ND in the News: December 2023
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Business Insider
Colorado Supreme Court rules Trump disqualified from the 2024 primary ballot
December 20, 2023
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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Bloomberg
Trump Barred From Colorado Ballot in Unprecedented Ruling
December 20, 2023
“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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The New York Times
Colorado Ruling Knocks Trump Off Ballot: What It Means, What Happens Next
December 20, 2023
“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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PBS
Tens of thousands have joined pro-Palestinian protests across the United States. Experts say they are growing
December 19, 2023
If the Palestinian solidarity demonstrations have seemed “relatively modest” so far, University of Notre Dame professor David Cortright said that it also took time for the Iraq War “protests to emerge on a large scale in the U.S.”
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Vatican note on blessing same-sex unions draws mixed US reaction
December 19, 2023
“Its imprecise language invites misunderstanding and will sow confusion. Moreover, some bishops will use it as a pretext to do what the document explicitly forbids, especially since the Vatican has not stopped them before,” said Ulrich Lehner, the University of Notre Dame William K. Warren Professor of Theology.
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The Irish Times
A dysfunctional Northern Ireland makes a united Ireland more attractive
December 18, 2023
The collaboration between The Irish Times and ARINS is in its second year. ARINS is a joint initiative of the Royal Irish Academy and the Keough-Naughton School of Irish Studies at the University of Notre Dame – home of the Fighting Irish, and other types – and is dedicated to analysing and researching Ireland, North and South.
Associated Press
Pope approves blessings for same-sex couples that must not resemble marriage
December 18, 2023
University of Notre Dame theologian Ulrich Lehner was also concerned, saying it would merely sow confusion and could lead to division in the church. “The Vatican’s statement is, in my view, the most unfortunate public announcement in decades,” he said in a statement.
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The Wall Street Journal
Slow Progress Toward Free Exercise
December 18, 2023
By Nicole Stelle Garnett and Tim Rosenberger
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The Wall Street Journal
Hong Kong Puts Its Most-Wanted Dissident Jimmy Lai on Trial
December 18, 2023
“If you put it in a ranking, they hate him more than anyone else,” said Victoria Hui, an associate professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame.
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Marketplace
How does Shohei Ohtani’s $700 million deal actually work? It’s complicated
December 18, 2023
The MLB does not have a strict salary cap, although teams have to pay a Competitive Balance Tax, commonly referred to as a luxury tax, if they spend above a certain payroll threshold, explained Davin Raiha, an associate teaching professor of economics at the University of Notre Dame.
Reuters
Vatican approves blessings for same-sex couples in landmark ruling
December 18, 2023
Ulrich L. Lehner, a professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame in the United States, said the new guidance from the doctrinal office "invites misunderstanding and will sow confusion". Voicing concern that some bishops would use it as a pretext to do what is explicitly forbidden, the professor added, "it is, and I hate to say it, an invitation to schism".
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The Washington Post
It’s not your imagination. Novels are getting weirder.
December 16, 2023
It is the aim of Kate Marshall’s excellent new book, “Novels by Aliens: Weird Tales and the Twenty-First Century,” to rectify this neglect. For Marshall, an English professor at the University of Notre Dame, the Weird, in its many manifestations, stands at the center of contemporary literary culture — so long as we know where and how to see it.
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Bloomberg
How Tainted Chemo Wound Up in Pediatric Cancer Wards
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December 14, 2023
Marya Lieberman is a chemistry professor at the University of Notre Dame. She has blue hair, a refrigerator full of chemo drugs and obvious enthusiasm for the intricacies of lab testing. Over the years she’d heard about issues with the quality of chemo drugs in low-income countries.
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Chemistry and Biochemistry
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Bloomberg
SCOTUS Asked to Rule on Trump Immunity Claims
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December 14, 2023
Derek Muller, a professor at Notre Dame Law School, discusses the Special Counsel asking the Supreme Court to decide whether Donald Trump is entitled to absolute presidential immunity against criminal charges over his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
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The New York Times
Special Counsel Asks Supreme Court to Decide if Trump Is Immune From Prosecution
December 12, 2023
Derek Muller, a law professor at Notre Dame, said the procedure remained unusual.
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Newsweek
'GTA 6' Is Already Smashing Records
December 12, 2023
Matthew Thomas Payne, associate professor of media studies at the University of Notre Dame, explained why people loved GTA so much. "GTA is the 'Great American Sandbox Game.' It celebrates and critiques consumer excesses. It rewards player exploration and experimentation. And it updates American cultural myths and stories for new generations of players," he said.
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Commonweal
The Jurisprudence & Politics of Abortion
December 11, 2023
Carter Snead is the Charles E. Rice Professor of Law at the University of Notre Dame.
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The Washington Post
U.S. prosecutors ask Supreme Court to quickly take up Trump immunity claims
December 11, 2023
Derek Muller, a University of Notre Dame law school professor, described Monday’s filing as rare and said Smith was asking the Supreme Court for “extraordinary relief.”
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