Tony Mauro

November 21, 2007 | Law.com

The Supreme Court announced Tuesday it will take up the case of District of Columbia v. Heller, setting the stage for its first hard look in nearly 70 years at the meaning of the Second Amendment's "right of the people to keep and bear arms." The timing of the case makes it likely that the contentious issue of gun rights, and the importance of the Supreme Court as an issue for voters, will gain more prominence in the 2008 presidential campaign.

By Tony Mauro

3 minute read

April 20, 2004 | Law.com

The U.S. Supreme Court appeared wary Monday of opening the door to retroactive application of its 2002 ruling that said judges, not jurors, should determine the facts that lead to death sentences. During oral arguments in Schriro v. Summerlin, several justices wondered aloud whether making the 2002 ruling in Ring v. Arizona retroactive would also necessarily lead to applying Apprendi v. New Jersey retroactively to a broad range of criminal cases.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

April 19, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

If you're mystified about why the Supreme Court hears so few cases these days - 75 or so annually, compared to twice that number 25 years ago ? Justice Stephen Breyer says, check back a few years from now.

By Tony Mauro

5 minute read

March 31, 2005 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Supreme Court yesterday opened the door for older workers to bring age discrimination claims against their employers based on disparate impact rather than discriminatory intent. But the court also gave employers the tools to defend against the new type of claims.

By Tony Mauro

3 minute read

November 08, 2006 | National Law Journal

When a high-stakes Supreme Court argument looms, litigants often turn to the heavy-hitting veterans of high court advocacy. Not so for the abortion rights groups who will be fighting the federal Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 today. Staff attorneys Eve Gartner of Planned Parenthood and Priscilla Smith of the Center for Reproductive Rights will argue the pair of cases. It is Gartner's first high court argument and Smith's second, but their bosses are confident about sending them into the fray.

By Tony Mauro

2 minute read

March 14, 2005 | Law.com

The focus of Tuesday's meeting of the Judicial Conference -- whether formally on the agenda or simply discussed in the hallways -- is likely to be growing concern for the security of federal judges. But the meeting will be noteworthy for another reason: Chief Justice William Rehnquist will preside, in spite of his ongoing battle with thyroid cancer.

By Tony Mauro

11 minute read

March 06, 2007 | The Recorder

Courtside takes a look inside the new, thoroughly modern D.C. print shop used for high court briefs; plus, law school Supreme Court clinics are catching on.

By Tony Mauro

11 minute read

July 10, 2008 | The Recorder

What did the justice mean with his brief reference to Exxon paying for studies?

By Tony Mauro

5 minute read

May 22, 2007 | The Recorder

Parents of children with disabilities — citing the high cost of legal fees — can claim a victory with the Supreme Court's ruling allowing self-representation.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

December 15, 2005 | Corporate Counsel

When Independent Ink President Barry Brucker went looking for a Supreme Court specialist in D.C. to represent his company in a high-stakes intellectual property and antitrust case, he was stunned by how hard it was to find one willing to take on his case and go up against an IP community solidly arrayed against him. In "a broken record of paranoia," lawyer after lawyer told him that opposing the patent holders' position "would not be looked on favorably by my client base," Brucker quotes them as saying.

By Tony Mauro

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