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December 22, 2015 | Supreme Court Brief

Not all U.S. Supreme Court clerks will discuss their extraordinary experiences at the elbow of a justice. But enough are willing to talk that Todd Peppers has now published three books filled with revealing stories by and about clerks.

By Tony Mauro

5 minute read

December 22, 2015 | Supreme Court Brief

Books about the U.S. Supreme Court, both fiction and nonfiction, seemed to proliferate more than ever in 2015, and it is easy to see why.

By Tony Mauro

6 minute read

December 21, 2015 | New York Law Journal

A rare alliance between both houses of Congress and the Obama administration is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to clear the path for American victims of Iranian-backed terrorism to recover damages from Iran's central bank.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

December 18, 2015 | New York Law Journal

A rare alliance between both houses of Congress and the Obama administration is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to clear the path for American victims of Iranian-backed terrorism to recover damages from Iran's central bank.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

December 16, 2015 | Law.com

The Obama administration on Wednesday urged the U.S. Supreme Court not to referee the dispute among Nebraska, Oklahoma and Colorado over the impact of Colorado's new law legalizing recreational use of marijuana. U.S. Solicitor General Donald Verrilli Jr. said in a brief filed Wednesday that the court's "original jurisdiction," usually reserved for disputes over boundaries and water rights, was not the appropriate forum for resolving differences between states over marijuana laws.

By Tony Mauro

3 minute read

December 16, 2015 | National Law Journal

A rare alliance between both houses of Congress and the Obama administration is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to clear the path for American victims of Iranian-backed terrorism to recover damages from Iran's central bank. Friend-of-the court briefs by the House of Representatives and the Senate are expected to join a brief from U.S. Solicitor General Donald Verrilli Jr. next week in Central Bank of Iran v. Peterson, set for argument on Jan. 13.

By Tony Mauro

5 minute read

December 16, 2015 | National Law Journal

A rare alliance between both houses of Congress and the Obama administration is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to clear the path for American victims of Iranian-backed terrorism to recover damages from Iran's central bank. Friend-of-the court briefs by the House of Representatives and the Senate are expected to join a brief from U.S. Solicitor General Donald Verrilli Jr. next week in Central Bank of Iran v. Peterson, set for argument on Jan. 13.

By Tony Mauro

5 minute read

December 16, 2015 | National Law Journal

The Obama administration on Wednesday urged the U.S. Supreme Court not to referee the dispute among Nebraska, Oklahoma and Colorado over the impact of Colorado's new law legalizing recreational use of marijuana. U.S. Solicitor General Donald Verrilli Jr. said in a brief filed Wednesday that the court's "original jurisdiction," usually reserved for disputes over boundaries and water rights, was not the appropriate forum for resolving differences between states over marijuana laws.

By Tony Mauro

3 minute read

December 14, 2015 | Supreme Court Brief

Until last week, prison inmates and undocumented immigrants were the main focus of the debate before the U.S. Supreme Court over how legislative districts should be drawn. But during oral arguments in Evenwel v. Abbott, another segment of the nonvoting population emerged as a key part of the calculus: children.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

December 14, 2015 | National Law Journal

As the nation confronts racial tensions in the streets and on college campuses, the U.S. Supreme Court last week gave few hints of how it will decide two challenges with major implications for that struggle. But with an apparently divided high court, the outcomes may turn on Justice Anthony Kennedy.

By Marcia Coyle and Tony Mauro

6 minute read