away from the State of the Union address. In June, the Supreme Court was everywhere, lobbing bombshell opinions on abortion, school prayer and gays in the Boy Scouts. So where will the Court be by November? It could go either way: absent from the political fray or in the middle of hot-button issues -- a reflection of the basic paradox of the Rehnquist Court.

By Tony Mauro

8 minute read

December 01, 2010 | Law.com

The high court, which is usually stingy when it comes to the Freedom of Information Act, might actually be poised to hand a rare victory to someone who wants to expand the scope of government disclosure.

By Tony Mauro

3 minute read

March 02, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

U.S. Supreme Court arguments Tuesday in a closely watched dispute over the interrogation of child abuse victims quickly turned into a "where's the beef" discussion of whether a controversy remains between the parties in the case.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

June 03, 2003 | New York Law Journal

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

January 09, 2009 | The Recorder

A perusal of the Thurgood Marshall papers shows Obama's pick for solicitor general was greatly admired even 20 years ago.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

December 27, 2010 | Law.com

By Tony Mauro and Daniel Wise

6 minute read

January 18, 2006 | The Legal Intelligencer

In a ruling that re-energizes the debate over federalism and the right to die, the Supreme Court yesterday said the federal Controlled Substances Act does not give the Bush administration the authority to thwart Oregon's law allowing physician-assisted suicide.

By Tony Mauro

5 minute read

February 26, 2007 | National Law Journal

By Tony Mauro

8 minute read