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Subcommittee on the Constitution

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

Type: Full Committee Hearing
Date:
Time: 10:00am
Location: SD-226
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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

Member Statements

Panel I

  • Pastor Daniel de Leon, Sr

    Alianza de Ministerios Evangélicos Nacionales (AMEN)
    Pastor, Templo Calvario, General Presbyter, Assemblies of God
    Santa Ana, CA
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  • Mrs. Maggie Gallagher

    President
    Institute for Marriage and Public Policy
    New York, NY
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  • The Honorable Jon Bruning

    Attorney General of Nebraska
    Lincoln, NE
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  • 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
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  • Mr Chuck Muth

    President
    Citizen Outreach
    Washington, DC
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  • Mr Hilary Shelton

    Director, Washington Bureau
    National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
    Washington, DC
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  • Professor Lea Brilmayer

    Howard M. Holtzmann Professor of International Law
    Yale Law School
    New Haven, CT
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