January 11, 2016 | Supreme Court Brief
Republicans, Democrats Urge Justices to Take Ex-Va. Gov.'s CaseThe U.S. Supreme Court did not act on former Virginia Gov. Robert McDonnell's appeal of corruption charges on Monday—yet another sign that the justices are seriously considering his case.
By Tony Mauro
4 minute read
January 11, 2016 | Supreme Court Brief
Republicans, Democrats Urge Justices to Take Ex-Va. Gov.'s CaseThe U.S. Supreme Court did not act on former Virginia Gov. Robert McDonnell's appeal of corruption charges on Monday—yet another sign that the justices are seriously considering his case.
By Tony Mauro
4 minute read
January 07, 2016 | New York Law Journal
Female Lawyers Oppose Texas Curbs With Abortion StoriesMore than 100 female lawyers joined in a brief to tell the U.S. Supreme Court about their own abortions and why their reproductive freedom was pivotal to their personal and professional lives.
By Tony Mauro
5 minute read
January 07, 2016 | New York Law Journal
Female Lawyers Oppose Texas Curbs With Abortion StoriesMore than 100 female lawyers joined in a brief to tell the U.S. Supreme Court about their own abortions and why their reproductive freedom was pivotal to their personal and professional lives.
By Tony Mauro
5 minute read
January 06, 2016 | Supreme Court Brief
UCLA Law's Supreme Court Clinic Snagged Four Cases This TermWith the U.S. Supreme Court accepting 75 or fewer cases for review each term, competition is fierce among law firms and law school clinics for the chance to write briefs on the merits and appear before the justices.
By Tony Mauro
4 minute read
January 06, 2016 | National Law Journal
Supreme Court Petition Challenges Plaza Protest BanThe U.S. Supreme Court was asked Wednesday to overturn the federal law that prohibits expressive activity on its own marble plaza. "For well over half a century, visitors to the Supreme Court have had to conform their conduct while on the plaza to an unknown and unknowable standard," Jeffrey Light, the lawyer who filed the petition, told the high court. The case challenges a ruling in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, which upheld the law.
By Tony Mauro
3 minute read
January 06, 2016 | Supreme Court Brief
UCLA Law's Supreme Court Clinic Snagged Four Cases This TermWith the U.S. Supreme Court accepting 75 or fewer cases for review each term, competition is fierce among law firms and law school clinics for the chance to write briefs on the merits and appear before the justices.
By Tony Mauro
4 minute read
January 06, 2016 | National Law Journal
Supreme Court Petition Challenges Plaza Protest BanThe U.S. Supreme Court was asked Wednesday to overturn the federal law that prohibits expressive activity on its own marble plaza. "For well over half a century, visitors to the Supreme Court have had to conform their conduct while on the plaza to an unknown and unknowable standard," Jeffrey Light, the lawyer who filed the petition, told the high court. The case challenges a ruling in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, which upheld the law.
By Tony Mauro
3 minute read
January 05, 2016 | Law.com
Women Lawyers Tell Supreme Court About Their Own AbortionsMore than 100 women lawyers joined in a brief to tell the U.S. Supreme Court about their own abortions and why their reproductive freedom was pivotal to their personal and professional lives. The extraordinary brief, filed Monday, was signed by former judges, law professors, law firm partners, public interest lawyers and law clerks, though none who clerked for the high court itself.
By Tony Mauro
5 minute read
January 05, 2016 | National Law Journal
Women Lawyers Tell Supreme Court About Their Own AbortionsMore than 100 women lawyers joined in a brief to tell the U.S. Supreme Court about their own abortions and why their reproductive freedom was pivotal to their personal and professional lives. The extraordinary brief, filed Monday, was signed by former judges, law professors, law firm partners, public interest lawyers and law clerks, though none who clerked for the high court itself.
By Tony Mauro
5 minute read