ND in the News: June 2022

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  1. Say No to YES

    A reader pointed me to this paper, by Margaret Forster, Tim Loughran and Bill McDonald at Notre Dame, about “Commonality in Codes of Ethics.”

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  2. 1/6 hearings fuel the question: Did Trump commit a crime?

    A more likely option for prosecution, said Jimmy Gurule, a former federal prosecutor who is a Notre Dame law professor, would be to pursue a case that Trump conspired to defraud the United States through his wide-ranging efforts to overturn the election and to obstruct the congressional proceeding at which the results were to be certified.

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    Jimmy Gurulé

    Jimmy Gurulé

    Notre Dame Law School

  3. Supreme Court Again Nods to History, Tradition in Religion Case

    The historical test “will provide much needed clarity and consistency to an area of law that has been notoriously confused and inconsistent,” said Notre Dame Law School Professor Richard Garnett, who filed an amicus brief supporting the coach.

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    Rick Garnett

    Richard Garnett

    Notre Dame Law School

  4. U.S. Supreme Court takes aim at separation of church and state

    Nicole Stelle Garnett, a Notre Dame Law School professor who joined a brief filed with the justices backing the football coach, said the court was merely making clear that governments must treat religious people the same as everyone else.

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    Nicole Stelle Garnett

    Notre Dame Law School

  5. Are religious charter schools coming soon?

    Nicole Garnett is the John P. Murphy Foundation Professor of Law at the University of Notre Dame.

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    Nicole Stelle Garnett

    Notre Dame Law School

  6. Supreme Court Backs Coach Who Lost Job Over Midfield Prayers

    The ruling “confirms that the First Amendment’s rule against establishments of religion is not an excuse for censoring religious expression,” said Richard Garnett, a professor at Notre Dame Law School. 

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    Rick Garnett

    Richard Garnett

    Notre Dame Law School

  7. Supreme Court sides with coach in public school prayer case

    For Richard Garnett, Notre Dame professor of law and director of the Notre Dame Program on Church, State and Society, the ruling affirmed that public employees do not lose their right to religious expression in the public square.

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    Rick Garnett

    Richard Garnett

    Notre Dame Law School

  8. Supreme Court further erodes separation between church and state in case of praying football coach

    Notre Dame Law School Professor Richard W. Garnett, who wrote a friend-of-the-court brief supporting Kennedy, said on Monday that the high court's ruling will "provide much needed clarity and consistency" to an area of the law that has been "notoriously confused and inconsistent."

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    Rick Garnett

    Richard Garnett

    Notre Dame Law School

  9. Supreme Court sides with high school coach who led prayer on football field

    “The court has made explicit what perhaps has been implicit for a while: that the Establishment Clause is not a justification for censoring religious speech in the name of avoiding endorsements,” said Richard Garnett, a professor at Notre Dame Law School.

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    Rick Garnett

    Richard Garnett

    Notre Dame Law School

  10. Prayer on the 50-yard line: Supreme Court reshapes church-state relationship

    “I would say this general trend towards neutrality is the touchstone, the core principle of the First Amendment’s religion clauses, and it predates by many years ... the Roberts court,” says Nicole Stelle Garnett, professor at Notre Dame Law School and former clerk to Justice Clarence Thomas.

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    Nicole Stelle Garnett

    Notre Dame Law School

  11. Are religious charter schools coming soon?

    Nicole Stelle Garnett is the John P. Murphy Foundation Professor of Law at the University of Notre Dame.

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    Nicole Stelle Garnett

    Notre Dame Law School

  12. Defining the separation of church and state

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    Richard Garnett, Law Professor at Notre Dame, joined WGN Radio’s Karen Conti to discuss freedom of religion and the separation of church and state.

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    Rick Garnett

    Richard Garnett

    Notre Dame Law School