Rick Garnett
@RickGarnett
Law professor, University of Notre Dame. Failed alpinist, brewer, & guitarist. Tweets delete.
Opinion | The Raw Power of Repentance - The New York Times nytimes.com/2025/07/27/opi…
I wrote about the lack of administrative support for the liberal arts in @nytimes. The standard story we hear is that students don't want it. But a darker reality is that even when it wins big with students and donors it loses with those in power. nytimes.com/2025/07/17/opi…
"Public education exists precisely to be not-neutral, to promote “orthodoxy,” to shape belief, to form minds, to forge loyalties, and to mold commitments." Nice piece by @RickGarnett on the difference between educational and constitutional purposes. scotusblog.com/2025/07/is-rel…
Is religious freedom possible in state schools? scotusblog.com/2025/07/is-rel… @SCOTUSblog
R.I.P.
Black Sabbath legend Ozzy Osbourne, the Prince of Darkness, dead at 76 trib.al/6H8DQU0
Now *this* is what “vibes, not law” looks like.
The district court in Massachusetts enjoined Congress from cutting funding for Planned Parenthood. Abandoning it's earlier Bill of Attainder theory, the Court finds that Congress passing a law defunding PP violates their First Amendment and Equal Protection rights. I'm skeptical!
If only there were any relatively recent precedents indicating that this policy is a bad idea …
@DrDominicGreen reports: thefp.com/p/britains-war…
More excellent work from @NDLaw ‘s @DennisWieboldt
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.
Federal court blocks Washington law that would force priests to violate seal of confession | Catholic News Agency catholicnewsagency.com/news/265425/fe…
The CUA law faculty are wonderful, and if you have any interest in an excellent, intellectually engaging academic community, check it out!
Hiring notice @CathULaw. It's quite a fun and exciting place to be! mirrorofjustice.blogs.com/mirrorofjustic…
On July 17, the Church commemorates Saint Teresa of St. Augustine and Companions, a group of sixteen Discalced Carmelite nuns from Compiègne, France, who were martyred during the French Revolution in 1794. Arrested for their faith and devotion, they were executed by guillotine…
It's been heartwarming to see the lovely remembrances of Richard Fallon, and @lsolum's own excellent contribution to that genre ends with this very good advice that we probably won't take, but should. lsolum.typepad.com/legaltheory/20…
Notre Dame Law School’s Program on Church, State & Society has announced the 2025 winners of its annual writing competition. Notre Dame Law School rising third-year student Jack Harkin received first place for his paper, "Defining Church in a Pluralistic Age.” Second, third, and…
If you are going on the law teaching job market, please feel free to reach out! Happy to help.
Someone send him Augustine’s Confessions, please. “You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they find rest in you.”
Scottie Scheffler just gave one of the best (and deepest) press conference answers ever heard.
Congrats to my friend and colleague, @pbaronmiller !
Congrats to ND Law Prof. @pbaronmiller, who has been elected as a member of @AmLawInst. Members of the ALI represent a highly selective group of legal scholars who work to support the rule of law, improve the legal system, & contribute to the public good. law.nd.edu/news-events/ne…
