The Supreme Court should liberate us from ‘liberation day’ thehill.com/opinion/judici…

Gerard V. Bradley and the American Law of Church and State SSRN papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

Congratulations to my former student and research assistant, Joshua Dunlap! He will be an outstanding judge.

I hope and expect that #SCOTUS will disapprove the administration’s unauthorized (and foolish) tariffs. I also urge citizens to distrust commentators who suggest that the “conservative” justices act out of loyalty to the President while the “liberal” justices just do law.

Like Prof. McConnell, I think the tariffs are unauthorized, and also that those who flog the “conservative Court” narrative should say whether they think the “liberal” justices’ votes would be different if the previous president had imposed them. politico.com/news/magazine/…

This is your regular reminder that the Solicitor General should not be addressed as “General.” #SCOTUS

Your annual reminder that Guy Fawkes was framed.

No, I don’t respect it. He’s claiming Catholicism for his prejudices and lack of learning.

Because Prof. Vermeule blocks me, I cannot quote or share his misguided critique of Justice Barrett’s remarks (see below). It is clear, though, that many among his followers (a) misuse “positivism” and (b) fail to distinguish between the legislative and the judicial roles.

Mark your calendars! We're looking forward to attending next week's Rice-Hasson Distinguished Lecture Series at Notre Dame Law School, featuring Chief Judge William H. Pryor, Jr. of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

Some shots of the ICLARS Regional Conference on Religion, Education, and State Neutrality at the Mattone Center this afternoon. Round 2 tomorrow!

"Court, to the surprise of no one, denies a factbound petition for certiorari that doesn't squarely present the question some people are, for various reasons, pretending it does." #SCOTUS Supreme Court Denies Request to Revisit Same-Sex Marriage Decision nytimes.com/2025/11/10/us/…

1/4 With the U.S. Supreme Court beginning its new term, Notre Dame Law Professor Richard Garnett, an expert in constitutional and religious freedom law, gives his insight on which cases he's following most closely in the video below.

A fascinating opinion (respecting a cert. denial) from Justices Gorsuch and Thomas regarding the "Indian Commerce Clause" and the "plenary power" doctrine: supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf…

Jonathan H. Adler I read many hundreds of petitions that "presented the question" whether chem-trails had been created by the Federal Reserve to disable the satellite TV of the petitioner. The Court didn't, though, "consider" that question.

Not 1, but *2* panels on traditionalism and law de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture conference this weekend. Mine: with the great Sherif Girgis, Jeff Pojanowski, and Rick Garnett. BUT...there is a youngsters panel too! With Dennis J. Wieboldt III and 2 other scholars of tradition!! docs.google.com/document/d/1AJ…

Join the Clinic on November 17 for a lecture by Most Rev. Kevin C. Rhoades, Bishop of Fort Wayne–South Bend and chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee for Religious Liberty. Bishop Rhoades will explore the relationship between religious liberty and

The Freedom to Raise Our Children by John Huleatt, Timothy Cardinal Dolan, Rabbi Meir Soloveichik, William Haun plough.com/en/topics/just…

Sen. Cruz is correct; Tucker Carlson is a repulsive anti-semite, who evidently knows little of Christianity or Judaism, which does not claim "blood superiority" and affirms persons' equal human dignity. Carlson is irritated, I guess, that Jews also affirm their right to exist.

A real treat, at Notre Dame Law School, to hear from Judge Pryor. It was such a good lecture that, I think, the Notre Dame crowd forgave his being an Alabama football fan. ND Center for Citizenship and Constitutional Govt.