ND in the News: January 2024
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AFP, including Yahoo News, Barron's +50 others
Trump cases thrust US courts into the political fray
January 09, 2024
Derek Muller, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame, noted that courts are "asked to decide tough questions all the time."
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Law School
Aleteia
US and Vatican mark 40 years of formal diplomatic relations
January 09, 2024
The United States formally recognized the Holy See – the Vatican – on January 10, 1984, when President Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II agreed to the establishment of diplomatic relations. It’s hard to imagine, on this 40th anniversary of that act, that there was a time when Washington did not formally recognize the Vatican. But, as Professor Darren Dochuk of the University of Notre Dame notes, that state of affairs had a lot to do with an anti-Catholic sentiment prevalent in American politics going back to the 19th century.
ND Experts
College of Arts and Letters
AFP, including Yahoo News +65 others
Trump in court for hearing on 'absolute immunity' claim
January 09, 2024
Derek Muller, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame, said he believes Trump, the first former US president ever to face criminal charges, faces an "uphill battle" in the immunity case.
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Law School
The Conversation
US Supreme Court decision on Trump-Colorado ballot case ‘monumental’ for democracy itself, not just 2024 presidential election
January 09, 2024
The Conversation’s senior politics and democracy editor, Naomi Schalit, spoke with Notre Dame election law scholar Derek Muller about the Supreme Court’s decision to take the case, which will rest on the court’s interpretation of a post Civil War-era amendment aimed at keeping those who “engaged in insurrection or rebellion” from serving in political office.
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Law School
The Washington Post
What to know about Hong Kong mogul Jimmy Lai’s national security trial
January 08, 2024
Victoria Tin-bor Hui, a professor of political science at University of Notre Dame, agreed the authorities were making an example of Lai. “It would not be an overstatement to say that the national security law was made for Jimmy,” she said.
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Political Science
Wired
How Your Body Adapts to Extreme Cold
January 08, 2024
If this is making you miserable, it’s because you, like most people, overwhelmingly prefer hot places. That group does not include Cara Ocobock, a biological anthropologist at University of Notre Dame who is one of the scientists trying to understand how the human body adjusts to extreme cold.
ND Experts
Anthropology
The Guardian
Harvard’s Claudine Gay was ousted for ‘plagiarism’. How serious was it really?
January 08, 2024
“I don’t believe in churning everything through turnitin.com because that’s a mechanical way of doing things,” says Susan Blum, a professor of linguistic anthropology at Notre Dame, referencing a go-to anti-plagiarism tool.
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Anthropology
Associated Press
To plead or not to plead? That is the question for hundreds of Capitol riot defendants
January 08, 2024
But the reality is that if you exercise that right ... you’re likely to be punished more severely than you would have been had you pled guilty to the offense,” said Jimmy Gurulé, a University of Notre Dame law professor and former federal prosecutor.
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Notre Dame Law School
Law.com
Which States Are Disqualifying Trump From 2024 Presidential Election Ballots?
January 08, 2024
Notre Dame Law School professor Derek T. Muller said, “Trump only needs to win on one.”
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Law School
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Associated Press
The Supreme Court will decide if Donald Trump can be kept off 2024 presidential ballots
January 08, 2024
Prof. Derek T. Muller of the University of Notre Dame's law school said, "The court quite clearly understands the high stakes of the case and is aware that Colorado is just the first of many challenges this year."
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Law School
The Economist
Places ravaged by opioids are giving Republicans the upper hand
January 05, 2024
To try to isolate the role of the epidemic on voting, Carolina Arteaga and Victoria Barone, respectively economists at the University of Toronto and the University of Notre Dame, started by looking at areas where opioids had been heavily prescribed when they first hit the market in the 1990s.
OSV News
Analysis: Israel’s war on Hamas raises significant moral concerns as Gaza death toll soars
January 04, 2024
The question is being asked: Can Israel’s conflict conduct be considered a “just war” under the Catholic understanding of the concept? Mary Ellen O’Connell, a professor of law and international peace studies at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, told OSV News that’s the wrong question.
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Notre Dame Law School
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Opinion: How to Embrace the Power of Extrinsic Motivation in Class
January 04, 2024
By Kristi Rudenga, the director of the Kaneb Center for Teaching Excellence at the University of Notre Dame, and Jim Lang, a visiting professor at the Kaneb Center.
The New York Times
Trump Ballot Challenges Advance, Varying Widely in Strategy and Sophistication
January 04, 2024
Derek Muller, an election law expert and professor at Notre Dame’s law school, said Mr. Castro risked creating unfavorable precedent with his failed lawsuits.
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USA Today
In the Supreme Court's hands: How will the justices rule on Trump's ballot appeal?
January 04, 2024
"The court will feel pressed to move quickly as voters soon begin casting their votes around the country," said Notre Dame Law School Professor Derek Muller, who has been closely following the ballot issue for months.
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Law School
Bloomberg
The World’s Next Big Carbon Capture Challenge? Figuring Out How to Use It
January 04, 2024
One of those hard-to-abate sectors is cement, which accounts for about 8% of global emissions. While parts of the cement-making process can be electrified, some of the CO2 emissions from production are “fundamental to the process,” said Emily Grubert, an associate professor of sustainable energy policy at the University of Notre Dame.
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Keough School of Global Affairs, College of Engineering
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The Chronicle of Higher Education
A Brief Guide to How Colleges Adjudicate Plagiarism Cases
January 04, 2024
We asked three experts who have researched and written about plagiarism and other academic-integrity issues to shed light on these and other questions. They are Susan D. Blum, an anthropology professor at the University of Notre Dame and author of My Word!: Plagiarism and College Culture...
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Anthropology
NBC News
Trump built the Supreme Court's conservative majority, but it doesn't always rule in his favor
January 04, 2024
The justices themselves "understand well, even if Mr. Trump does not, that their role is to interpret the law, not to protect any particular public figure's personal interests," said Richard Garnett, a professor at Notre Dame Law School.
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Notre Dame Law School
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Bloomberg
Trump’s Ballot Fight Plunges the Supreme Court Into the 2024 Election
January 04, 2024
“If you are not eligible to serve in the office, Congress might not count the votes for you,” said Derek Muller, a University of Notre Dame law professor who specializes in election law.
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Law School
The Wall Street Journal
Trump Asks Supreme Court to Overturn His Removal From Colorado Primary Ballot
January 04, 2024
Trump’s appeal request leaves the Supreme Court with “a variety of options at its disposal” to rule on the case, from narrow, strictly legal questions to broader ones about Trump’s state of mind on Jan. 6, 2021, said Notre Dame Law School professor Derek Muller.
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Law School
Men's Health
Is ‘Dream Work’ the Next Big Mental Health Trend?
January 04, 2024
Casher Belinda, the lead author of the study, likens the awe inspired by our dreams to that which we feel in nature, beholding a spectacular view; or after experiencing an epiphany.
ND Experts
Management & Organization
WSBT TV
Battling Artificial Intelligence in the classroom
Video Audio
January 03, 2024
Artificial Intelligence in the classroom has been a polarizing topic. But Notre Dame Professor John Behrens said, education is always changing to keep up with trends.
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Office of Digital Strategy, College of Arts & Letters; Idzik Computing and Digital Technologies Program
EWTN
The Legality of the Ballot Bans Against Trump
Video
January 03, 2024
Regarding the legal questions at the center of the ballot bans, Election Law Professor at the University of Notre Dame, Derek Muller, joins to explain a bit about this appeal process and how soon we might see a decision rendered.
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