Professor Parker was invited to present research at the University of Memphis Law Review‘s annual symposium. The symposium focused on a cornerstone of the American legal system: due process.

Professor Parker’s coauthored research paper looks at how lower courts treated substantive due process claims after the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision given that the Supreme Court sent mixed signals about whether the decision applied only to abortion or more broadly curtailed substantive due process rights. They find that the lower courts restricted the expansion of new substantive due process claims, but were hesitant to pull back on existing rights. However, the ambiguity in the Supreme Court’s decisions led to significant partisan division in how Circuit Court judges treated substantive due process claims. 

The following link contains additional information on the symposium and Professor Parker’s research presentation: Memphis Law Review Symposium