Tony Mauro

April 24, 2009 | The Recorder

Rep. John Culberson stirred up a House subcommittee hearing by videotaping Justices Thomas and Breyer. He was lobbying them to allow more public access to the court.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

April 21, 2006 | National Law Journal

Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. announced Thursday that he has chosen James Duff, managing partner of the Washington, D.C., office of Baker Donelson, to run the judicial branch as the next director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. During a rare press briefing at the Supreme Court after the announcement, Roberts said Duff's arrival represents "a good chance for a fresh start and a renewed effort" to improve relations and address "tensions and disagreements" between the judiciary and Congress.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

March 28, 2011 | National Law Journal

The convoluted path of Georgia death row inmate Troy Davis's appeals ended at the Supreme Court on Monday.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

April 12, 2010 | New York Law Journal

By Tony Mauro

7 minute read

September 13, 2005 | The Legal Intelligencer

Chief justice nominee John Roberts Jr. opened his Senate confirmation hearing testimony yesterday with a brief but powerful pledge of judicial humility, fair-mindedness and respect for precedent. Likening the job of justice to that of baseball umpires, Roberts said, They make sure everybody plays by the rules, but it is a limited role. Nobody ever went to a ballgame to see the umpire.

By Tony Mauro and T.R. Goldman

6 minute read

October 22, 2004 | Law.com

Nine years ago, John Ferren returned to the historical pursuits he'd set aside when he went to Harvard Law School. Settling on the story of Justice Wiley Rutledge, who served on the Supreme Court a mere six and a half years, Ferren set off on a historical dig that has resulted in the publication of his first book. The book is gaining attention in part because the Supreme Court's recent decisions on the status of enemy combatants have echoed Rutledge's civil liberties views of more than 50 years earlier.

By Tony Mauro

7 minute read

March 03, 2004 | Law.com

The continuing furor over Justice Antonin Scalia's hunting trip with Vice President Dick Cheney has cast a spotlight on the murky world of Supreme Court recusals, where justices decide to recuse -- or not -- without review by their fellow justices or others. A Legal Times survey sheds some light on who steps aside most often, who stays put, and which cases have prompted the judicial do-si-do.

By Tony Mauro

10 minute read

July 07, 2000 | Law.com

The Supreme Court is like a ghost town. The justices, bruised and weary from an end-of-term torrent of paper and vitriol, are scattering like kids for summer vacation, and some court officials and employees are doing the same.

By Tony Mauro

8 minute read

February 04, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

Oral arguments in the landmark Supreme Court case Wal-Mart Stores Inc. v. Dukes, involving a class action against the retail giant, are still nearly two months away. But the confrontation already has a nickname: "Showdown at Falcon Gap," a whimsical reference to a key precedent, General Telephone Co. v. Falcon.

By Tony Mauro

6 minute read

July 11, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

Former Solicitor General Paul Clement has not had much time to reflect on the fateful day two months ago when he rocked the legal world by resigning from King & Spalding and jumping to the far smaller Bancroft PLLC.

By Tony Mauro

8 minute read