phys.org
'I'm watching you' behavior produces racial disparities in school discipline, study suggests
February 14, 2024
Research from Calvin Zimmermann, the O'Shaughnessy Assistant Professor of Education in the Department of Sociology at the University of Notre Dame, indicates that even early childhood teachers often apply discipline disproportionately in their classrooms based on a student's race.
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Department of Sociology
CNN
Why a Supreme Court easy out in Trump ballot battle could lead to post-election chaos
February 13, 2024
If Trump wins in November, it’s possible some Democrats would try to reject votes cast for Trump, said Derek Muller, a law professor at Notre Dame who has followed the case closely.
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Law School
EWTN
The Fallout from Former President Donald Trump's Appeal
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February 13, 2024
Law Professor at the University of Notre Dame and nationally recognized scholar in the area of election law, Derek Muller, joins to share more on the fallout from former President Donald Trump's appeal and what it means for the January 6th federal case.
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Law School
WVPE
Groups ready to tackle public health with new state money
Audio
February 12, 2024
Notre Dame’s Eck Institute for Global Health is proposing pop-up pregnancy and family villages. One would be on South Bend’s west side and the other would be somewhere in Mishawaka, in August and September. They would bring together service providers to help women who are pregnant or recently gave birth to raise healthier babies and be healthier themselves.
Voice of America
Stalled Legislation, Mixed Messages Spotlight Immigration as Key Election Issue
Video Audio
February 12, 2024
Professor Erin Corcoran of the University of Notre Dame maintains that the current immigration legistalation before Congress is being delayed for policical purposes.
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Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, Keough School of Global Affairs
Time
America’s Becoming Less Religious. Is Politics to Blame?
February 12, 2024
In their award-winning book Secular Surge, Notre Dame political scientist David E. Campbell and his co-authors used experiments to show that when young Americans who leaned toward the Democratic party were shown examples of politicians making Christian nationalist statements or pastors endorsing conservative political candidates, those young people were more likely to disaffiliate from religion.
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Political Science
WSBT TV
Football in America: A record-breaking season
February 11, 2024
“The more that sport and the people who play it permeates American culture and entertainment and other spaces, the wider swath of people are going to know about it,” said Katherine Walden, an Assistant Teaching Professor of American Studies at the University of Notre Dame.
CBS News
Supreme Court appears skeptical of Trump Colorado ballot ban
Video
February 09, 2024
Notre Dame Law School professor Derek Muller and Harvard Law School professor Lawrence Lessig join "America Decides" to unpack how the justices seemed to be responding.
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Law School
Marketplace
Americans bought fewer Chinese imports in 2023, but Chinese exporters aren’t necessarily hurting
Audio
February 09, 2024
Robert Johnson, a professor at the University of Notre Dame, said companies have been re-thinking whether trade with China is worth it. “There’s been a movement, in general, towards moving production stages to countries that have more secure access to the U.S. market,” he said.
Bloomberg
Bloomberg Law: Supreme Court Likely to Reject Challenge to Trump's Ballot Eligibility
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February 09, 2024
Derek Muller, a professor at Notre Dame Law School, and Harold Krent, a professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discuss the Supreme Court oral arguments on Colorado's removal of Trump from the ballot.
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Law School
The Washington Post
Supreme Court poised to allow Trump to remain on Colorado ballot
February 09, 2024
Derek Muller, a University of Notre Dame law professor who has been closely following the case, said Thursday’s arguments showed both liberals and conservatives on the court are “uncomfortable with the notion that it was going to be the decider here.”
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The Washington Post
A case of love, marriage and mortgage fraud
February 09, 2024
Research from the University of Notre Dame and published in the Journal of Consumer Psychology found couples were less likely to splurge when they had joint bank accounts.
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CNN
Analysis: Justices could place Trump back on the ballot in Colorado
February 08, 2024
Derek Muller, an election law expert at Notre Dame Law School who filed a neutral brief that offered analysis of key legal questions, said after the hearing that the justices are likely to put Donald Trump back on the ballot in Colorado.
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Law School
The Hill
Trump’s 14th Amendment case reaches Supreme Court: What to expect
February 08, 2024
“Trump’s briefing so far has really leaned into the argument that the presidency is not an office of the United States, which means that presidency is not covered by Section 3, and therefore, this whole case should disappear,” said Derek Muller, a law professor at Notre Dame who filed a brief in the matter.
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Law School
The Conversation
Supreme Court skeptical that Colorado − or any state − should decide for whole nation whether Trump is eligible for presidency
February 08, 2024
The Conversation’s senior politics and democracy editor, Naomi Schalit, spoke with Notre Dame election law scholar Derek Muller after the oral arguments.
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Law School
The Guardian
What to watch for at US supreme court oral arguments on keeping Trump off 2024 ballot
February 08, 2024
“I don’t think [the court] wants to be involved in these disputes,” the University of Notre Dame law professor Derek Muller told the Guardian’s Sam Levine in his excellent preview of the hearing.
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Law School
Brasil 247 | Portuguese
Anti-immigrant rhetoric grows in the US in election year
Video Audio
February 08, 2024
Part of the anti-immigration rhetoric is the idea that immigrants enter the United States to commit crimes. But this is a flawed speech, according to Professor Erin Corcoran, immigration specialist at the Keough School.
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Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, Keough School of Global Affairs
Axios
The rise of China's shadow diplomacy
February 08, 2024
"China believes that party-to-party relations are important because political parties have both a broad reach in their respective country touching on almost every area of policy and a deep reach stretching from local to national politics," Joshua Eisenman, an expert on the CCP and China-Africa relations at the University of Notre Dame, told Axios.
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Keough School of Global Affairs
USA Today
Supreme Court grapples with leaving Donald Trump on presidential ballot in Colorado: 7 takeaways
February 08, 2024
“The court seemed inclined to let the political process play out,” said Notre Dame Law School Professor Derek Muller, who has been closely following the ballot eligibility issue.
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Bloomberg
Trump Backers Dodge Jan. 6 in Supreme Court Ballot Case
February 08, 2024
Notre Dame law professor Derek Muller said on Bloomberg Law’s “Cases and Controversies” podcast that the question of whether Jan. 6 was an “insurrection” for purposes of the Section 3 involves “a lot of deep in the weeds factual questions.”
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Law School
The Conversation, Yahoo! News
Biden’s ‘hard look’ at liquefied natural gas exports raises a critical question: How does natural gas fit with US climate goals?
February 07, 2024
Emily Grubert, associate professor of sustainable energy policy at the University of Notre Dame and a former official at the U.S. Department of Energy, explains why large-scale LNG exports raise complex questions for U.S. policymakers.
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Keough School of Global Affairs, College of Engineering
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Bloomberg
US Silence on Trump Ballot Battle Signals Caution Over Election
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February 07, 2024
“That’s at least an understandable minimum threshold to say ‘we’re not going to step in where the outcome of this particular election or candidacy is at stake,’” Notre Dame law professor Derek Muller said on Bloomberg Law’s “Cases and Controversies” podcast.
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Law School