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Rick Garnett Was Quoted In The Religion News Service Article Does Hobby Lobby Have Religious Rights? The Supreme Court Will Decide, March 18, 2014, Richard Garnett

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On March 18, Rick Garnett was quoted in the Religion News Service article Does Hobby Lobby have religious rights? The Supreme Court will decide. Notre Dame Law School professor Rick Garnett, who writes about religious freedom, said the court may well agree that corporations have religious rights, but he also suggests that such an outcome won’t be as momentous as many assume. “It doesn’t mean every single business is going to be invoking RFRA to get out of regulations it doesn’t like,” he said.

Legislative Prayer Gets Supreme Court Review, Richard Garnett

Richard W Garnett

Rick Garnett was quoted in the Associated Press article by MARK SHERMAN

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Richard Garnett, a University of Notre Dame law professor and former Supreme Court clerk, said it is likely that the court will reverse the appeals court and that a narrow ruling of the sort sought by the administration could cause some liberal justices to join their conservative colleagues.

But because the case can be resolved narrowly, Garnett said it probably is not one the justices will use to order judges to …