Tony Mauro

June 02, 2003 | Texas Lawyer

An author predicts there will be a U.S. Supreme Court retirement, and he is guessing there will be one soon: Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist.

By Tony Mauro

12 minute read

February 04, 2009 | National Law Journal

It is an unquestioned tradition that because of the solicitor general's special relationship with the Supreme Court, the arrival of a new administration of a different party does not mean a sudden shift in positions before the Court. But Elena Kagan, President Barack Obama's pick as the next SG, may find herself more torn than recent predecessors between past and future government positions on key legal issues -- most visibly on policies toward detainees and wartime powers.

By Tony Mauro

5 minute read

June 22, 2000 | Law.com

The first of a hard-fought over batch of financial disclosure forms for federal judges went up on the Internet Thursday on the financially troubled APBnews.com. Redacted 1998 forms for all nine Supreme Court justices, filed more than a year ago, were the first to be posted on the Web site. "This is the first sense of victory we've had," said Mark Zaid of D.C.'s Lobel Novins & Lamont, a lawyer for APBnews.

By Tony Mauro

3 minute read

February 23, 2005 | Law.com

The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to referee the emotionally charged debate over Oregon's "Death With Dignity" law, which allows physicians to prescribe drugs to hasten the death of terminally ill patients. The 1994 law, unique in the nation, gives Oregon doctors the authority to prescribe controlled substances to mentally competent, terminally ill patients who are within six months of dying. Since it took effect in 1998, 171 Oregonians have committed suicide under the law.

By Tony Mauro and Marya Lucas

3 minute read

July 18, 2005 | National Law Journal

Three Sentences. That was all it took for Chief Justice William Rehnquist on Thursday night to calm rampant speculation that his retirement was imminent. But like any words that emanate from the Supreme Court, the statement is subject to interpretation -- even detection of hidden, originalist or modern "living Constitution" meanings. Tony Mauro offers some alternate and whimsical theories, and finds those three sentences vexing to interpret, especially when read aloud in different tones of voice.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

May 19, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

In a decision likely to increase the pressure on President Obama to appoint a woman to the U.S. Supreme Court, the justices ruled Monday that employers may give less credit for long-ago pregnancy leave than for other medical leave in calculating pension benefits.

By Tony Mauro

6 minute read

October 25, 2004 | Law.com

Chief Justice William Rehnquist expects to be on the bench when the Supreme Court convenes again Nov. 1, in spite of surgery on Saturday in connection with a recently diagnosed case of thyroid cancer. The surprise announcement of Rehnquist's illness and surgery came just before noon today, and raised in a concrete way an issue that has been an abstraction during the presidential campaign: the possibility of a departure from the Supreme Court in the near future.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

June 23, 2010 | National Law Journal

For Solicitor General Elena Kagan, Monday's Supreme Court decision in Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project was a clean win — almost. Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. took the edge off the win when he wrote in his majority opinion that the government had gone "too far" in the case by arguing that the case was just about conduct, not speech.

By Tony Mauro

5 minute read

January 10, 2005 | Law.com

As the White House and Congress gear up for yet another run at tort reform, two cases set for argument at the Supreme Court this week underline the crucial role the justices play in the policy debate. Both cases require the Court to clarify statutes aimed at protecting key industries from excessive litigation: One involves pre-emption and product labeling; the other has been called the "biggest securities litigation case in a decade."

By Tony Mauro

8 minute read

June 26, 2008 | New Jersey Law Journal

In a historic 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court declares for the first time that the Second Amendment protects an individual right ? not a collective or militia right ? to keep and bear firearms for self-defense.

By Tony Mauro

5 minute read