Tony Mauro

May 27, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

In a ruling that could encourage states to impose their own restrictions on hiring illegal aliens, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday upheld an Arizona law that penalizes employers who knowingly hire unauthorized foreign workers.

By Tony Mauro

6 minute read

February 23, 2005 | Law.com

The plight of Connecticut residents whose homes may be condemned to make way for commercial development pulled at the heartstrings of Supreme Court justices Tuesday. But it was less certain that the justices' sympathies would translate into enough votes for the homeowners to win in the closely watched property rights case of Kelo v. City of New London.

By Tony Mauro

5 minute read

September 29, 2010 | National Law Journal

With no new solicitor general appointed to replace Elena Kagan, the office will be deploying three of its lawyers who are in "acting' positions during the first two argument days of the fall term beginning Oct. 4. Plus: Supreme Court titans David Frederick and Kathleen Sullivan face off over pre-emption.

By Tony Mauro

3 minute read

March 06, 2003 | Law.com

In a quartet of decisions handed down Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court gave its general approval to two tough-on-crime trends that swept the nation in the 1990s: Megan's laws and three strikes statutes. As a group, the decisions stand as an unmistakable symbol of the conservative majority's strength in approving sweeping state experimentation in the area of crime and punishment.

By Tony Mauro

5 minute read

April 19, 2011 | Law.com

Seven of the eight justices participating in oral arguments in the case of American Electric Power v. Connecticut offered comments or questions that appeared critical of the scope or concept of a suit against major utilities that claims their output of greenhouse gases is a public nuisance under federal common law.

By Tony Mauro

7 minute read

June 30, 2009 | New York Law Journal

By Tony Mauro

6 minute read

April 26, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

The U.S. Supreme Court's three-year embrace of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform law seemed to loosen yesterday as justices debated a First Amendment challenge to the law's provision that bars certain types of issue advertisements in the run-up to elections.

By Tony Mauro

5 minute read

May 01, 2006 | New Jersey Law Journal

The Supreme Court appeared sympathetic to pleas by business advocates not to "RICO-ize" all types of business relationships, as Justice Stephen Breyer put it, during oral arguments.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

June 25, 2004 | National Law Journal

In a 5-4 ruling that Justice Sandra Day O'Connor said would have a "disastrous" impact on state and federal sentencing, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday that aggravating facts that increase a defendant's sentence must be proven to a jury, not decided by a judge. The decision could expand the scope of the Court's Apprendi ruling and is sure to accelerate the growing debate over the wisdom of sentencing reforms enacted over the last two decades.

By Tony Mauro

6 minute read

June 06, 2007 | Law.com

A test case is set to go in front of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims that could determine if mercury in vaccines caused autism in some children. Thousands of other cases could be affected by the results.

By Tony Mauro

10 minute read