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Full-Text Articles in Law
The Conferred Jurisdiction Of The International Criminal Court, Leila Nadya Sadat
The Conferred Jurisdiction Of The International Criminal Court, Leila Nadya Sadat
Notre Dame Law Review
After twenty years of operation, we know that the International Criminal Court (ICC) works in practice. But does it work in theory? A debate rages regarding the proper conceptualization of the Court’s jurisdiction. Some have argued that the ICC’s jurisdiction is little more than a delegation by states of a subset of their own criminal jurisdiction. They contend that when states ratify the Rome Statute, they transfer some of their own prescriptive or adjudicative criminal jurisdiction to the Court, meaning that the Court cannot do more than the state itself could have done. Moreover, they argue that these constraints are …
Brief Amicus Curiae Of The Notre Dame Law School Religious Liberty Clinic Supporting Plaintiff-Appellant, Francesca Matozzo, John Meiser
Brief Amicus Curiae Of The Notre Dame Law School Religious Liberty Clinic Supporting Plaintiff-Appellant, Francesca Matozzo, John Meiser
Court Briefs
Nos. 23-35560, 23-35585
Cedar Park Assembly of God of Kirkland, Washington v. Myron "Mike" Kreidler
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington, Civil Case No. 3:19-cv-05181-BHL (Hon. Benjamin H. Settle)
From the Argument
Cedar Park’s free-exercise claim is fundamentally distinct from—and demands closer scrutiny than—its equal-protection claim.
Intervenor St. Isidore Of Seville Catholic Virtual School's Brief In Response To Petitioner's Application And Petition, Michael H. Mcginley, Steven A. Engel, M. Scott Proctor, John A. Meiser, Michael R. Perri, Socorro Adams Dooley
Intervenor St. Isidore Of Seville Catholic Virtual School's Brief In Response To Petitioner's Application And Petition, Michael H. Mcginley, Steven A. Engel, M. Scott Proctor, John A. Meiser, Michael R. Perri, Socorro Adams Dooley
Court Briefs
No. MA-121694
Gentner Drummond v. Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board
From the Arguments and Authorities
The Petition fails on the merits. Nothing in the Oklahoma Constitution prohibits the State from contracting with a religious school to provide new educational opportunities. And any state law purporting to do so would violate ORFA and the First Amendment.
St. Isidore Of Seville Catholic Virtual School's Motion To Intervene, Michael H. Mcginley, Steven A. Engel, M. Scott Proctor, John A. Meiser, Michael R. Perri, Socorro Adams Dooley
St. Isidore Of Seville Catholic Virtual School's Motion To Intervene, Michael H. Mcginley, Steven A. Engel, M. Scott Proctor, John A. Meiser, Michael R. Perri, Socorro Adams Dooley
Court Briefs
No. 121694
Gentner Drummond v. Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board
From the Argument and Authority
This Motion to Intervene is both timely and amply supported. Courts assess the timeliness of a motion to intervene "in light of all the circumstances," including "the length of time since the movant knew of its interests in the case; prejudice to the existing parties; prejudice to the movant; and the existence of any unusual circumstances." Tulsa Indus. Auth. v. City of Tulsa, 2011 OK 57, ¶ 31, 270 P.3d 113, 128 (citation omitted) (looking to federal case law for guidance). Courts have …
Brief Of Amicus Curiae California Catholic Conference In Support Of Plaintiffs-Appellants, John A. Meiser, Meredith Holland Kessler
Brief Of Amicus Curiae California Catholic Conference In Support Of Plaintiffs-Appellants, John A. Meiser, Meredith Holland Kessler
Court Briefs
No. 23-55714
Chaya Loffman v. California Department of Education
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Honorable Josephine L. Staton (No. 2:23-cv-01832-JLS-MRW)
From the Argument
California’s exclusion of “sectarian” schools reflects a long history of efforts to suppress and demean disfavored religious groups in the United States.
Brief Amicus Curiae Of The Bruderhof, Clear, The Jewish Coalition For Religious Liberty, And The Sikh Coalition In Support Of Rehearing En Banc, Francesca Matozzo
Brief Amicus Curiae Of The Bruderhof, Clear, The Jewish Coalition For Religious Liberty, And The Sikh Coalition In Support Of Rehearing En Banc, Francesca Matozzo
Court Briefs
No. 22-30686
Damon Landor v. Louisiana Department of Corrections and Public Safety
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana, No. 3:21-cv-733 The Honorable Shelly D. Dick, Chief Judge
From the Summary of the Argument
The Fifth Circuit should rehear en banc the panel decision in this case because it presents a “question of exceptional importance” under Fed. R. App. P. 35: whether the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) authorizes monetary damages. This issue is exceptionally important for two reasons.
Brief Of Amicus Curiae Notre Dame Law School Religious Liberty Clinic In Support Of Plaintiffs' Motion For Summary Judgment, Casey M. Nokes, Meredith Kessler
Brief Of Amicus Curiae Notre Dame Law School Religious Liberty Clinic In Support Of Plaintiffs' Motion For Summary Judgment, Casey M. Nokes, Meredith Kessler
Court Briefs
No. 1:22-cv-00156-CL
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church v. City of Brookings
From the Argument
Congress unanimously enacted the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (RLUIPA) to provide sweeping protection for religious exercise against discrimination in land-use regulation. To accomplish this goal, the statute generally prohibits the government from implementing land-use regulations in a manner that imposes a substantial burden on the religious exercise of a person or organization. And several provisions—including the statute’s capacious definition of “religious exercise” and its broad-construction mandate—emphasize the statute’s breadth.
Appellant's Reply Brief, Zack Greenamyre, Gerald R. Weber Jr., John A. Meiser, Meredith Holland Kessler
Appellant's Reply Brief, Zack Greenamyre, Gerald R. Weber Jr., John A. Meiser, Meredith Holland Kessler
Court Briefs
No. 23-10332
Rev. Stephen Jarrard v. Sheriff of Polk County
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia No. 4:20-cv-00002-MLB
From the Argument
A jury could easily find that Moats and Sharp excluded Jarrard from the ministry program because they disfavor his religious expression.
Appellant's Opening Brief, Zack Greenamyre, W. Gerald Weber, John A. Meiser, Meredith Holland Kessler
Appellant's Opening Brief, Zack Greenamyre, W. Gerald Weber, John A. Meiser, Meredith Holland Kessler
Court Briefs
No. 23-10332
Rev. Stephen Jarrard v. Sheriff of Polk County
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia No. 4:20-cv-00002-MLB
From the Summary of the Argument
This is an unusual appeal. Sheriff Johnny Moats and Chief Jailer Al Sharp all but admitted that they retaliated against Jarrard and barred him from Polk County Jail’s volunteer ministry program because they disagree with his religious belief that baptism is required for salvation. Indeed, Moats told Jarrard in writing that Jarrard’s beliefs are “contrary to the teaching of the Bible” and that he would not be allowed to …
Unopposed Brief Amicus Curiae Of Clear, The Jewish Coalition For Religious Liberty, And The Sikh Coalition In Support Of Appellant, Stephanie Hall Barclay, Francesca Matozzo
Unopposed Brief Amicus Curiae Of Clear, The Jewish Coalition For Religious Liberty, And The Sikh Coalition In Support Of Appellant, Stephanie Hall Barclay, Francesca Matozzo
Court Briefs
No. 23-131
Franklin Loving v. Robert Morton
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, No. 3:20-cv-11135
From the Summary of Argument
The Second Circuit should re-examine its precedent to allow for monetary damages for individual-capacity suits under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) for three reasons. First, RLUIPA’s text follows the same approach as 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and should be interpreted to afford the same types of broad remedies. Before Employment Division of Oregon v. Smith, 494 U.S. 872 (1990), reduced the availability of free exercise claims, free …
Brief Of Notre Dame Law School Religious Liberty Clinic As Amicus Curiae In Support Of Petitioner, John A. Meiser, Meredith Holland Kessler
Brief Of Notre Dame Law School Religious Liberty Clinic As Amicus Curiae In Support Of Petitioner, John A. Meiser, Meredith Holland Kessler
Court Briefs
No. 22-741
Faith Bible Chapel International v. Gregory Tucker
On Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
From the Summary of Argument
The First Amendment demands that courts refrain from intruding into disputes over a religious organization’s selection of important leaders. The ministerial exception enforces that demand. And thus, nearly every court to consider the issue has agreed: the ministerial exception promises something akin to an immunity from suit, which must be resolved early in litigation to be effective.
What's Originalism After Transunion?: Picking An Originalist Approach That Gets Standing Back On Track, Julian Gregorio
What's Originalism After Transunion?: Picking An Originalist Approach That Gets Standing Back On Track, Julian Gregorio
Notre Dame Law Review Reflection
This Note argues that not only is standing fascinating and contested, but it is so important that the Court should reconsider standing doctrine in appropriate future cases. While the TransUnion case came and went without much kerfuffle outside of legal circles, standing does not find itself sailing smoothly. As noted, perhaps the Court’s most reliable originalist just dissented from a case that largely restates the current law on standing. And Justice Kagan, perhaps the Court’s most influential liberal, wrote that after TransUnion, standing jurisprudence “needs a rewrite.” Given the current makeup of the Court, any reconsideration of standing doctrine …
Brief Of Religious Liberty Scholars And Employment Law Scholars As Amici Curiae In Support Of Petitioner, Douglas Laycock, John A. Meiser, Richard W. Garnett
Brief Of Religious Liberty Scholars And Employment Law Scholars As Amici Curiae In Support Of Petitioner, Douglas Laycock, John A. Meiser, Richard W. Garnett
Court Briefs
No. 22-174
Gerald E. Groff v. Louis DeJoy
On Writ of Certiorari to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
From the Summary of Argument
This case demonstrates an error that has undermined protection for religious workers across the country, in defiance of clear statutory text and underlying principles of religious liberty.
Good Representatives, Bad Objectors, And Restitution In Class Settlements, Jay Tidmarsh, Tladi Marumo
Good Representatives, Bad Objectors, And Restitution In Class Settlements, Jay Tidmarsh, Tladi Marumo
Journal Articles
his Article uses two recent decisions -one prohibiting incentive awards to class representatives and one permitting disgorgement of side payments to class objectors - to explore deeper connections between classaction settlements and the law of restitution. The failure to correctly apply the law of restitution led both courts astray. First, courts can approve incentive awards, as long as an award properly reflects the benefit that the representative's efforts bestowed on the class. Second, restitution provides a basis to disgorge improper side payments to objectors, but only under conditions different from those that the court described. More broadly, attention to the …
Proper Parties, Proper Relief, Samuel L. Bray, William Baude
Proper Parties, Proper Relief, Samuel L. Bray, William Baude
Journal Articles
From the Introduction
In the last Term at the United States Supreme Court [2022], standing was the critical question in several major cases: the two challenges to the Biden Administration’s first student loan forgiveness plan, Biden v. Nebraska and Department of Education v. Brown, as well as the challenge to the Administration’s immigration priorities in United States v. Texas and the race-discrimination challenge to the Indian Child Welfare Act in Haaland v. Brackeen. Standing has featured heavily in journalistic coverage of the decision in 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis. And standing may have been the reason for the Court’s stay …
Election Subversion And The Writ Of Mandamus, Derek T. Muller
Election Subversion And The Writ Of Mandamus, Derek T. Muller
Journal Articles
Election subversion threatens democratic self-governance. Recently, we have seen election officials try to manipulate the rules after an election, defy accepted legal procedures for dispute resolution, and try to delay results or hand an election to a losing candidate. Such actions, if successful, would render the right to vote illusory. These threats call for a response. But rather than recommend the development of novel tools to address the problem, this Article argues that a readily available mechanism is at hand for courts to address election subversion: the writ of mandamus. This Article is the first comprehensive piece to situate the …