“Judicial Activism vs. Democracy: What are the National Implications of the Massachusetts Goodridge Decision and the Judicial Invalidation of Traditional Marriage Laws?”

February 24, 2004

NOTICE OF SUBCOMMITTEE HEARING

The Senate Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Property Rights will hold a hearing, entitled "Judicial Activism vs. Democracy: What are the National Implications of the Massachusetts Goodridge Decision and the Judicial Invalidation of Traditional Marriage Laws?" on Wednesday, March 3, 2004, at

10 a.m. in Room 226 of the Senate Dirksen Office Building.

Senator Cornyn will preside.

By order of the Chairman

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Final Witness List

Hearing Before the

Committee on the Judiciary

Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Property Rights

United States Senate

on

"Judicial Activism vs. Democracy:

What are the National Implications of the Massachusetts Goodridge Decision and the Judicial Invalidation of Traditional Marriage Laws?"

Wednesday, March 3, 2004

10 a.m., SD-226

Panel I

Reverend Richard Richardson

Assistant Pastor, St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church

Director of Political Affairs, The Black Ministerial Alliance of Greater Boston

President/CEO, Children's Services of Roxbury

Boston, MA

Pastor Daniel de Leon, Sr.

Alianza de Ministerios Evangélicos Nacionales (AMEN)

Pastor, Templo Calvario

General Presbyter, Assemblies of God

Santa Ana, CA

Mr. Hilary Shelton

Director, Washington Bureau

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Washington, DC

Mr. Chuck Muth

President, Citizen Outreach

Washington, DC

Professor Lea Brilmayer

Howard M. Holtzmann Professor of International Law

Yale Law School

New Haven, CT

The Honorable Jon Bruning

Attorney General of Nebraska

Lincoln, NE

Mrs. Maggie Gallagher

President, Institute for Marriage and Public Policy

New York, NY