Professor Richard W. Garnett teaches and writes in the areas of constitutional law, criminal law, the First Amendment, and law and religion. He is a leading authority on questions and debates regarding religious freedom and church-state relations, and is the founding director of Notre Dame Law School’s Program on Church, State, and Society.
Garnett clerked for the late Chief Justice of the United States, William H. Rehnquist, and also for the late Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, Richard S. Arnold. He earned his J.D. from Yale Law School in 1995 and his B.A., summa cum laude, from Duke University in 1990. He joined the faculty in 1999 after practicing law in Washington, D.C. with Miller, Cassidy, Larroca & Lewin.
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Supreme Court Recap
Notre Dame Student Chapter
Notre Dame Law School, McCartan Courtroom1100 Eck Hall of Law
Notre Dame, IN 46617
The Separation of Church and State
Wake Forest Student Chapter
Wake Forest University School of Law1834 Wake Forest Rd.
Winston-Salem, NC 27109
Religion in America and the Constitutional Experiment
Illinois Student Chapter
Illinois college of law504 E Pennsylvania Ave, Champaign, IL 61820
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Originalism and State Constitutions
Originalism has quickly become the leading approach to interpreting the U.S. Constitution, drawing from the...
Originalism and State Constitutions
Originalism has quickly become the leading approach to interpreting the U.S. Constitution, drawing from the...
Parental Rights and Religious Liberty: Examining New Conflicts Between Parents and the State
The Supreme Court has articulated that parents have the unenumerated right rooted in the Fourteenth Amendment...
Parental Rights and Religious Liberty: Examining New Conflicts Between Parents and the State
The Supreme Court has articulated that parents have the unenumerated right rooted in the Fourteenth Amendment...
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Pierce v. Society of Sisters [SCOTUSbrief]
Short video featuring Richard W Garrett
When Oregon passed a compulsory public education law in 1922, a group of religious sisters...
