Richard W. Garnett (born November 6, 1968) is the Paul J. Schierl / Fort Howard Corporation Professor of Law, a Concurrent Professor of Political Science, and the founding Director of the Notre Dame Program on Church, State & Society at Notre Dame Law School. He teaches in the areas of criminal law, constitutional law, First Amendment law, and the death penalty.[1] He has contributed to research in such topics as school choice and Catholic social teaching. His articles have appeared in a variety of prominent law journals, including the Cornell Law Review,[2] the Georgetown Law Journal,[3] the Michigan Law Review,[4] and the UCLA Law Review.[5] He also regularly appears in The New York Times,[6] USA Today,[7][8][9][10] and The Wall Street Journal[11] and as a guest on National Public Radio.[12][13][14]

Education and experience

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Raised in Alaska, Garnett majored in philosophy at Duke University. In 1995, he earned his J.D. from Yale Law School. He clerked for Judge Richard Sheppard Arnold on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, then for Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist on the United States Supreme Court. He practiced for two years at Miller, Cassidy, Larroca & Lewin in Washington, D.C.[15]

Personal life

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He is married to Nicole Stelle Garnett, a professor at the University of Notre Dame Law School. The couple met while students at Yale Law School.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Richard W. Garnett, Professor of Law". Retrieved April 15, 2010.
  2. ^ Garnett, Richard W. (2003). "The New Federalism, the Spending Power, and Federal Criminal Law". Cornell Law Review. 89 (1): 1–94. SSRN 428903.
  3. ^ Garnett, Richard W. (2006). "Religion, Division, and the First Amendment". Georgetown Law Journal. 94 (6): 1667–1724. SSRN 855104.
  4. ^ Garnett, Richard W. (2004). "American Conversations With(in) Catholicism". Michigan Law Review. 102 (6): 1191–1218. doi:10.2307/4141942. JSTOR 4141942.
  5. ^ Garnett, Richard W. (2004). "Assimilation, Toleration, and the State's Interest in the Development of Religious Doctrine". UCLA Law Review. 51 (6): 1645–1702. SSRN 564601.
  6. ^ Linda Greenhouse (July 1, 2007). "In Steps Big and Small, Supreme Court Moved Right". The New York Times. p. A1. Retrieved April 15, 2010.
  7. ^ Richard W. Garnett (March 25, 2007). "On religious liberty, what would Kagan do?". USA Today. Retrieved April 15, 2010.
  8. ^ Richard W. Garnett (July 26, 2010). "China's lesson on freedom of religion". USA Today. Retrieved July 27, 2010.
  9. ^ Richard W. Garnett (July 16, 2006). "Downsizing and the Catholic Church". USA Today. Retrieved April 15, 2010.
  10. ^ Richard W. Garnett (April 16, 2006). "Campaigning from the pulpit: Why not?". USA Today. Retrieved April 15, 2010.
  11. ^ Richard W. Garnett (April 17, 2010). "The Minority Court". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved April 17, 2010.
  12. ^ Nina Totenberg (April 7, 2010). "Supreme Court May Soon Lack Protestant Justices". National Public Radio. Retrieved April 15, 2010.
  13. ^ Alex Chadwick (September 5, 2005). "A Former Clerk Recalls the Chief Justice". National Public Radio. Retrieved April 15, 2010.
  14. ^ Nina Totenberg (July 3, 2007). "The Roberts Court and the Role of Precedent". National Public Radio. Retrieved April 15, 2010.
  15. ^ "Richard W. Garnett, Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Retrieved April 15, 2010.
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