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Rick Garnett Publishes Op-Ed Piece In La Times "The Righteousness In Hobby Lobby's Cause", Richard Garnett Dec 2013

Rick Garnett Publishes Op-Ed Piece In La Times "The Righteousness In Hobby Lobby's Cause", Richard Garnett

Richard W Garnett

Rick Garnett's op-ed in LA Times on the HHS mandate and religious liberty cases before the Supreme Court.


Rick Garnett Quoted In Washington Post Article "Court Confronts Religious Rights Of Corporations", Richard Garnett Nov 2013

Rick Garnett Quoted In Washington Post Article "Court Confronts Religious Rights Of Corporations", Richard Garnett

Richard W Garnett

Rick Garnett quoted in Washington Post article "Court Confronts Religious Rights of Corporations" by ADAM LIPTAK. “This is a perfect storm,” said Richard Garnett, a law professor at Notre Dame, adding that it is also a worrisome one. “Debates about campaign finance in Citizens United and abortion and Obamacare,” he said, “could distort the court’s analysis of religious freedom.”


Rick Garnett Quoted In Ncr Article "Supreme Court Takes Up Contraceptive Mandate, Will Rule On Religious Rights Of Corporations", Richard Garnett Nov 2013

Rick Garnett Quoted In Ncr Article "Supreme Court Takes Up Contraceptive Mandate, Will Rule On Religious Rights Of Corporations", Richard Garnett

Richard W Garnett

Rick Garnett quoted in NCR article by David Gibson "Supreme Court takes up contraceptive mandate, will rule on religious rights of corporations" on November 26, 2013. Given the polemics, Notre Dame law professor Richard Garnett said he worries "that what I regard as accidental aspects of the case -- the Citizens United debate, the 'war on women' rhetoric from the last election, the controversies about (health care reform) -- will distract the court from the more specific legal question presented, which has to do, again, with the interpretation of a particular, and an important, federal statute."


Due Process And Social Legislation In The Supreme Court--A Post Mortem, Robert Rodes Nov 2013

Due Process And Social Legislation In The Supreme Court--A Post Mortem, Robert Rodes

Robert Rodes

No abstract provided.


Recent Landmark Criminal Law Decisions Of The Supreme Court: The Jurisprudence Of The Supreme Court: Fair Trial, Juvenile Justice, The Death Penalty, And The Right To Counsel, Richard Klein Nov 2013

Recent Landmark Criminal Law Decisions Of The Supreme Court: The Jurisprudence Of The Supreme Court: Fair Trial, Juvenile Justice, The Death Penalty, And The Right To Counsel, Richard Klein

Richard Daniel Klein

The Supreme Court has recently adjudicated some crucial issues regarding criminal matters and constitutional jurisprudence. The Court expanded the constitutional authority vested in Congress, provided defendants with constitutional remedies and protections, indicated that even a substantial amount of publicity surrounding a trial does not warrant a change of venue, left defense attorneys in awe of their new-found obligations, and settled important divisions among the U.S. circuit courts of appeal. Skilling v. U.S. revealed that a change of venue based on a claim of a tainted jury pool presents a difficult, if not impossible task, for criminal defendants. Padilla expanded the …


Supreme Court To Hear Case On Separating Church And State, Gerard Bradley Nov 2013

Supreme Court To Hear Case On Separating Church And State, Gerard Bradley

Gerard V. Bradley

Gerard Bradley was quoted in the Los Angeles Times article Supreme Court to hear new case on religion in public lifeby David G. Savage on November 2, 2013. Notre Dame Law professor Gerard Bradley thinks justices may be ready to "reject or seriously modify the 'endorsement' test."


The Second Amendment: An Analysis Of District Of Columbia V. Heller, Eileen Kaufman Oct 2013

The Second Amendment: An Analysis Of District Of Columbia V. Heller, Eileen Kaufman

Eileen Kaufman

No abstract provided.


A Criminal Quartet: The Supreme Court's Resolution Of Four Critical Issues In The Criminal Justice System, Richard Klein Oct 2013

A Criminal Quartet: The Supreme Court's Resolution Of Four Critical Issues In The Criminal Justice System, Richard Klein

Richard Daniel Klein

No abstract provided.


Calmly To Poise The Scales Of Justice: A History Of The Courts Of The District Of Columbia Circuit, Jeffrey Morris, Chris Rohmann Jun 2013

Calmly To Poise The Scales Of Justice: A History Of The Courts Of The District Of Columbia Circuit, Jeffrey Morris, Chris Rohmann

Jeffrey B. Morris

No abstract provided.


Pfizer, Inc. V. India Foreign Sovereigns’ Standing To Sue For Treble Damages, Gary Shaw May 2013

Pfizer, Inc. V. India Foreign Sovereigns’ Standing To Sue For Treble Damages, Gary Shaw

Gary M. Shaw

No abstract provided.


Litigating Religion, Michael A. Helfand Dec 2012

Litigating Religion, Michael A. Helfand

Michael A Helfand

This article considers how parties should resolve disputes that turn on religious doctrine and practice – that is, how people should litigate religion. Under current constitutional doctrine, litigating religion is generally the task of two types of religious institutions: first, religious arbitration tribunals, whose decisions are protected by arbitration doctrine, and religious courts, whose decision are protected by the religion clauses. Such institutions have been thrust into playing this role largely because the religion clauses are currently understood to prohibit courts from resolving religious questions – that is, the “religious question” doctrine is currently understood to prohibit courts from litigating …