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Tony Mauro

Tony Mauro

May 25, 2017 | Daily Report Online

When Michelle Wanted Barack to Be a SCOTUS Law Clerk

Former President Barack Obama rejected a pathway to a Supreme Court clerkship, saying that's not how you make change.

By Tony Mauro

7 minute read

May 25, 2017 | National Law Journal

When Michelle Wanted Barack to Be a SCOTUS Law Clerk

Former President Barack Obama rejected a pathway to a Supreme Court clerkship, saying that's not how you make change.

By Tony Mauro

7 minute read

May 22, 2017 | New York Law Journal

No Public Hearing Set for SCOTUS Budget, Again

Last year a spokeswoman said the court's budget hearing did not take place because of "a compressed Supreme Court and congressional schedule."

By Tony Mauro

5 minute read

May 22, 2017 | National Law Journal

No Public Hearing Set for SCOTUS Budget, Again

Last year a spokeswoman said the court's budget hearing did not take place because of "a compressed Supreme Court and congressional schedule."

By Tony Mauro

5 minute read

May 22, 2017 | Daily Report Online

Supreme Court Limits Venue Shopping in Patent Litigation

Justice Clarence Thomas, writing for an 8-0 court in TC Heartland v. Kraft Foods Group Brands, said “a domestic corporation 'resides' only in its state of incorporation for purposes of the patent venue statute.”

By Tony Mauro

9 minute read

May 22, 2017 | National Law Journal

Supreme Court Limits Venue Shopping in Patent Litigation

Justice Clarence Thomas, writing for an 8-0 court in TC Heartland v. Kraft Foods Group Brands, said “a domestic corporation 'resides' only in its state of incorporation for purposes of the patent venue statute.”

By Tony Mauro

9 minute read

May 18, 2017 | National Law Journal

SCOTUS Justices Used to Explain Recusals. What Changed?

There's a new twist to the court's tradition of keeping mum on the reasons for recusals: it was not always that way.

By TONY MAURO

10 minute read

May 18, 2017 | National Law Journal

SCOTUS Justices Used to Explain Recusals. What Changed?

There's a new twist to the court's tradition of keeping mum on the reasons for recusals: it was not always that way.

By TONY MAURO

10 minute read

May 15, 2017 | Supreme Court Brief

David Stras: Trump Judicial Nominee and SCOTUS Reformer

David Stras once wrote that U.S. Supreme Court justices should not have term limits. Instead, he said they should be incentivized to leave when they get old, through "golden parachute" pensions and a heavier workload, including being forced to hear cases around the country by "riding the circuits." Stras, 42, an associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court, may be able to continue his scholarly scrutiny from the inside. President Donald Trump this month announced plans to nominate Stras to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

By Tony Mauro

9 minute read

May 15, 2017 | Supreme Court Brief

David Stras: Trump Judicial Nominee and SCOTUS Reformer

David Stras once wrote that U.S. Supreme Court justices should not have term limits. Instead, he said they should be incentivized to leave when they get old, through "golden parachute" pensions and a heavier workload, including being forced to hear cases around the country by "riding the circuits." Stras, 42, an associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court, may be able to continue his scholarly scrutiny from the inside. President Donald Trump this month announced plans to nominate Stras to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

By Tony Mauro

5 minute read