USA Today
Moms for Liberty: How an army of education activists has become a national political force
December 28, 2021
“It will identify basically who's getting the money, or large chunks of the money,” University of Notre Dame Law School professor Lloyd Mayer, an expert on nonprofit tax law, said of the group’s tax filing.
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Notre Dame Law School
Bloomberg
Will Mark Meadows Be Indicted?
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December 20, 2021
Former federal prosecutor Jimmy Gurule, a professor at Notre Dame Law School, discusses Washington D.C. suing the far right groups, the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers, over their role in the January 6th Capitol riots.
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Notre Dame Law School
Our Sunday Visitor
Opening the Word: The feast of the Holy Family invites us to offer our ‘yes’
December 20, 2021
Catherine Cavadini, Ph.D., is the assistant chair of the Department of Theology and director of the M.A. in theology degree program at the University of Notre Dame.
Religion News Service
Poll: America growing more secular by the year
December 14, 2021
“This is at least in part a reaction to the political environment,” said David Campbell, professor of American democracy at the University of Notre Dame who has written about American secularization.
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Political Science
The Washington Post
With ‘diplomatic boycott’ of the Olympics, Biden seeks middle ground
December 13, 2021
“What Biden is doing, rather than opening himself to criticism of punishing his own athletes more than the Chinese government, is sending a diplomatic signal of disapproval,” John Soares, a professor at the University of Notre Dame who has written about politics and the Olympics, recently told me.
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Department of History
The Wall Street Journal
When Companies Fire Their Auditors, Timing Is Clue to Future Trouble
December 13, 2021
“Neither the company nor the auditor wants to air dirty laundry by disclosing disputes. It could create legal liability and also reputational risk,” said Jeffrey Burks of the University of Notre Dame, who co-wrote the study with Jennifer Sustersic Stevens of Ohio University.
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Accountancy
The Daily Beast
Trump’s Dark-Money Machine Gets a Makeover—and New Owners
December 12, 2021
Lloyd Mayer, an expert in nonprofit law at the University of Notre Dame, cast these anti-transparency developments as “troubling,” saying they strike at the heart of federal sunshine laws.
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Notre Dame Law School
Associated Press
Starbucks faces union test as worker votes are counted
December 09, 2021
And Dan Graff, director of the Higgins Labor Program at the University of Notre Dame, said the pandemic gave many workers the time and space to rethink what they want from their jobs.
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Center for Social Concerns
CNBC
Biden didn’t accept Putin’s ‘red lines’ on Ukraine – here’s what that means
December 08, 2021
“Putin has said again and again that Ukraine is culturally and historically part of Russia. Ukraine’s history is complicated, but for Putin and other Russians, Russia should by rights include Ukraine,” said Mary Ellen O’Connell, a professor at the University of Notre Dame, when asked why Russia opposed NATO’s expansion.
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Notre Dame Law School
Inside Higher Ed
More Colleges Require COVID-19 Booster Vaccines
December 08, 2021
Colleges that have recently announced requirements for booster vaccinations include Smith College, Syracuse University, the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and the University of Notre Dame.
Los Angeles Times
Supreme Court leans in favor of requiring taxpayer funding for some religious schools
December 08, 2021
Notre Dame law professor Nicole Garnett predicted there would be a move to permit religious charter schools, either through the courts or the states.
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Notre Dame Law School
America
Supreme Court leans toward blocking Maine program that excludes religious schools
December 08, 2021
Nicole Garnett, a law professor at Notre Dame Law School who signed the brief, said in a statement that the “protection of school choice in the form of tuition reimbursement programs is a fundamental right for American families.”