Articles

First Amendment:

In his First Amendment articles, Garry addresses both the speech and religion clauses. Regarding the speech clause, he applies the original meaning behind the First Amendment to the complex and unforeseen circumstances of our modern media society. In his articles on the Establishment Clause, Garry argues that too often the courts apply this clause in a way completely unintended by the constitutional framers and ratifiers. He argues that the courts frequently apply the Establishment Clause as a kind of distorted individual “dissenter’s” right to be free of exposure to religion in society.

General Legal Articles

Garry has also published scholarly articles in the fields of general constitutional law, administrative law, and media law. His work in the area of constitutional law focuses on federalism and separation of powers. And his scholarly work in media law stems from his earlier experiences as a lawyer for the Minnesota News Council and a research fellow with the Freedom Forum Media Studies Center at Columbia University.

The law journals in which Patrick Garry has published include the Utah Law Review, Southern Methodist University Law Review, Brigham Young University Law Review, Pepperdine Law Review, Missouri Law Review, Arizona State Law Journal, University of Miami Law Review, Kentucky Law Journal, Alabama Law Review, Temple Law Review, Florida Law Review, Wake Forest Law Review, and Pittsburgh Law Review. In addition to being published in leading law journals, Garry has also published articles in a wide array of reference books. These reference books include the Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court of the United States, the Encyclopedia of the First Amendment, The Oxford Companion to U.S. History, The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States, the First Amendment Law Handbook, and The American Midwest: An Interpretive Encyclopedia. Garry’s study of Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes appears in Great Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Popular Audience Articles

Garry has written prolifically for popular audience periodicals and websites. His essays involve constitutional, political and cultural commentary, and have appeared in the Washington Times, the Chicago Tribune, Cincinnati Post, Indianapolis News, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Omaha World Herald, Commonweal, and Law & Politics. As a featured columnist, he has contributed scores of articles to The BellTowers, Renew America, and The Intellectual Conservative.

Please see the subpages under the Articles tab for an almost-exhaustive list of Professor Garry's articles.