Doron M. Kalir
Clinical Professor of Law, Cleveland State University
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About Doron
Kalir's scholarship focuses on the intersection between religion freedoms and LGBTQ rights. Kalir's area of expertise include federal courts, the Supreme Court, separation-of-powers, Religion and State, Jewish Law, the Israeli Legal System & Government.
Contributions
The Need for Principled Balancing when Constitutional Values Collide
Key Findings Brief,
In the News
Opinion: "No Jews or LGBTQ Allowed’? The Supreme Court Seems To Approve," Doron M. Kalir, Opinion, Cleveland.com, July 7, 2023.
Quoted by Fulcrum Staff in "What We Mean When We Use Words Like Sedition and Insurrection," The Fulcrum, January 8, 2021.
Quoted by in "Barrett Puts Affirmative Action in Play As Harvard Case Looms," Law 360, October 6, 2020.
Publications
"Artis v. District of Columbia – What Did the Supreme Court Actually Say?" Notre Dame Law Review Online 94 (forthcoming).
Unpacks a new 5:4 decision by the Supreme Court, where the dissent did not seem to understand what the majority was saying, and the majority, in turn, did not seem to quite understand what the dissent was suggesting. Raises the question in the title - what did the Court actually say?
"Rethinking Religious Objections (Old-Testament Based) to Same-Sex Marriage" Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics and Public Policy 33 (2018).
Reviews, as the title suggests, the main religious objections to Same Sex Marriage as provided by the Old Testament; debunking them one by one.