Tony Mauro

October 07, 2009 | National Law Journal

It was a day of wild hypotheticals Tuesday, as the U.S. Supreme Court reached far and wide for help in deciding whether a federal law that makes it a crime to depict animal cruelty violates the First Amendment. The justices discussed scenarios including a video depicting "stuffing geese for pate de foie gras" and a pay-per-view "Human Sacrifice Channel." By the end of the riveting hour of argument, it seemed likely that a sizable majority of the Court was ready to strike down the law as too broad or too vague.

By Tony Mauro

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May 18, 2004 | The Legal Intelligencer

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 yesterday that states are not immune when disabled people sue under the Americans With Disabilities Act to gain access to courthouses.

By Tony Mauro

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October 15, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

The first days of the Supreme Court's new building in 1935 were not its best days.

By Tony Mauro

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January 21, 2003 | National Law Journal

A lawyer for the state of Nevada argued on Jan. 15 that the federal Family and Medical Leave Act should be the next target for the U.S. Supreme Court's federalism jurisprudence. But by the end of the hour, it was unclear whether the justices would view the FMLA the same way as it has other legislation held to be the result of congressional invasion of state sovereignty.

By Tony Mauro

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August 08, 2007 | New Jersey Law Journal

Eighteen months into his tenure on the Supreme Court, Justice Samuel Alito Jr. says his colleagues are so inquisitive that "it's extremely difficult to get a question in."

By Tony Mauro

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June 24, 2008 | Law.com

A defendant's Sixth Amendment right to counsel attaches at his first appearance before a magistrate, whether or not the prosecutor is also on hand, the Supreme Court ruled on Monday. Though the ruling, which dealt with a Texas "magistration" procedure, may have limited impact in other states, civil rights groups applauded it as an important assertion of the constitutional right to counsel that could aid defendants in interrogation and other proceedings before trial.

By Tony Mauro

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March 10, 2009 | National Law Journal

The Supreme Court issued four decisions Monday morning, resolving disputes over voting rights, speedy trial rules, expert witness fees and arbitration. In the voting rights case, which is likely to stir some controversy, a splintered 5-4 majority of the Court ruled that the Voting Rights Act does not require state legislatures to create so-called "crossover" voting districts, which count on white voters joining with black voters to form a majority that would elect a minority candidate.

By Tony Mauro

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February 15, 2007 | The Recorder

Justice Anthony Kennedy also called for increasing judicial salaries in a rare appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

By Tony Mauro

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April 04, 2006 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Bush administration succeeded yesterday in its effort to keep the case of Jose Padilla, an American-born former enemy combatant, off the Supreme Court's docket.

By Tony Mauro

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January 08, 2009 | Texas Lawyer

The praise coming from Harvard Law School colleagues of Dean Elena Kagan, who was named this week to be the next solicitor general, is effusive -- and, it turns out, longstanding.

By Tony Mauro

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