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September 12, 2015 | National Law Journal

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer does not sound like he is retiring any time soon. "You want to know when. I don't know. I will figure it out at some point," the 77-year-old justice told The National Law Journal in a wide-ranging interview about the death penalty, collegiality on the court, and his new book The Court and the World. The book examines the range of cases in which the high court has looked beyond U.S. borders for insight. Breyer also talked about his upcoming appearance on Stephen Colbert's new "Late Show" on CBS.

By Tony Mauro

6 minute read

September 12, 2015 | National Law Journal

In an interview with The National Law Journal, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer talks not only about his new book but on a range of issues—including his thinking about retirement, the collegiality of the court, his recent dissent on capital punishment, and Ted Cruz, the high-court advocate.

By Tony Mauro

13 minute read

September 09, 2015 | Supreme Court Brief

After a tense term of issuing opinions and dissents, U.S. Supreme Court justices fanned out across the globe in the last two months, some of them sinking out of sight while others hit the speaking circuit.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

September 09, 2015 | Supreme Court Brief

After a tense term of issuing opinions and dissents, U.S. Supreme Court justices fanned out across the globe in the last two months, some of them sinking out of sight while others hit the speaking circuit.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

September 04, 2015 | New York Law Journal

New data gathered by state and federal corrections officials indicates that as many as 100,000 prison inmates were in solitary confinement in 2014, far higher than previous estimates.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

September 03, 2015 | New York Law Journal

New data gathered by state and federal corrections officials indicates that as many as 100,000 prison inmates were in solitary confinement in 2014, far higher than previous estimates.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

September 03, 2015 | National Law Journal

A dispute over attorney fees in a patent case that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court last year has finally brought the winning lawyer a nearly $1.8 million fee award.

By Tony Mauro

3 minute read

September 03, 2015 | National Law Journal

A dispute over attorney fees in a patent case that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court last year has finally brought the winning lawyer a nearly $1.8 million fee award.

By Tony Mauro

3 minute read

September 02, 2015 | Supreme Court Brief

One sign that Sisters In Law, Linda Hirshman’s new biography of Justices Sandra Day O’Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, is not just a celebratory work is the title of Chapter 17: “Justice O’Connor’s Self-Inflicted Wound.”

By Tony Mauro

5 minute read

September 02, 2015 | Supreme Court Brief

When the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its first ruling on the Affordable Care Act in 2012, some news outlets reported incorrectly that the law had been struck down.

By Tony Mauro

5 minute read