Rick Garnett

Outwitting the Anti-Catholics When arguing “parental rights” cases in front of the Supreme Court, advocates use a playbook created by twentieth-century Catholics.

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I filed this amicus brief in a CTA9 religious-freedom case, calling attention to various efforts to evade SCOTUS's decision in Carson v. Makin:

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Saints, statues, and church-state separation Rights and Responsibilities is a recurring series by Richard Garnett on legal education, the role of the courts in our constitutional structure, and the law of religious freedom and free expression. [...

My latest at @scotusblog.com :

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The AALS Section on Law and Religion seeks nominations for the 2025 Harold Berman Award for Excellence in Scholarship. This annual award recognizes a paper that has made an outstanding scholarly contribution to the field of law and religion. 1/

With some help from tech-savvy friends, I managed to set up a site that has all of the old content (20+ years!) from the Mirror of Justice blog: @MirrorJustice

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Religious schools and religious rites Rights and Responsibilities is a recurring series by Richard Garnett on legal education, the role of the courts in our constitutional structure, and the law of religious freedom and free expression. [...

My latest column at SCOTUSblog:

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In my experience, a tiny percentage of people who complain about Citizens United (a) have read it and/or ( b) know anything about its actual results.

Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades Speaks to the Law School about the Catholic Church’s Teaching on Immigration and Religious Freedom On November 17, Most Rev. Kevin C. Rhoades, Bishop of Fort Wayne–South Bend, addressed the Law School in a lecture hosted by the Lindsay and Matt ...

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Nominations should include the name of the author, the title of the paper, a statement of eligibility, and a brief rationale for choosing the paper for the award. Self-nominations are accepted. Nominations should be sent to Rick Garnett (rgarnett@nd.edu) by December 15, 2025. 3/3

To be eligible, a paper must have been published between July 15, 2024, and November 15, 2025. The author must be a faculty member at an AALS Member School (with no more than 10 years' experience as a faculty member) or a full-time fellow or VAP at an AALS member school. 2/

The AALS Section on Law and Religion seeks nominations for the 2025 Harold Berman Award for Excellence in Scholarship. This annual award recognizes a paper that has made an outstanding scholarly contribution to the field of law and religion. 1/

Jorge Barrera-Rojas on X: "Full house for the Church, State & Society Program's 2025 Rice Hasson Distinguished Lecture with Judge William H. Pryor Jr., who will speak on “The Judicial Oath and the Judgment of History," with students and faculty filling the room at @NDLaw https://t.co/mlfnGgPKqo" / X Full house for the Church, State & Society Program's 2025 Rice Hasson Distinguished Lecture with Judge William H. Pryor Jr., who will speak on “The Judicial Oath and the Judgment of History," with students and faculty filling the room at @NDLaw https://t.co/mlfnGgPKqo

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Lindsay and Matt Moroun Religious Liberty Clinic on X: "Join the Clinic on November 17 for a lecture by Most Rev. Kevin C. Rhoades, Bishop of Fort Wayne–South Bend and chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee for Religious Liberty. Bishop Rhoades will explore the relationship between religious liberty and https://t.co/QN1TUZZTRc" / X Join the Clinic on November 17 for a lecture by Most Rev. Kevin C. Rhoades, Bishop of Fort Wayne–South Bend and chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee for Religious Liberty. Bishop Rhoades will explore the relationship between religious liberty and https://t.co/QN1TUZZTRc

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OMG... Jeremiyah Love was swarmed but never down, runs it in for TD. Once again, the armed forces struggling on defense

I hope and expect that #SCOTUS will disapprove the administration’s unauthorized (and foolish) tariffs. I also urge citizens to distrust commentators who suggest that the “conservative” justices act out of loyalty to the President while the “liberal” justices just do law.

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November 12: 2025 Gardner Lecture - Athenaeum of Ohio Join Mount St. Mary’s Seminary & School of Theology (MTSM) for the 2025 Gardner Lecture on Wednesday, November 12, at 7:30 p.m. inside the Bartlett Center at MTSM.

An upcoming lecture of mine:

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The wrongheaded religious freedom narrative Rights and Responsibilities is a recurring series by Richard Garnett on legal education, the role of the courts in our constitutional structure, and the law of religious freedom and free expression. [...

My latest at @scotusblog.com @scotusblog.bsky.social

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Is the Association of American Law Schools failing to live up to the moment for legal education? In a time of crises for legal education, there is little vision and leadership on behalf of law schools

Is the Association of American Law Schools failing to live up to the moment for legal education?
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Outstanding. If you google, you’ll see he has some (from the same Source) views about abortion.

What MacIntyre Meant | Notre Dame Magazine | University of Notre Dame Many competing movements claimed the late, eminent moral philosopher, whose encompassing critique of modernity made him an outsider despite his outsized influence.

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Public Lecture by Steve Macedo | In Covid’s Wake: Science, Liberal Democracy, and Elite Failure - ThinkND Liberal democracies rely on truth-seeking institutions insulated from, or capable of rising above, partisan politics: science, universities, and serious journalism. Each was politicized and degraded u...

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In 2025, law school admissions practices continue to look at the LSAT like it's 2005 A look at what law schools are, and aren't, doing in light of changes to the LSAT and to the USNWR rankings

In 2025, law school admissions practices continue to look at the LSAT like it's 2005
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The problem of “religion” Rights and Responsibilities is a recurring series by Richard Garnett on legal education, the role of the courts in our constitutional structure, and the law of religious freedom and free expression. [...

My latest @scotusblog.com :

www.scotusblog.com/2025/09/the-...

Here is my final post, after 20 years, at Prawfsblawg:

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May Dan Markel’s memory continue to be a blessing! @prawfsblawg

Gerard V. Bradley and the American Law of Church and State Abstract. This paper provides an overview and appreciation of Prof. Gerard V. Bradley’s scholarly contributions to the American constitutional law of churc

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Listening to Justice Amy Coney Barrett A few reflections on her book

A nice re-cap from @williambaude Will Baude and the last sentence is spot on. I’m looking forward to the justice’s presentation at Notre Dame today.

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A fascinating new law-and-history paper by my student, Mintae Cha - Presbyterians and Jacobins!

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Congrats to (my student) on the coveted Solum Shout-Out!