ND in the News: May 2022

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  1. Supreme Court says Christian group can fly flag at City Hall

    The program’s interim director, Nicole Stelle Garnett, a Notre Dame law professor, said this case provides the court with the chance to “clarify that religious voices are welcome in the public square and that our nation and communities are enriched by them.”

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    Nicole Stelle Garnett

    Notre Dame Law School

  2. A better abortion debate is possible. Here’s where we can start.

    And most of all, I would want people to read What It Means to Be Human, by O. Carter Snead

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    Carter Snead

    Notre Dame Law School

  3. Opening the Word: Mystery of the Kingdom

    Catherine Cavadini, Ph.D., is the assistant chair of the Department of Theology and director of the master’s in theology program at the University of Notre Dame.

  4. How do Americans really feel about abortion?

    Tricia Bruce, a sociologist working with the University of Notre Dame who conducted a national survey on Americans’ attitudes on abortion in 2020, said she hears control-related language from people on both sides of the issue, such as: “We shouldn’t play God; that’s not for humans to do.” Or: “People shouldn’t tell strangers whether or not they should continue a pregnancy; that’s up to me.”

  5. Why are Americans still ignoring our junk mail?

    Notre Dame management professor James O’Rourke feared the agency could “go out of business” within a year without this intervention.

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    James O’Rourke

    James O'Rourke

    Mendoza College of Business

  6. Op-Ed: Pregnancy is risky. Losing access to abortion puts women’s lives at stake

    Tamara Kay is a professor of global affairs and sociology at University of Notre Dame. Susan L. Ostermann is an assistant professor of global affairs and political science at University of Notre Dame. Tricia C. Bruce is a sociologist and an affiliate of the Center for the Study of Religion and Society at University of Notre Dame. 

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    Tamara Kay

    Keough School of Global Affairs

  7. Ten Books to Understand the Abortion Debate in the United States

    ‘What It Means to Be Human: The Case for the Body in Public Bioethics,’ by O. Carter Snead.

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    Carter Snead Portrait

    Carter Snead

    Notre Dame Law School

  8. Academics consider fallout, motivations from leak on Roe decision

    Richard Garnett, a Notre Dame Law School professor who clerked for the late Chief Justice William Rehnquist in 1996-97, wrote in a May 5 essay for Newsweek Magazine, that it is not yet clear who or what was the source of the leak, what were the leaker’s motives, whether the draft opinion reflects the court’s final decision or what will be the revelation’s electoral or political fallout in a midterm election year.

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    Rick Garnett

    Richard Garnett

    Notre Dame Law School

  9. Why did federal police square off with abortion rights protesters in L.A. streets?

    “What was the justification? What was the need for federal law enforcement officers to be deployed in that instance, where there appeared to be no threat to the federal courthouse?” said Jimmy Gurulé, a University of Notre Dame law professor and former undersecretary of enforcement at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, where he oversaw various federal law enforcement agencies.

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    Jimmy Gurulé

    Jimmy Gurulé

    Notre Dame Law School

  10. The leak shows why abortion policy should be returned to the states

    O. Carter Snead is a law professor at the University of Notre Dame and author of “What It Means to Be Human: The Case for the Body in Public Bioethics.”

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    Carter Snead

    Notre Dame Law School

  11. Is Ukraine’s War Just? The Pope Hasn’t Said

    Like his predecessors since Pope Benedict XV (1914-22), Pope Francis has stressed the importance of international law as the arbiter of legitimate military action, says Daniel Philpott, a professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame. 

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    Daniel Philpott

    Daniel Philpott

    Political Science

  12. Is a wage-price spiral driving inflation?

    To try to better understand the connection between wages and prices in recent periods of high inflation, economic historian Thomas Stapleford of the University of Notre Dame suggested we look back in history — long before such high-inflation moments as the aftermath of World War II and the American Revolution.

  13. Forced pregnancy and childbirth are violence against women — and also terrible health policy

    Tamara Kay is a professor of global affairs and sociology in the Keough School of Global Affairs and College of Arts and Letters, University of Notre Dame... Susan L. Ostermann is an assistant professor of global affairs and political science at the Keough School of Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame.

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    Tamara Kay

    Keough School of Global Affairs

  14. The Breach of the Supreme Court's Trust Betrays All of Us | Opinion

    Richard W. Garnett is the Paul J. Schierl/Ft. Howard Corporation Professor of Law at the University of Notre Dame.

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    Rick Garnett

    Richard Garnett

    Notre Dame Law School

  15. Experts say Supreme Court leak ‘astonishing and appalling’

    Sherif Girgis said he felt “kind of a gut punch” after the draft of a Supreme Court majority decision was leaked late on May 2... Richard W. Garnett, a Notre Dame Law School professor who clerked for the late Chief Justice William Rehnquist in 1996-096 said in a statement to Crux that for the court’s sake “we should all hope that the justices will not be swayed or influenced by such efforts” regardless of one’s views on the legal questions of the case.

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    Rick Garnett

    Richard Garnett

    Notre Dame Law School