Tony Mauro

June 23, 2000 | Law.com

One of the more high-profile issues the Supreme Court may add to its fall docket is a case asking whether the Illinois Bar violated the First Amendment when it denied self-avowed racist Matthew Hale a license to practice law. A recent, and rare, disciplinary action by the Supreme Court itself against a New York lawyer may give some early clues about how the justices will rule on Hale.

By Tony Mauro

7 minute read

November 09, 2004 | National Law Journal

The Supreme Court on Monday sent conflicting signals on the question of voting rights for convicted felons, but advocates say the high court may yet decide the issue in a future case. The Court let stand a 9th Circuit ruling that allowed a challenge of Washington state's felon disenfranchisement law under the Voting Rights Act. At the same time, however, the Court let stand a 2nd Circuit ruling that held the Voting Rights Act does not apply to New York's law.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

March 29, 2004 | The Legal Intelligencer

When a client wins a damage award in court, the portion of the award that goes to the lawyer as a contingentcy fee is taxable income for the lawyer.

By Tony Mauro

5 minute read

June 09, 2010 | National Law Journal

Pre-confirmation hearing silence is the ironclad tradition for Supreme Court nominees, commentators have said, and on his Reliable Sources show on CNN last month, Howard Kurtz said, "It hasn't happened," referring to press interviews with pending nominees. Except that it has happened.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

June 13, 2007 | Corporate Counsel

Groups ranging from the American Civil Liberties Union to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce are urging the Supreme Court to withdraw a proposed rule that would require groups filing friend-of-the-court briefs with the Court to reveal whether parties in the case -- or their lawyers -- are members. The groups objecting to the rule say it will have "a serious chilling effect" on membership, in the words of a joint letter filed by the National Chamber Litigation Center and the National Association of Manufacturers.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

August 24, 2006 | The Legal Intelligencer

The nation's state chief justices are launching a campaign to remind voters of what used to be obvious: Judicial elections are different from those for other offices.

By Tony Mauro ALM Supreme Court Correspondent

4 minute read

November 02, 2004 | The Legal Intelligencer

On a recent October day, the Warren E. Burger Building in St. Paul, Minn., proved a fitting vantage point to assess the legacy of President George W. Bush's judicial nominations.

By Tony Mauro

8 minute read

January 27, 2004 | Law.com

Fifteen years after ruling that states could execute murderers as young as 16 or 17 years old, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to re-examine the issue. The justices granted review in Roper v. Simmons, in which the Missouri Supreme Court set aside the death sentence of Christopher Simmons, who was 17 when he murdered a woman in 1993. The Missouri court had upheld the sentence in 1997, but reversed itself in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's 2002 ruling in Atkins v. Virginia.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

July 25, 2005 | National Law Journal

If John Roberts Jr. is confirmed to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, what will happen to the long-established alliances and personal relationships on the Court? Mastering the internal dynamics of the Court is a formidable and crucial challenge for any new justice, but would be especially daunting for Roberts, who would replace the fulcrum justice of a Court that has been unchanged for 11 years. But Roberts commands its immediate respect, based on his record -- 25 wins out of 39 cases argued.

By Tony Mauro

11 minute read

December 18, 2000 | Law.com

Earlier this term, the U.S. Supreme Court heard a case testing the Flood Control Act of 1928, which protects the federal government's massive new flood control programs with full immunity from liability for damage caused by floods. The case, involving California's historically controversial Central Valley Project, brought spirited debate to the Court -- especially from the justices from the West.

By Tony Mauro

7 minute read