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November 09, 2016 | National Law Journal

McGuire Woods partner John Adams, a former law clerk to Justice Clarence Thomas, says voters want a court that "does not step out as boldly."

By Tony Mauro

8 minute read

November 09, 2016 | National Law Journal

President-elect Donald Trump said during the last debate in October that if he became president, the U.S. Supreme Court would "automatically" overturn Roe v. Wade, sending the contentious issue of abortion back to the states. But the high court does not make change "automatically"—or quickly.

By Tony Mauro

7 minute read

November 08, 2016 | National Law Journal

The justices appeared split 4-4 in a case that illustrates how the election's outcome could affect the future direction of the court.

By Tony Mauro

10 minute read

November 07, 2016 | Supreme Court Brief

E. Barrett Prettyman Jr., who died at the age of 91 on Nov. 4, knew pretty much all there was to know about the Supreme Court and the lawyers who argued before it.

By Tony Mauro

18 minute read

November 04, 2016 | National Law Journal

U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch was among those paying tribute to the late justice in a Supreme Court ceremony steeped in tradition.

By Tony Mauro

12 minute read

November 01, 2016 | National Law Journal

Plus, which of Obama's justices is more liberal? Whose case was cited most? And who accused who of writing in "non-sequiturs"?

By Tony Mauro

15 minute read

November 01, 2016 | Supreme Court Brief

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan was clearly pumped by the audience she was addressing in Virginia recently. Hundreds of law students looking for public interest jobs at the Equal Justice Works career fair took a break to hear Kagan's own story about her path to the nation's highest court. Along the way, she offered advice, life lessons, and stories from her life at the court.

By Tony Mauro

14 minute read

October 31, 2016 | Supreme Court Brief

Former acting U.S. Solicitor General Neal Katyal argued before the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday—the first of seven cases he is already scheduled to argue this term.

By Tony Mauro

21 minute read

October 26, 2016 | Supreme Court Brief

The U.S. Supreme Court bar exists more in the imagination than in reality. It has no annual meetings or dues, and has but one visible, melancholy function—to honor the memory of deceased justices. The bar has done just that since 1822, and it will do it again at 1:45 p.m. on Nov. 4 when it convenes in the court's upper great hall to commemorate Justice Antonin Scalia, who died eight months ago.

By Tony Mauro

11 minute read

October 11, 2016 | Supreme Court Brief

In 2012, legal writing guru Bryan Garner proposed writing another book with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia—this one on the role and value of precedents in judicial decision-making.

By Tony Mauro

8 minute read