Richard W. Garnett Explained

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

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

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

• List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States (Chief Justice)

External links

• Richard W. Garnett faculty page
• Richard W. Garnett's Social Science Research Network articles page
• Mirror of Justice, a Catholic legal theory blog
• PrawfsBlawg, a blog for legal professors

Notes and References

1. Web site: Richard W. Garnett, Professor of Law . 2010-04-15.
2. Garnett. Richard W. . The New Federalism, the Spending Power, and Federal Criminal Law . Cornell Law Review. 89 . 1 . 1–94 . 428903 . 2003.
3. Garnett. Richard W. . Religion, Division, and the First Amendment . Georgetown Law Journal. 94 . 6 . 1667–1724 . 855104 . 2006.
4. Garnett. Richard W. . American Conversations With(in) Catholicism . Michigan Law Review. 102 . 6 . 1191–1218 . 4141942 . 2004. 10.2307/4141942 .
5. Garnett. Richard W. . Assimilation, Toleration, and the State's Interest in the Development of Religious Doctrine . UCLA Law Review. 51 . 6 . 1645–1702 . 564601 . 2004.
6. News: In Steps Big and Small, Supreme Court Moved Right . Linda Greenhouse . The New York Times . 1 July 2007 . A1 . 2010-04-15.
7. News: On religious liberty, what would Kagan do? . Richard W. Garnett . USA Today . 25 March 2007 . 2010-04-15.
8. News: China's lesson on freedom of religion . Richard W. Garnett . USA Today . 26 July 2010 . 2010-07-27.
9. News: Downsizing and the Catholic Church . Richard W. Garnett . USA Today . 16 July 2006 . 2010-04-15.
10. News: Campaigning from the pulpit: Why not? . Richard W. Garnett . USA Today . 16 April 2006 . 2010-04-15.
11. News: The Minority Court . Richard W. Garnett . The Wall Street Journal . 17 April 2010 . 2010-04-17.
12. News: Supreme Court May Soon Lack Protestant Justices . Nina Totenberg . National Public Radio. 7 April 2010 . 2010-04-15.
13. News: A Former Clerk Recalls the Chief Justice . Alex Chadwick . National Public Radio. 5 September 2005 . 2010-04-15.
14. News: The Roberts Court and the Role of Precedent . Nina Totenberg . National Public Radio. 3 July 2007 . 2010-04-15.
15. Web site: Richard W. Garnett, Curriculum Vitae . 2010-04-15.