Tony Mauro

April 10, 2003 | Law.com

A House Appropriations subcommittee on Wednesday considered the U.S. Supreme Court's budget appropriation request for the next fiscal year. Justices Anthony Kennedy and Clarence Thomas answered a wide range of questions about the high court's policies and practices, including its increased hiring of minority law clerks. Kennedy also surprised the committee with his unprompted criticism of mandatory minimum sentences.

By Tony Mauro

6 minute read

May 31, 2006 | Law.com

The Supreme Court on Tuesday signaled its return to the thorny issue of high punitive damages, agreeing to review a $79.5 million verdict against Philip Morris USA for the death of a single Oregon smoker. The Court added the case to its docket for the fall, responding to pleas by the business community for clearer guidance on when punitive damages are excessive. In its sole ruling Tuesday, the Court narrowed First Amendment protections for government-employee whistleblowers.

By Tony Mauro

5 minute read

January 19, 2005 | National Law Journal

South Carolina, one of a dozen states that have authorized "Choose Life" license plates for drivers who want them, is asking the Supreme Court to choose to uphold the plates in the face of a First Amendment challenge from Planned Parenthood. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found the plates unconstitutional in March, holding that "the state has distorted the forum in favor of its own viewpoint." The Court will consider the case among other petitions for review at its conference Thursday.

By Tony Mauro

5 minute read

May 29, 2009 | National Law Journal

If Judge Sonia Sotomayor is confirmed to the Supreme Court, she will be only the 12th Roman Catholic justice in history. But what is remarkable is that six of those 12, if you include her, will be on the Court that convenes in October. But Sotomayor, who is said to attend church for family events, may not be easily lumped together with the Court's other five Catholics, all of whom are on the conservative wing on the Court.

By Tony Mauro

2 minute read

January 23, 2006 | New Jersey Law Journal

Avoiding a major showdown on abortion rights, the Supreme Court last Wednesday unanimously ordered a lower court to find a way to remedy flaws in New Hampshire's law on parental notification for abortion without necessarily declaring the entire law unconstitutional.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

May 11, 2006 | The Legal Intelligencer

Appeals Judge J. Michael Luttig, a Supreme Court contender and longtime fixture of the conservative legal landscape, made a sudden announcement Wednesday that he was leaving the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals immediately for the job of senior vice president and general counsel of the Boeing Co.

By Tony Mauro ALM Supreme Court Correspondent

5 minute read

November 14, 2005 | New Jersey Law Journal

Influential senators last Wednesday predicted passage soon of legislation that would open the doors of the Supreme Court to regular broadcast coverage of its proceedings.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

July 17, 2009 | New York Law Journal

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

September 06, 2011 | Texas Lawyer

Just days after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, then-Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor kept a long-standing commitment to help dedicate a new building at New York University School of Law.

By Tony Mauro

7 minute read

April 05, 2000 | Law.com

The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld an Erie, Pa., anti-nudity ordinance that was used to force the dancers at the local Kandyland Lounge to wear pasties and G-strings. First Amendment advocates voiced alarm that the 6-3 decision could open the door to government clampdowns on unpopular forms of expression because of the "secondary effects" they might have on crime or property values nearby. The decision, like most nudity and obscenity cases that come before the justices, fractured the Court.

By Tony Mauro

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