Marc O. DeGirolami
@MarcODeGirolami
St. John Henry Newman Professor of Law Co-Director, Center for Law and the Human Person The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law
Hiring notice @CathULaw. It's quite a fun and exciting place to be! mirrorofjustice.blogs.com/mirrorofjustic…
Whit Stillman may be the closest thing we have to a modern-day Jane Austen: ironic, affectionate, and morally serious. From Mary P. Nichols: modernagejournal.com/whit-stillmans…
Can you help the St. Austin Review, a bimonthly magazine of Catholic culture, published by the great Joseph Pearce? It's on its last legs financially. Please read and consider: catholicworldreport.com/2025/07/22/dea…
Yes--one thought here. A recent paper by @josh_hammer, @tlloydcline, and @yhazony argues that "Everson must fall." But if Steve is right, it is the school prayer decisions that had the deeper legal-cultural impact. x.com/WalterBronkite…
Both sad and funny to recall the content of the voluntary school prayer that SCOTUS, in Engel v. Vitale, said crossed the constitutional line
Had forgotten that the second count of sedition in Lyon's Case was for publishing a letter by a "diplomatic character in France" [Barlow] in which the writer criticizes the President for "borrowing from the language of [Edmund] Burke."
Last fall, the editors of the Harvard Law Review invited me to write the Foreword for this year's Supreme Court issue. My working draft is below, and comments are most welcome. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…
Johann Hummel is an underrated and elegant transition composer from the Classical to the Romantic period. Here's Pletnev conducting his piano concerto No. 2. youtube.com/watch?v=8UPMZm…
"Takings and Implied Causes of Action," by Ann Woolhandler, Michael Collins, and me, forthcoming in the Cato Supreme Court Review and now on @ssrn. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf… 1/4
🚨BIG ANNOUNCEMENT🚨 Natural Law is in its greatest moment of revival in over a century-and this time, it's here to stay. Today, we're excited to announce the launch of our newest podcast, Natural Law Moment, featuring co-hosts @HPArkes_ and @Prof_GBradley! Join us as two of…
Devastating and brutally credible indictment.
The University of Florida is the new leader in the study of Western and American civilization. So-called elite universities have abandoned the study of Western culture and politics over the last 25 years, and that betrayal has given other institutions the opportunity to create…
The University of Florida is the new leader in the study of Western and American civilization. So-called elite universities have abandoned the study of Western culture and politics over the last 25 years, and that betrayal has given other institutions the opportunity to create…
Hot take: the fact that world-class scholars like Jim Hankins (one of the very, very few non-progressive humanists at Harvard College) are willing to move from Harvard to Florida is a more fundamental long-term threat to the university than any of its current legal problems.
The University of Florida is the new leader in the study of Western and American civilization. So-called elite universities have abandoned the study of Western culture and politics over the last 25 years, and that betrayal has given other institutions the opportunity to create…
In which @kevincwalsh and I discuss Providence and godlessness in America with Prof. Steve Smith in his new book. Listen in! humanperson.law.edu/providential-r…
"Since it is so likely that children will meet cruel enemies, let them at least have heard of brave knights and heroic courage." C.S. Lewis
Thanks to many friends/mentors for their comments on this draft, which has now been re-uploaded to SSRN. In the revised piece, I more clearly state/defend the article's central predictive claim: that today’s "NL Moment" may be one of reconciliation b/w originalists and NLawyers.
Wieboldt on Alicea on Natural Law, buff.ly/E2ZgFcn - Dennis J. Wieboldt III (University of Notre Dame) has posted Our Natural Law Moment(s) (Georgetown Journal of Law and Public Policy (forthcoming)) on SSRN.
RIP Sir Roger Norrington. Originalist of classical music.
Is Abruzzo the most underrated region in Italy? Incredible nature, lots of wildlife including bears, has everything from mountains and a glacier to sunny beaches, rich medieval history, interesting foods... But you don't hear people talking about it much.
Honored to be interviewed in @NCRonline today about the free exercise concerns raised by Washington State's new law on clergy reporting in child abuse cases. If lawyers don't have a duty to report clients' confidences in such situations, why do priests have a duty to report…
Catholic bishops and priests in Washington are challenging a new state law that requires clergy to break the seal of confession to report possible child sex abuse. bit.ly/4nQ55dr
Good (but hardly surprising) news for religious liberty: A federal district judge in Washington state has granted a preliminary injunction against a state law that would require Catholic priests to violate their absolute religious duty to keep confessions confidential. 1/
really kind of shocking what the possibility of using AI has revealed about how people I thought were humanists/Christian humanists have been thinking about writing/reading all along.