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Notre Dame Law Professors Offer Insight on Supreme Court Rulings


Author: Jonathan Bailey

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On Tuesday, the Supreme Court concluded its 2025–26 term with landmark decisions addressing birthright citizenship, mail-in voting, religious liberty, and presidential authority. Professors Richard Garnett, Derek Muller, Ashley Sanchez, and Haley Proctor shared their legal expertise with several national news outlets, offering analysis of the Court's most consequential rulings.

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Richard Garnett

Professor Richard W. Garnett is a nationally recognized scholar of constitutional law whose work focuses on religious liberty and church–state relations. He, along with several other scholars, filed an amicus brief in Landor v. Louisiana Department of Corrections on behalf of the plaintiff. The Notre Dame Lindsay and Matt Moroun Religious Liberty Clinic filed a separate amicus brief for the plaintiff in this case. He was interviewed by several outlets about the case.

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Derek Muller

Professor Derek Muller, a leading scholar and expert in election law, analyzed what this term's Supreme Court rulings mean for presidential authority and offered insight into the Court's decisions on mail-in voting and redistricting. See all of his interviews and quotes below.  

Haley Proctor

Haley Proctor

Associate Professor Haley Proctor, a constitutional law scholar who also writes on Second Amendment issues, was interviewed about the court's decisions in Slaughter v. Trump and United States v. Hemani. See all of her interviews below.

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Ashley Sanchez

Ashley Sanchez

Associate Clinical Professor Ashley Sanchez is the director of Notre Dame Law School's Immigration Clinic. She provided insight into the Supreme Court's ruling allowing the Trump Administration to remove temporary protective status for certain immigrant groups. Read her interviews below.