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July 30, 2015 | Law.com

"In this case, it was more powerful to have a single opinion" favoring same-sex marriage, while all four dissenters wrote separately, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said Wednesday evening before an audience of Duke University students and alumni.

By Tony Mauro

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July 30, 2015 | National Law Journal

"In this case, it was more powerful to have a single opinion" favoring same-sex marriage, while all four dissenters wrote separately, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said Wednesday evening before an audience of Duke University students and alumni.

By Tony Mauro

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July 29, 2015 | Supreme Court Brief

For years, many of the lawyers who litigate over government regulation of signs would tell you that almost all sign ordinances are at least a little bit unconstitutional, imposing rules that would not fly for other forms of speech.

By Tony Mauro

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July 29, 2015 | Supreme Court Brief

Stephen Bright, president of the Southern Center for Human Rights, admits he was surprised when the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear the case of his client Timothy Foster, a Georgia death row inmate who claims that all black potential jurors were systematically excluded from his trial jury in 1987.

By Tony Mauro

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July 29, 2015 | Supreme Court Brief

For years, many of the lawyers who litigate over government regulation of signs would tell you that almost all sign ordinances are at least a little bit unconstitutional, imposing rules that would not fly for other forms of speech.

By Tony Mauro

5 minute read

July 29, 2015 | Supreme Court Brief

Stephen Bright, president of the Southern Center for Human Rights, admits he was surprised when the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear the case of his client Timothy Foster, a Georgia death row inmate who claims that all black potential jurors were systematically excluded from his trial jury in 1987.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

July 27, 2015 | National Law Journal

After absorbing defeat in the U.S. Supreme Court lethal-injection case Glossip v. Gross in June, lawyers for three Oklahoma death row inmates decided to take advantage of what they saw as the decision's silver lining. That bright spot was Justice Stephen Breyer's unusual dissent that declared the time had come for the court to take a full re-examination of capital punishment, rather than a piecemeal approach.

By Tony Mauro

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July 27, 2015 | National Law Journal

After absorbing defeat in the U.S. Supreme Court lethal-injection case Glossip v. Gross in June, lawyers for three Oklahoma death row inmates decided to take advantage of what they saw as the decision's silver lining. That bright spot was Justice Stephen Breyer's unusual dissent that declared the time had come for the court to take a full re-examination of capital punishment, rather than a piecemeal approach.

By Tony Mauro

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July 22, 2015 | Supreme Court Brief

The recent release of the annual financial disclosure forms submitted by U.S. Supreme Court justices has renewed the debate over when justices should recuse in pending cases and how they should avoid conflicts of interest.

By Tony Mauro

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July 22, 2015 | Supreme Court Brief

The recent release of the annual financial disclosure forms submitted by U.S. Supreme Court justices has renewed the debate over when justices should recuse in pending cases and how they should avoid conflicts of interest.

By Tony Mauro

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