Notre Dame 88

Judge Scopelitis, the judge in the trial of ND 88 has lifted the stay of discovery in the case. This will allow the legal defense team, for the pro-life protesters arrested at the University of Notre Dame in May of 2009, to seek testimony from University officials.

 

The protesters are called ND 88, and have been in jail since May 2009. They were arrested for trespassing during the demonstrations protesting President Obama's reception of an honorary degree by the University of Notre Dame.

 

This leaves the lead attorney free to pursue depositions and find out more about the events, that led to the arrest of the ND 88. The information will include :

 

1.)     Who gave authority to the Notre Dame Police Department to arrest the ND 88?

2.)     Who decided that the ND 88 were not allowed on campus during the month of May 2009?

3.)     When were these decisions made?

4.)     Notre Dame's policies and practices regarding demonstrations on campus.

5.)     All communications between Notre Dame and any outside policing entities regarding the treatment and arrest of the ND 88, and which communications occurred prior to the arrest.

 

"A Notre Dame Alumni group, Sycamore Trust, recently reported that homosexual rights and anti-ROTC protestors received, at worst a mere slap on the wrist, for leading unauthorized protests on campus. We believe that through discovery, we may very well uncover evidence, that the Notre Dame police engaged in view-point discrimination, and that the university singled out the ND 88 for especially harsh treatment," said Tom Brejcha, president and chief counsel of the Thomas Moore Society, who is defending the ND 88.