ND in the News: 2023

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  1. The Rise and Fall of Prime-Rib Nation

    We see on holidays and special occasions the times when the kind of longer traditions and deeper histories of how we relate to food come out in ritual,” said Joshua Specht, the author of “Red Meat Republic” and an associate professor of history at the University of Notre Dame.

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    Josh Specht

    Joshua Specht

    Department of History

  2. Long-run decline in US poverty continued in recent years despite pandemic, new report shows

    These findings were recently released in the Annual Report on U.S. Consumption Poverty: 2022, co-authored by James Sullivan, professor of economics and director of the Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities (LEO) at the University of Notre Dame; Bruce Meyer, the McCormick Foundation Professor at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy; and Jeehoon Han, assistant professor of economics at Baylor University.

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    James Sullivan

    Jim Sullivan

    Economics; Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities (LEO)

  3. Anthropologist offers blueprint for new ways of being and relating to others in wake of disaster

    For Aidan Seale-Feldman, an assistant professor and a medical and psychological anthropologist in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Notre Dame, providing the right kind of care for victims of disaster is crucial.

  4. You Deserve a Great Nap

    If you’re lucky enough to have an office or access to a nap room, consider keeping a pillow, eye mask and earplugs at work, said Jessica Payne, a professor of psychology at the University of Notre Dame.

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    Jessica Payne

    Jessica Payne

    Psychology

  5. Will Supreme Court Save Donald Trump? Legal Experts Give Predictions

    "It's an extraordinary decision that puts Trump's election campaign in major legal jeopardy. It also will put a lot of pressure on the Supreme Court to review the decision," Derek T. Muller, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana told Newsweek.

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    Derek Muller

    Law School

  6. Axios

    Supreme Court showdown with Trump

    "There's no winning," Notre Dame law professor Derek Muller told Axios.

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    Derek Muller

    Law School

  7. Colorado Ruling Knocks Trump Off Ballot: What It Means, What Happens Next

    “This is a major and extraordinary holding from a state supreme court,” Derek Muller, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame, wrote on the Election Law Blog.

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    Derek Muller

    Law School

  8. The Supreme Court may decide the 2024 election. Here’s how

    “It’s not an ideal situation for anyone, but I think there’s no question that with any adverse judicial decision, Trump will turn it into campaign talk,” said Derek Muller, an election law professor at Notre Dame Law School.

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    Derek Muller

    Law School

  9. Trump’s fate rests with Supreme Court in two unprecedented cases

    Notre Dame law professor Derek Muller called the Colorado decision “a major and extraordinary holding from a state supreme court. 

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    Derek Muller

    Law School

  10. Colorado Trump Ban Puts Supreme Court in Hot Seat

    The case “exerts major pressure on the Court,” said Derek T. Muller, an election-law professor at Notre Dame Law School, and taking it will require the justices “to step into the thorniest of political thickets.” 

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    Derek Muller

    Law School

  11. Colorado’s top court finds Donald Trump ineligible for US presidency

    “I think it may embolden other state courts or secretaries to act now that the bandage has been ripped off,” Derek Muller, a Notre Dame law professor who has closely followed the cases, told the Associated Press news agency after Tuesday’s ruling.

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    Derek Muller

    Law School

  12. What the Colorado ruling means for Donald Trump

    Derek Muller, a Notre Dame law professor who has closely followed the Section 3 cases, said the ruling is “a major threat to Trump's candidacy.

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    Derek Muller

    Law School

  13. What happens now that Trump is disqualified from running for office in Colorado?

    Notre Dame Law School professor Derek Muller, an election law scholar, told Business Insider he believes the Supreme Court will be inclined to hear the case because it deals with the 14th Amendment — which has never been subject to interpretation by the Supreme Court in the 150 years it has been in place.

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    Derek Muller

    Law School

  14. Colorado Supreme Court rules Trump disqualified from the 2024 primary ballot

    Critics of the suit have argued that CREW's argument and Colorado's subsequent ruling limit voters' rights to choose who to cast their ballot for — but election law scholar and Notre Dame Law School professor Derek Muller told Business Insider the existing qualifications for office are designed to prevent people from voting for who they want to.

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    Derek Muller

    Law School

  15. Trump Barred From Colorado Ballot in Unprecedented Ruling

    “This is an extraordinary holding from the Colorado Supreme Court,” said Derek Muller, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame.

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    Derek Muller

    Law School

  16. Supreme Court may want to avoid Trump. Colorado's ballot ruling won't let them

    "It exerts major pressure on the court," said Notre Dame Law School Professor Derek Muller. "Even inaction would functionally exclude (Trump) from not just Colorado but perhaps other states."

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    Derek Muller

    Law School