Professor Stephen Safranek Curriculum Vitae

CURRICULUM VITAE

University of Notre Dame, J.D., Cum Laude. Dean's List Six Semesters.

M.A. Philosophy, specialization in Ethics, Philosophy of Science and Classical Philosophy.

University of Dallas, M.A. Philosophy. ABD.

University of San Francisco, B.A. Philosophy.

Bar Memberships:

Michigan, Illinois, United States Supreme Court, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

Employment Experience:

Professor of Law, Ave Maria School of Law.

Associate Professor of Law, University of Detroit Mercy.

Assistant Professor of Law, University of Detroit Mercy.

Visiting Professor, University of Detroit Mercy.

Associate, Latham and Watkins, Chicago Office.

Law Clerk to Honorable Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

 Subjects Taught:

Contracts; Sales; State & Local Government; Moral Foundations of the Law; Law, Ethics & Public Policy; Civil Procedure; Constitutional Law; Fourteenth Amendment; Jurisprudence Seminar; Professional Responsibility.

Law Review Articles:

Scalia's Lament, 8 TEX. REV. L. & POL. 315 (2004).

Race in America: How Racial Injustice has Warped the Law, 48 WAYNE L. REV. 1025 (2002).

Can Homosexual Equal Protection Claims Withstand the Implications of Bowers v. Hardwick?, 50 CATH. U.L. REV. 703 (2001) (with John P. Safranek).

Judging the Justices: A Statistical Review of the Record of the Judges for the Michigan Supreme Court, 75 U. DET. MERCY L. REV. 621 (1998) (with Diana Azzopardi).

The Legal Obligation of Clients, Lawyers, and Judges to Tell the Truth, 34 IDAHO L. REV. 345 (1998).

Licensing Liberty: The Self-Contradictions of Substantive Due Process, 2 TEX. REV. L. & POL. 231 (1998) (with John P. Safranek).

Can the Right to Autonomy be Resuscitated After Glucksberg, 69 U. COLO. L. REV. 731 (1998) (with John P. Safranek).

Assisted Suicide: The State Versus the People, 21 SEATTLE U. L. REV. 261 (1997) (with John P. Safranek).

A Review of the Significant Constitutional Law Cases, 1997 DETROIT C.L. REV. 743 (1997).

An Essay on Term Limits and a Call for a Constitutional Convention, 80 MARQ. L. REV. 227 (1996) (with Ronald Rotunda).

Sixth Circuit Constitutional Law Survey, 1996 DETROIT C.L. REV. 271 (1996).

Do Class Action Plaintiffs Lose Their Constitutional Rights, 1996 WIS. L. REV. 263 (1996).

Curbing the Fees of the Class Action Lawyers in Light of the City of Burlington, 41 WAYNE L. REV. 1301 (1995).

Can Science Guide Legal Argumentation? The Role of Metaphor in Constitutional Cases, 25 LOY. U. CHI. L.J. 357 (1994).

Term Limitations: Do the Winds of Change Blow Unconstitutional? 26 CREIGHTON L. REV. 321 (1993) (cited by the United States Supreme Court in U.S. Term Limits v. Thornton).

Time for an Intermediate Court of Appeals: The Evidence Says `Yes', 23 IND. L. REV. 863 (1990).

Books and Book Chapters:

"Article 1, Section 2 of the United States Constitution, A Historical Summary," in THE HERITAGE GUIDE TO THE CONSTITUTION, forthcoming.

"Religious Freedom in America: Its Lessons for the World," in THE RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS IN THE THIRD MILLENNIUM 286-297 (M. Saulle ed., 2001).

THE CONSTITUTIONAL CASE FOR TERM LIMITS (U.S. Term Limits, 1993).

Book Reviews:

Freedom is a Theme Only, 73 N.D. L. REV. 233 (1997) (a review of THE THEME IS FREEDOM by M. Stanton Evans).

Scholarly Papers:

"Term Limitations of U.S. Senators & Representatives: Do the Winds of Change Blow Unconstitutional, Laches, Nov. 1990 at 8.

"Refining Affirmative Action," JURIST: The Legal Education Network, opinion piece available at http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/forum/forumnew89.php.

"Preview of United States Supreme Court Cases," Issue 2, Oct. 16, 1995 (reviewing Hercules, Inc. v. United States).

Select Television Appearances:

CNN- appeared on national and rebroadcast international news regarding First Amendment concerns of Art Exhibit. August 27, 1990.

CNN- appeared on national and rebroadcast international news regarding Free Speech concerns of defendants in court. July 15, 1997.

ABC, NBC, CBS- legal news commentary including appearance on Good Morning America.

Channel 56, "Back-to-Back," Debate on Proposal B, Sept. 29, 1998.

Channel 56, "Back-to-Back," Host Interview, Oct. 13, 1998.

Channel 56, "Back-to-Back," Debate with Congressman Conyers and others regarding saving Social Security. Jan. 12, 1999.

Channel CTND , Presentation regarding Proposal B, Euthanasia Measure on Michigan Ballot. Oct. 5, 1998.

Over 50 local television news interviews.

Selected Magazine and Newspaper Articles and References:

Time Magazine, Dec. 27, 1999 at 132, "Outside, Wanting In." Presented in full story regarding representation of homeschooling families who wanted opportunity to play sports in state competition.

The Detroit News, Dec. 18, 1998 editorial, "Principles Will be True Impeachment Test."

The Detroit News, Dec. 5, 2000 editorial "What Does Supreme Court Ruling Mean?"

The Detroit News, Dec. 10, 2000 editorial, "Has Florida Court Wreaked Havoc on Election?"

The Detroit News, April 1, 2001 editorial, "Was Judge Right on UM Law School Admissions?"

Seattle Post-Intelligencer, July 30, 2003 editorial, "Keep Politics Out of Judicial Nominations.

Washington Times, August 1, 2003 in "Vatican Paper Condemns Same-Sex Marriage.

Eastern District Opinion Notes in the Michigan Bar Journal

Vol. 70 No. 3 at 351-52 (March 1991).
Vol. 70 No. 5 at 461-62 (May 1991).
Vol. 70 No. 6 at 592-93 (June 1991).
Vol. 70 No. 8 at 844-845 (August 1991).
Vol. 70 No. 9 at 966-967 (September 1991).
Vol. 70 No. 10 at 1096-97 (October 1991).
Vol. 70 No. 11 at 1210-11 (November 1991).
Vol. 70 No. 12 at 1344-45 (December 1991).

Vol. 71 No. 1 at 94-95 (January 1992).
Vol. 71 No. 2 at 218-19 (February 1992).
Vol. 71 No. 3 at 332-33 (March 1992).
Vol. 71 No. 5 at 458-59 (May 1992).
Vol. 71 No. 6 at 590-91 (June 1992).
Vol. 71 No. 7 at 704-05 (July 1992).
Vol. 71 No. 8 at 842-43 (August 1992).
Vol. 71 No. 9 at 966-67 (September 1992).
Vol. 71 No. 10 at 1088-89 (October 1992).
Vol. 71 No. 11 at 1214-15 (November 1992).
Vol. 71 No. 12 at 1329-30 (December 1992).

Vol. 72 No. 1 at 98-99 (January 1993).
Vol. 72 No. 2 at 23-31 (February 1993).
Vol. 72 No. 3 at 358-59 (March 1993).
Vol. 72 No. 5 at 472-73 (May 1993).
Vol. 72 No. 6 at 590-91 (June 1993).
Vol. 72 No. 7 at 720-21 (July 1993).
Vol. 72 No. 8 at 842-43 (August 1993).
Vol. 72 No. 9 at 962 (September 1993).
Vol. 72 No. 10 at 1088-89 (October 1993).
Vol. 72 No. 11 at 1224-25 (November 1993).
Vol. 72 No. 12 at 1332-33 (December 1993).

Vol. 73 No. 1 at 92-93 (January 1994).
Vol. 73 No. 2 at 220-21 (February 1994).
Vol. 73 No. 3 at 348-49 (March 1994).
Vol. 73 No. 5 at 478-79 (May 1994).
Vol. 73 No. 11 at 1206-07 (November 1994).
Vol. 73 No. 12 at 1340-41 (December 1994).

Vol. 74 No. 1 at 76-77 (January 1995).
Vol. 74 No. 2 at 210-11 (February 1995).
Vol. 74 No. 3 at 340-41 (March 1995).
Vol. 74 No. 5 at 462-63 (May 1995).
Vol. 74 No. 7 at 716-17 (July 1995).
Vol. 74 No. 8 at 836-37 (August 1995).
Vol. 74 No. 9 at 960-61 (September 1995).
Vol. 74 No. 10 at 1080-81 (October 1995).
Vol. 74 No. 11 at 1210 11 (November 1995).
Vol. 74 No. 12 at 1306-07 (December 1995).

Vol. 75 No. 2 at 190-91 (February 1996).
Vol. 75 No. 3 at 320-21 (March 1996).
Vol. 75 No. 5 at 438-39 (May 1996).
Vol. 75 No. 7 at 700-01 (July 1996).
Vol. 75 No. 9 at 968-69 (September 1996).
Vol. 75 No. 11 at 1206-07 (November 1996).

Vol. 76 No. 1 at 100-01 (January 1997).
Vol. 76 No. 2 at 216-17 (February 1997).

Professional Speeches and Debates:

Conscience and the Law, Spring 1995. Presentation to the Society of Catholic Social Scientists, Steubbenville, OH.

Discrimination in Private Clubs, Westland Country Club, Westland, MI., Feb. 3, 1997.

The Role of Legal Education, Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, MI., Feb. 7, 1997.

Toward Truth in the Law, May 14, 1997, Wheeling University, Wheeling, W.Va.

Regulating Sexually Explicit Businesses, Michigan Association of Municipal Attorneys, Sept. 26, 1997.

Truth in the Legal Process, Great Lakes Law & Family Conference, Oct. 11, 1997.

Legal Education's Virtues, Butler University, Indianapolis, IN., Nov. 30, 1997.

Ethics and the Law, Great Lakes Law & Family Conference, Oct. 23, 1998.

The Fourteenth Amendment and Current Legal Issues, Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, MI., Nov. 18, 1997.

Legal Issues in the Coming Years, California Leadership Conference, Jan. 9, 1998.

Term Limits and Constitutional Issues, U.S. Term Limits Conference, Washington, D.C., Oct. 20, 1998.

Conference on the Pending Impeachment, Rothgerber Lecture, University of Colorado, Nov. 7, 1998.

FACE's Constitutionality, April 8, 1999. Debate with Elliot Minceburg of the ACLU at the University of Detroit Mercy.

The Courts and Initiatives: What is Happening? The National Initiative and Referendum Conference, May 8, 1999.

The Life of the Law, Thomas Aquinas College, Nov. 8, 1999.

The Values of Legal Education, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA., Nov. 10, 1999.

Natural Law and the Legal Tradition: Aquinas and Hans Kelsen, A Response and Critique of Professor Robert George, Natural Law Conference, Sacred Heart Major Seminary, Detroit, MI., June 3, 2000.

The Increasing Conflicts Between the Demands of the Secular State and Religious Liberty, Part of Vatican Conference, Sept. 7, 2000 at La Sapienza, Rome, Italy.

Lawyers Free Speech, Annual Meeting of the State Bar of Michigan, Lansing, MI., Sept. 23, 2000.

Why a Legal Education, Xavier University, New Orleans, LA., Oct. 24, 2000.

The Increasing Conflict Between the Demands of the Secular State and Religious Liberty, Society of Catholic Social Scientists, Steubbenville, OH., Oct. 27, 2000.

The Future of Affirmative Action, Debate for the Detroit Chapter of the NAACP, Feb. 26, 2001.

Faith and Reason in the Pursuit of Justice, program Self-Evident Truths: Catholic Perspectives on American Law, Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, Washington, D.C., Mar. 3, 2001.

Capital Punishment, A Debate for the Society of Catholic Social Scientists, Moderator, Oct. 26, 2001.

Selected Topics on Modern Legal Theory, Presentations for the Society of Catholic Social Scientists, Moderator, Oct. 27, 2001.

The Liberty of Lawyers as Counselors Post Nine Eleven in Terrorist Cases, Representative Assembly of the State Bar of Michigan, Lansing, MI., Dec. 2001.

The Rule of Law in American Society Post Nine Eleven, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI., March 2, 2002.

Race in the Development of American Law, A Contract Perspective, Wayne State University School of Law, April 4, 2002.

The Importance of Just Wages, Monroe City Council, Monroe, MI., July 8, 2002.

Homosexual Marriage, debate at Wayne State University, April 6, 2004.

Whither Marriage, Ave Maria School of Law, April 15, 2004.

A Constitutional Debate on Marriage, Wayne State University, Oct. 5, 2004.

Marriage through the Ages, Society of Catholic Social Scientists Annual Meeting, Oct. 30, 2004.

Invited Testimony on Legal Issues:

Michigan Senate Judiciary Committee, May 15, 1996.

Michigan Senate Judiciary Committee, Feb. 6, 1997.

Nebraska Subcommittee on Elections, Feb. 13, 1997.

Michigan Senate Judiciary Committee, April 23, 1997.

Michigan Senate Judiciary Committee, May 25, 1999.

Michigan Senate Judiciary Committee, Nov. 15, 1999.

Michigan House Subcommittee on Judiciary, Nov. 29, 1999.

Select Radio Interviews and Debates:

Current Legal Issues, WDEO, March 29, 2001.

Host, Kresta in the Afternoon, WDEO, March 17, 2002.

Host, Kresta in the Afternoon, WDEO, April 8, 2002.

 Commentary and Debates on WWJ, weekly Sept.-Dec. 1998.

Community Presentations:

Family Life and the Law, University of Steubbenville, Steubbenville, OH., Mar. 20, 1997.

The Fourteenth Amendment's Influence on Euthanasia, Acton Institute Presentations, Bloomfield, MI., April 6, 1997.

Tuesday Morning Breakfast Club, Ann Arbor, MI., Nov. 4, 1997.

Proposal B, St. Michael's Parish, Southfield MI., Feb. 12, 1998.

RFRA in Michigan, Eastpointe, MI., March 31, 1998.

Proposal B, St. John's Center, April 29, 1998.

Legal Issues for Small Business, Grosse Pointe Rotary Club, July 27, 1998.

Proposal B, Sacred Heart Major Seminary, Detroit, MI., Sept. 17, 1998.

Proposal B, St. Isaac Jogues, St. Clair Shores, MI., Oct. 13, 1998.

Interpreting Our Constitution, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI., War Memorial, Jan. 19, 1999.

Important Issues Facing Business, Belleville, MI., Civic Club, March 23, 1999.

Legal Issues of Our Times, Northville, MI., Knights of Columbus, May 10, 1999.

Some Legal Concerns, Ann Arbor's Tuesday Morning Breakfast Club, May 18, 1999.

Keeping Your City Safe, Steubbenville, OH. Civic Club, June 23, 1999.

Legal Issues of Our Times, Orchard Lake, MI., Knights of Columbus, June 24, 1999.

My Conscience and Censorship, Fr. Gabrielle High School, April 10, 2001.

The Bill of Rights ? A Symposium, Bloomfield Hills, MI., Bloomfield Republican Women's Club, May 19, 2001.

Legal Counsel:

General Counsel, U.S. Term Limits, 1995-2002.

General Counsel, Catholic Campaign for America 1999-2001.

Commentator on Georgia Republic Draft Law on the Bar and Barrister's Activity, 1996.

Committee and Other Work:

Faculty Appointments, Judicial Clerkships, Long Range Planning, Placement, and Co-Curriculars.

Faculty member assigned to co-chair committee on a Celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Letter from a Birmingham Jail.

Major Civic Activities:

 Member, Academic Standards Committee, Sacred Heart Major Seminary, Detroit, MI.

Board Member, The Initiative and Referendum Institute.

Board Member, Catholic Campaign for America.

Member of Hearing Panel for the Michigan Attorney Discipline Board.

City Councilman, Elected in 1993, re-elected in 1997.

Foster Parent.
 

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