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-33 posts tagged "Supreme Court"
Letter to the Editor | Thursday, February 6, 2020
In a recent Viewpoint piece about Catholic schools and public policy, columnists Jackie O’Brien and Mary Szromba argue a case against school choice that is full of legal errors and misunderstandings. They deal with a First Amendment school choice case, Espinoza v. Montana, which is currently before the Supreme Court. In responding to arguments made
Vince Mallett | Thursday, January 16, 2020
More than half of the Notre Dame incoming class in 2019 did not attend public high school. Catholic high schools, specifically, accounted for 37% of that class. This month, the Supreme Court of the United States will hear argument as to whether it is unconstitutional for a state to invalidate an entire scholarship program on
Brennan Buhr | Monday, November 18, 2019
“At the heart of liberty is the right to define one’s own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe, and of the mystery of human life.” It is quite ironic that this historically momentous yet philosophically preposterous proclamation was made by an American Catholic, the now-retired Justice Anthony Kennedy, in the 1992 Planned Parenthood
Jackson Oxler | Wednesday, October 16, 2019
On Tuesday afternoon, the Notre Dame LGBT Law Forum hosted a panel in the McCartan Courtroom of the Law School to discuss the current case in front of the Supreme Court of the United States. Three panelists discussed whether or not Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 provides protection for transgender individuals
Hanna Kennedy | Thursday, January 17, 2019
Following closely behind the release of the documentary “RBG” in May, “On the Basis of Sex” is the latest installment filmmakers have provided to satisfy society’s unusual enthusiasm for the 5-foot-1 Supreme Court justice. The two-hour film’s opening image is a flood of Harvard men marching through the streets of Cambridge when among them appears
Jeffrey Murphy | Thursday, November 15, 2018
“A system of government that makes the People subordinate to a committee of nine unelected lawyers does not deserve to be called a democracy.” – the late-Justice Scalia, in dissent June 26, 2015 should have been one of the greatest days in American history (right behind November 8, 2016). For literally thousands of years, same-sex
Letter to the Editor | Wednesday, November 7, 2018
“Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” – Martin Luther King, Jr. As the student who re-started the porn filtering conversation in the fall of 2016, I write in response to the author of the wittily-titled op-ed on the subject, “Give me Pornhub or give me death,” to
Serena Zacharias | Monday, October 8, 2018
Before the United States Senate voted Saturday to confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, student activists gathered at Geddes Hall on Friday to call swing-state senators and convince them to vote “no” to Kavanaugh’s nomination. Junior Emilia McManus said the #cancelKavanaugh event was initiated by a group of students with no formal affiliations
Jackie O'Brien | Wednesday, September 26, 2018
It seems as though we all just teleported back to 1991. An accusation treated with no sense of severity and respect, but with a sheer partisan will. A testimony destined to be undercut and a sexual abuser seemingly destined to be confirmed. Many would think that we would learn from our mistakes. Perhaps, we would
Jeffrey Murphy | Friday, September 7, 2018
This past June, the United States Supreme Court handed down a decision in the infamous Masterpiece Cakeshop case. For those who are not familiar with the case, it involves a Christian baker in Colorado who refused to provide a wedding cake to a same-sex couple. The Colorado Civil Rights Commission imposed a series of penalties