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The Washington Post
California Gov. Gavin Newsom orders homeless camps cleared
July 26, 2024
Jim Sullivan, an economics professor at Notre Dame who studies poverty and homelessness, agreed. “Clearing encampments is not going to reduce homelessness. It’s shifting it around,” Sullivan said. “The presence of encampments speaks to the need for more efforts to both prevent and reduce homelessness.”
ND Experts
Economics; Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities (LEO)
CNN
Exclusive: CNN survey finds 48 states say Harris can get on ballot instead of Biden, rejecting claim switch breaks state laws
July 26, 2024
Derek Muller, a University of Notre Dame law professor who is an expert on election law, said in an email: “Democrats do not have a nominee yet.
ND Experts
Law School
Earth.com
Forests help reduce food insecurity in rural communities
July 25, 2024
“Forests are a vital source of food security for forest-adjacent households in Liberia,” said Professor Daniel C. Miller from Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs.
ND Experts
Keough School of Global Affairs
The Dispatch
Can Kamala Take the Money … Legally?
Audio
July 25, 2024
Sarah and David are joined by Notre Dame law professor Derek Muller, who teaches “Presidential Nominations in a Time of Uncertainty,” to discuss the legality of swapping out (presumptive) party nominees, the potential consequences of doing so, and the complexity of state election laws at-large.
ND Experts
Law School
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The Washington Post
HOW FOUR U.S. PRESIDENTS UNLEASHED ECONOMIC WARFARE ACROSS THE GLOBE
July 25, 2024
“Smart sanctions were meant to be a buffet of choices where you fit the particular imposed sanction to the offense and vulnerability of the country,” said George Lopez, a sanctions scholar at the University of Notre Dame who is widely credited with helping to popularize the idea more than 20 years ago. “Instead, policymakers walked into the buffet and said, ‘I’m going to pile everything onto my plate.’”
ND Experts
Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies; Keough School of Global Affairs
Scientific American
NASA’s VIPER Moon Rover Bites the Dust
July 24, 2024
NASA “is putting lipstick on a pig” with its positive spin on VIPER’s cancellation, adds Clive Neal, a lunar scientist at the University of Notre Dame.
ND Experts
Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences
CBS News
Some Republicans are threatening legal challenges to keep Biden on the ballot. But will they work?
July 24, 2024
"I think there's low likelihood that anyone even sues, much less that anyone will be successful," Derek Muller, a professor at University of Notre Dame who specializes in election law, told CBS News.
ND Experts
Law School
AFP, including Yahoo News
Posts falsely claim US ballot deadlines prevent new Democratic nominee
July 24, 2024
"It's totally false, said Derek Muller, a law professor specializing in election administration at the University of Notre Dame (archived here), in a July 22 email.
ABC News
Is Kamala Harris the presumptive Democratic nominee? Not quite.
July 24, 2024
But now that he actually has stepped down, moving forward with the virtual roll call will help preempt the same questions of ballot access for Harris or any other nominee, according to Derek Muller, an election law professor at the University of Notre Dame.
ND Experts
Law School
Chicago Tribune
Gary partners with Notre Dame to reinvigorate its downtown core
July 24, 2024
The City of Gary is once again looking to transform itself into a place that honors its past while pushing its future, and it has the University of Notre Dame behind it.
News Nation
Republicans threaten to sue over Biden dropout
Video
July 23, 2024
Interview with Notre Dame Law School Professor Derek Muller
ND Experts
Law School
Yahoo
Gary Partners with Notre Dame to Create Downtown Revitalization Plan
July 23, 2024
Gary officials, including Mayor Eddie Melton, announced a partnership with the University of Notre Dame’s School of Architecture to develop a transformative master plan for revitalizing downtown Gary.
EWTN
Legal analysis on the vote
Video
July 23, 2024
Legal law expert and professor at Notre Dame, Derek Muller, fills us in on legal analysis.
ND Experts
Law School
The Hill
Legal challenges to Biden dropping out would face tough odds
July 23, 2024
Derek Muller, a professor at Notre Dame Law School, said that any such challenge would fail because no Democratic presidential candidate has been formally nominated by the party yet.
ND Experts
Law School
WISH TV
Is it too late to add VP Kamala Harris to Indiana’s ballots?
Video
July 23, 2024
While the Indiana Election Calendar gives a July 15 deadline to withdraw, election law expert professor Derek Muller from Notre Dame Law School said that the deadline and another one for Aug. 1 are for state elections — and that exempts presidential candidates.
ND Experts
Law School
The New York Times
A Lot Has Changed for Women Since 2016. What Does That Mean for Kamala Harris?
July 23, 2024
If ultimately not successful, Mrs. Clinton’s candidacy did change the idea of what was possible, said Christina Wolbrecht, a political scientist at the University of Notre Dame who studies women’s voting patterns.
ND Experts
Political Science
RTE Radio 1
Harris attacks Trump at rally, promises compassion over chaos
Audio
July 23, 2024
Bob Schmuhl, Professor of American Studies at the University of Notre Dame, discusses vice president Kamala Harris' campaign speech at Milwaukee.
ND Experts
American Studies
CBC
Canada Tonight's Travis Dhanraj speaks with U.S. elections expert Derek Muller
Video
July 22, 2024
Canada Tonight's Travis Dhanraj speaks with U.S. elections expert Derek Muller.
ND Experts
Law School
The Conversation
Cutting marketing spending often backfires on businesses – new research could help investors distinguish shortsighted cuts from smart ones
July 22, 2024
Andre Martin, Assistant Professor of Marketing, University of Notre Dame
ND Experts
Mendoza College of Business
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CNN
Kamala Harris formally takes over Biden-Harris campaign account – she’s the only one who could
July 22, 2024
Derek Muller, an election law professor at the University of Notre Dame, said campaigns are often well ahead spending money before the FEC or courts decide what’s allowed, pushing the final answers until after Election Day.
ND Experts
Law School
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CNN
Legal experts are dubious of any court challenge to Democrats’ move to put forward new nominee
July 22, 2024
“There’s different dimensions to this,” said Derek Muller, an election law professor at the University of Notre Dame. “One is what the Trump campaign itself wants to do, versus what third parties or proxies want to do.”
ND Experts
Law School
NPR
How does Biden's decision to step down impact election law?
Audio
July 22, 2024
Election law expert Derek Muller explains how President Biden's decision affects election law.
ND Experts
Law School
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CBS News
Biden drops out of 2024 race against Trump. Here's what we know about what happens now.
July 22, 2024
Mr. Biden's decision to step aside before the Democratic convention, which begins on Aug. 19 in Chicago, could bring some chaos, said Derek Muller, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame who specializes in election law.
ND Experts
Law School
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RTE Radio 1
Bob Schmuhl, Emeritus Professor of American Studies at the University of Notre Dame
Video
July 21, 2024
For more on this, I'm joined by Bob Schmuhl, emeritus professor of American studies at the University of Notre Dame. "There have been questions about President Biden's abilities for quite a while, but these intensified after last month's television debate," Schmuhl said.
ND Experts
American Studies
Science
By killing a lunar rover, NASA puts commercial delivery program on notice
July 19, 2024
But the cancellation of the water-hunting rover, which was meant to ride on a privately developed lunar lander, is also a warning sign about the viability of a far bigger agency effort, its $2.6 billion Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program, says Clive Neal, a lunar scientist at the University of Notre Dame. “It’s on the edge right now.”
ND Experts
Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences
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RTE Radio 1
‘I shouldn’t be here’ - Trump recounts shooting in marathon speech
Audio
July 19, 2024
We get analysis from Robert Schmuhl, Professor Emeritus of American Studies and Journalism at Notre Dame University, Indiana. 
Ars Technica
NASA built a Moon rover but can’t afford to get it to the launch pad
July 19, 2024
“It's absurd, to be honest with you," said Clive Neal, a planetary geologist at the University of Notre Dame. "It made no sense to me in terms of the economics. You’re canceling a mission that is complete, built, ready to go. It's in the middle of testing."
ND Experts
Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences
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The Washington Post
DNC sticks with Biden virtual roll call, despite doubts that it’s necessary
July 17, 2024
Derek Muller, an election law professor at the University of Notre Dame, said Democrats could face litigation in states like Washington where accepting provisional nominees is a decision made by the secretary of state and not codified in law.
ND Experts
Law School
The Christian Science Monitor
The 10 best new books of July 2024 to tuck in your beach bag
July 16, 2024
Mr. Churchill in the White House, by Robert Schmuhl. Schmuhl focuses on British Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s lengthy stays at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., especially during World War II.
ND Experts
American Studies
Quartz
Jerome Powell's 2% obsession
July 16, 2024
“The idea here is this is a number that is low and stable, is kind of easy to remember, everyone will know it, and if we can target inflation to be 2%, nobody will really have to worry about inflation,” said Jane Ryngaert, an assistant professor of economics at the University of Notre Dame.