ND in the News: December 2023
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The New York Times
The Rise and Fall of Prime-Rib Nation
December 24, 2023
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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Department of History
The New York Times
You Deserve a Great Nap
December 21, 2023
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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Psychology
Newsweek
Will Supreme Court Save Donald Trump? Legal Experts Give Predictions
December 21, 2023
"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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phys.org
Long-run decline in US poverty continued in recent years despite pandemic, new report shows
December 21, 2023
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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Economics; Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities (LEO)
Axios
Supreme Court showdown with Trump
December 21, 2023
"There's no winning," Notre Dame law professor Derek Muller told Axios.
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phys.org
Anthropologist offers blueprint for new ways of being and relating to others in wake of disaster
December 21, 2023
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.
USA Today
Supreme Court may want to avoid Trump. Colorado's ballot ruling won't let them
December 20, 2023
"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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CNN
Trump ‘engaged in an insurrection,’ judge says, but should remain on Colorado ballot
December 20, 2023
Derek Muller, an election law expert at Notre Dame Law School, said Wallace’s conclusions about Trump’s role in the insurrection were “remarkable.”
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Associated Press
Donald Trump banned from Colorado ballot in historic ruling by state's Supreme Court
December 20, 2023
“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 Section 3 cases, said after Tuesday’s ruling.
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The Washington Post
Trump disqualified from Colorado’s 2024 primary ballot by state Supreme Court
December 20, 2023
Derek Muller, a University of Notre Dame law professor who has studied the cases challenging Trump’s candidacy, called the Colorado decision unlike any other in history.
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The Wall Street Journal
Colorado Trump Ban Puts Supreme Court in Hot Seat
December 20, 2023
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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CNN
The Supreme Court may decide the 2024 election. Here’s how
December 20, 2023
“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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Los Angeles Times
Trump’s fate rests with Supreme Court in two unprecedented cases
December 20, 2023
Notre Dame law professor Derek Muller called the Colorado decision “a major and extraordinary holding from a state supreme court.
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Al Jazeera
Colorado’s top court finds Donald Trump ineligible for US presidency
December 20, 2023
“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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The Telegraph
What the Colorado ruling means for Donald Trump
December 20, 2023
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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Business Insider
What happens now that Trump is disqualified from running for office in Colorado?
December 20, 2023
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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