Tony Mauro

April 06, 2006 | The Legal Intelligencer

Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy pushed back strongly Tuesday against a bill pending in the Senate that would require the court to televise its proceedings.

By Tony Mauro ALM

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August 21, 2007 | New York Law Journal

By Tony Mauro

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February 23, 2010 | The Recorder

The 1983 slayings of a judge and lawyer in Chicago led to a handgun ban. Doug Kendall of the Constitutional Accountability Center is working to keep the ban from being extended to other states.

By Tony Mauro

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February 17, 2005 | Law.com

Justice Clarence Thomas recently presided over a little-noticed inauguration that has generated controversy. Thomas swore in Alabama Supreme Court Justice Tom Parker, a close prot�g� of one-time Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore, who was ousted for defying a federal order to remove a Ten Commandments monument from a judicial building. Barry Lynn of Americans United for Separation of Church and State said, "If Thomas ever had any chance of becoming chief justice, this action should kill it."

By Tony Mauro

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October 18, 2002 | Texas Lawyer

By TONY MAURO

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May 27, 2009 | National Law Journal

Within minutes of President Barack Obama's announcement Tuesday that he will nominate Judge Sonia Sotomayor of the 2nd Circuit to the U.S. Supreme Court, conservative groups vowed opposition or tough scrutiny, calling her a liberal whose votes will be even further left than the man she would replace, retiring Justice David Souter. But supporters said her lengthy resume and her lesser-known qualities of collegiality and persuasiveness could make her a powerful force on the Court for years to come.

By Tony Mauro

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October 13, 2004 | Law.com

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday added fresh hot-button issues to its docket, from Ten Commandments displays and prisoners' religious freedom to property rights, drawing unusual attention to itself just three weeks before Election Day. But the Ten Commandments cases, like last year's challenge to the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance, are likely to draw the most public attention and controversy.

By Tony Mauro

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March 01, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

The story behind the government's conspicuous absence includes a hastily scheduled meeting last December in the White House situation room, of all places.

By Tony Mauro

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February 02, 2004 | Law.com

For years, claims of "ineffective assistance of counsel" were routinely attached to death penalty appeals -- and just as routinely rejected. Then last June, the Supreme Court handed down Wiggins v. Smith. By a 7-2 vote, the court found that a defense lawyer's failure to investigate and present mitigating evidence about the defendant at sentencing amounted to a violation of the Sixth Amendment right to counsel. Now, what was once a boilerplate grounds for appeal has gained new bounce.

By John Council and Tony Mauro

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April 12, 2010 | National Law Journal

Law schools don't just turn out lawyers. In recent years, they have also produced litigation that finds its way onto the U.S. Supreme Court's docket. Dozens of amicus briefs have been filed in the latest case, which thrusts the University of California Hastings College of the Law into the spotlight.

By Tony Mauro

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