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December 05, 2016 | Supreme Court Brief

For most appellate lawyers, arguing at the U.S. Supreme Court is the capstone of their careers. For Marc Elias of Perkins Coie, arguing two separate but related cases before the high court on Monday was just one of several career highlights this year alone. An election law specialist and general counsel for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, Elias in recent weeks has navigated Clinton's involvement in the on-and-off recounts sought by third-party candidate Jill Stein while also overseeing the recount of the gubernatorial race in North Carolina on behalf of his client, Democrat Roy Cooper.

By Tony Mauro

12 minute read

December 05, 2016 | National Law Journal

Gregory Garre readily acknowledges that convincing a majority of the justices on the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold affirmative action at the University of Texas in 2016 was a long shot.

By Tony Mauro

7 minute read

December 01, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Margaret Ryan is one of the 20 judges President-elect Donald Trump has named as possible nominees to the high court.

By Tony Mauro

12 minute read

December 01, 2016 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Judge Margaret "Meg" Ryan of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces doesn't match the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's combative questioning and bluster during oral argument.

By Tony Mauro, The National Law Journal

12 minute read

December 01, 2016 | Daily Business Review

By Tony Mauro

28 minute read

December 01, 2016 | Daily Business Review

For months, rumors have circulated about Judge Richard Posner of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit unloading on Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. and the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia in a conversation before a small audience of First Amendment advocates.

By Tony Mauro

9 minute read

December 01, 2016 | National Law Journal

Margaret Ryan is one of the 20 judges President-elect Donald Trump has named as possible nominees to the high court.

By Tony Mauro

12 minute read

November 30, 2016 | The American Lawyer

In a new YouTube video, the outspoken Posner called Roberts a "terrible" manager and blasted his opinions on gay marriage and free speech at abortion clinics.

By Tony Mauro

7 minute read

November 30, 2016 | Supreme Court Brief

The U.S. Supreme Court is getting fed up with lawyers who pile extra issues and arguments onto cases that were narrow when the justices first decided to grant review. Twice in the last month, justices scolded veteran advocates for deviating from or inflating the questions they had asked the court to answer in their cert petitions.

By Tony Mauro

20 minute read

November 30, 2016 | National Law Journal

In a new YouTube video, the outspoken Posner called Roberts a "terrible" manager and blasted his opinions on gay marriage and free speech at abortion clinics.

By Tony Mauro

7 minute read