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FedSoc ForumsTracking and Ending Religious DiscriminationA new project sponsored by a coalition of organizations seeks to track the various ways that federal and state programs discriminate against religious participants in a range of funding programs despite a series of Supreme Court cases holding such discriminatory treatment unconstitutional. The Religious Discrimination Tracker is a project of the EPIC Coalition (a multi-faith coalition that focuses on education), the Teach Coalition, the Notre Dame Religious Liberty Clinic, and the Notre Dame Educational Law Project. The site seeks to identify ways to ensure equal access to funding by religious participants, particularly in education. In this webinar, Professor Nicole Stelle...2025-04-171h 02
The Learning CurveNotre Dame Law Assoc. Dean Nicole Stelle Garnett on Catholic Schools & School ChoiceIn this episode of The Learning Curve, co-hosts U-Arkansas Prof. Albert Cheng and Alisha Searcy interview Nicole Stelle Garnett, Associate Dean and John P. Murphy Foundation Professor of Law at Notre Dame Law School, and a national expert in education law and school choice. Dean Garnett discusses the vital role Catholic education plays in fostering faith, community, and the pursuit of “the true, the good, and the beautiful.” She explores the challenges posed by the decline of Catholic schools in urban areas, as outlined in her book Lost Classroom, Lost Community: Catholic Schools' Importance...2025-01-2941 min
The Freedom of Thought PodcastPanel: Preserving Judicial Independence in a Time of Political DivisionAt this Freedom of Thought Project event, panelists will discuss the current political landscape in the US and how rhetoric from political leaders impacts our judiciary, society, and our freedoms.Featuring:James Burnham, President, Vallecito CapitalJay Edelson, Founder & CEO, Edelson PCProf. Nicole Stelle Garnett, John P. Murphy Foundation Professor of Law, University of Notre Dame Law SchoolAnd later featuring:T. Elliot Gaiser, Solicitor General, OhioEric Wessan, Solicitor General, Iowa2024-12-051h 03The Freedom of Thought PodcastAcademic Freedom and Freedom of Expression: Will the Proposed Accreditation Standard Support Freedom of Thought at Law Schools?Recent high-profile incidents at law schools have raised questions about the scope of academic freedom for faculty and freedom of speech for students and faculty. At the suggestion of its Strategic Review Committee, the Council of the ABA's Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, which is the primary accreditor of American law schools, has put out for comment a proposed new accreditation standard, "Standard 208, Academic Freedom and Freedom of Expression." As the Council describes the core concern behind the proposed standard: “Effective legal education and the development of the law require the free, robust, and uninhibited sh...2023-09-181h 15
EdChoice ChatsEp. 379: Implementing K–12 Education Savings Accounts - With Mike McShaneJohn Kristof talks with Mike McShane about his new report with Nicole Stelle Garnett at the Manhattan Institute titled, Implementing K–12 Education Savings Accounts Is Really Simple. They talk about the new wave of school choice and the expansion of education savings accounts across the country.2023-07-1132 min
The Report Card with Nat MalkusNicole Stelle Garnett on Religious Charter Schools and Universal ESAsRecently, there have been a number of big developments on the choice front. Within the last few weeks alone, Iowa and Utah became the 3rd and 4th states, respectively, to adopt universal education savings accounts, or ESAs, and an Oklahoma charter school board met to consider certifying a Catholic school, which, if approved, would become the first religious charter school in the country. On this episode of The Report Card, Nat discusses these developments with Nicole Stelle Garnett, the John P. Murphy Foundation Professor of Law at Notre Dame Law School, the author of two books, and...2023-02-2255 min
The Education ExchangeEp. 275 - Jan. 17, 2023 - Are Charter Schools "State Actors"?The John P. Murphy Foundation Professor of Law at the University of Notre Dame, Nicole Stelle Garnett, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss how recent decisions by the Supreme Court in Carson v. Makin and Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue could pave the way for religious charter schools.
Garnett's feature, "Supreme Court Opens a Path to Religious Charter Schools: But the trail ahead holds twists and turns," is available now.
https://www.educationnext.org/supreme-court-opens-path-to-religious-charter-schools/2023-01-1726 min
First Things PodcastDiscrimination and Religious EducationOn this episode, Nicole Stelle Garnett joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss religious liberty in schools today in light of her recent article, “A Victory for Religious Liberty and Educational Pluralism.”2022-08-2232 minFedSoc ForumsEnvironmental Justice, Property Rights, and ZoningThis panel will focus on the pros and cons of zoning, its relation to environmental justice, its detrimental (or beneficial) impacts on minorities, and its consistency (or inconsistency) with property rights. Importantly, the discussion will engage with the scope of modern zoning and what, if anything, should be done to alter, increase, or decrease the government's zoning power. Given the rise of environmental justice in administrative policy and academic debate, this event presents a timely discussion of environmental justice's application to debates over zoning policy in the United States. Criticisms of zoning are on the rise from both the right...2022-05-051h 22
SCOTUStalkThe “reasonable observer” of prayer in schoolAmy talks to Professor Nicole Stelle Garnett and supervising attorney John Meiser of the Religious Liberty Clinic at Notre Dame Law School about the amicus brief the clinic filed in Kennedy v. Bremerton School District. The brief calls on the court to address and throw out the “endorsement test." That test has been used to determine whether public religious expression is private or government speech. The court will hear argument in the case on April 25.Send us a question about the court at scotustalk@scotusblog.com or leave us a voicemail at (202) 596-2906. Please tell us your firs...2022-04-1823 min
Heard at HeritageLaw Symposium Panel II: Constitutional Liberties: First Amendment, Religion, Race, and Natural LawPanel II – Constitutional Liberties: First Amendment, Religion, Race, and Natural LawThe Honorable Allison Jones Rushing, Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth CircuitNicole Stelle Garnett, John P. Murphy Foundation Professor of Law, University of Notre Dame Law SchoolMichael W. McConnell, Richard and Frances Mallery Professor and Director of the Constitutional Law Center, Stanford Law School, and a Senior Fellow, Hoover InstitutionElbert Lin, Partner, Hunton Andrews Kurth and former Solicitor General of West VirginiaModerator: Adam Mortara, Lecturer in Law, University of Chicago Law SchoolThe Heritage Foundation and the C. Boyden Gr...2021-10-261h 13Heard at HeritageLaw Symposium Panel II: Constitutional Liberties: First Amendment, Religion, Race, and Natural LawPanel II – Constitutional Liberties: First Amendment, Religion, Race, and Natural LawThe Honorable Allison Jones Rushing, Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth CircuitNicole Stelle Garnett, John P. Murphy Foundation Professor of Law, University of Notre Dame Law SchoolMichael W. McConnell, Richard and Frances Mallery Professor and Director of the Constitutional Law Center, Stanford Law School, and a Senior Fellow, Hoover InstitutionElbert Lin, Partner, Hunton Andrews Kurth and former Solicitor General of West VirginiaModerator: Adam Mortara, Lecturer in Law, University of Chicago Law SchoolThe Heritage Foundation and the C. Boyden Gr...2021-10-261h 13
NCEA PodcastThe State of Religious Freedom and Parental Choice in Catholic Schools with Nicole GarnettNicole Stelle Garnett, John P. Murphy Foundation Professor of Law at the University of Notre Dame, joins Kathy Mears on the podcast this week to discuss the current legal landscape in which Catholic schools find themselves. Drawing from a wide range of experiences in practicing and teaching law, Nicole explains what recent victories and challenges mean for Catholic education.2021-07-2233 minFedSoc ForumsBook Review: Unshackled: Freeing America's K-12 Education SystemEducation policy has long been a bi-partisan priority, and education has played a significant role in the development of constitutional law—from First to Fourteenth Amendment—over the past century. During the COVID-19 pandemic, debates about the structure of the public school system and the parental right to choose private or home schooling have come to a head. This program will focus on the debate over reform and school choice through the lens of a new book, Unshackled: Freeing America's K-12 Education System. Co-authors Clint Bolick and Kate Hardiman join education law expert Nicole Garnett to review the new...2021-03-261h 00
The Dan Proft Show PodcastDecember 10, 2020Powerline.com's Hinderaker in for Proft. School choice w/ Manhattan Institute's Nicole Stelle Garnett. JunkScience.com's Steve Milloy on Biden Climate. Business owner Larvita McFarquhar on fighting back against MI Gov. Walz, and CATO Institute's Patrick Basham on election irregularities.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.2020-12-111h 52
City Journal AudioCatholic Schools, Charters, and ChoiceNicole Stelle Garnett joins Brian Anderson to discuss the importance of Catholic schools, their struggle to compete with charter schools, and what the Supreme Court’s recent Espinoza decision will mean for private-school choice—the subjects of her story, “Why We Still Need Catholic Schools,” in City Journal’s new summer issue.2020-07-2920 min
City Journal AudioCatholic Schools, Charters, and ChoiceNicole Stelle Garnett joins Brian Anderson to discuss the importance of Catholic schools, their struggle to compete with charter schools, and what the Supreme Court's recent Espinoza decision will mean for private-school choice—the subjects of her story, "Why We Still Need Catholic Schools," in City Journal's new summer issue.2020-07-2920 min
Ethics and Culture CastEpisode 8: Nicole Stelle GarnettIn this episode, we sit down with Nicole Stelle Garnett, a member of the Center's Faculty Advisory Committee and professor at Notre Dame Law School. We discuss the role of Catholic schools in forming strong communities, the vocation of teaching, and how the interdisciplinary collegiality that the Center for Ethics and Culture helps foster on campus works to strengthen Notre Dame's authentic Catholic mission and identity.Special Guest: Nicole Stelle Garnett.Links:Nicole Stelle Garnett at ND Law School — Nicole Stelle Garnett’s teaching and research focus on property, land use, urban development, local gove...2018-01-1822 min
Alliance for Catholic EducationSaint Elizabeth Ann Seton: A Reflection by Nicole GarnettTo mark a series of January Church feast days that offer special inspiration to Catholic educators, we are pleased to publish three short podcasts discussing the lives of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, St. John Neumann, and St. Andre Bessette.
The first podcast in this series comes from ACE's Coordinator of Policy and co-author of Lost Classroom, Lost Community, Nicole Stelle Garnett, who chats with Sarah Perkins about the life of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton and her impact on Catholic schools in America.
Interested in similar reflections? Pick up a copy of "5 Minutes with the Saints, More Spiritual Nourishment for Busy...2016-12-2109 min
Oral ArgumentEpisode 4: Grow a PearFrom far northern climes, we are joined by Sarah Schindler, land use and property expert, hipster scholar, and lawn destroyer. In this episode we discuss Maine, backyard chicken raising, zoning, Brasília, the virtues and pleasures of law-breaking, and banning lawns. Sponsored this week by the Monsanto Corporation. Not really.
This show’s links:
Sarah Schindler’s faculty profile and writing
Errata! Jukkasjärvi and its ice hotel are in Sweden, not Finland. Apologies to our Swedish listeners.
Aaron Perzanowski, Tattoos and IP Norms
David Fagundes, Talk Derby to Me: Intellectual Property Norms Governing Roller Derby Pseudo...2014-01-181h 10