Rick Garnett
Professor of Law
Office: 3164 Eck Hall of Law
Phone: 574-631-6981
Email: rgarnett@nd.edu
Areas of Expertise
Death penalty, free speech, school choice, Catholic social thought, church/state relations, religion in the public square, free exercise of religion, federalism and criminal law, Supreme Court, criminal defense, religious liberty, education reform
Before joining the Notre Dame law faculty in 1999, Garnett had clerked for Supreme Court Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist and practiced law in criminal-defense, religious-liberty, and education-reform matters. A tireless constitutional scholar, articulate commentator and the author of a seemingly endless stream of op/ed pieces, he holds strong, informed and articulate opinions on just about anything the Constituion is able to affect from school choice, church-state relations and religion in the public square to free speech, free exercise of religion and the death penalty.
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ND EXPERTS
Law professor Garnett says Supreme Court’s religious display decision won’t end the argument
Garnett questions perception of Supreme Court’s right turn
Law professor argues for ban on partial birth abortion
Garnett sees little new in Supreme Court ruling on commandments displays
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ND Law School professor Garnett reacts to Supreme Court handgun, death penalty decisions
Garnett’s dedication to Catholic school choice rooted in law, and life
