RE: Revised witness list for statehood hearing Monday
Anne Anderson
for the issue, here is an opportunity to show up!
Thanks, Anne
> [Original Message]
> From: A. Loikow <alo...@verizon.net>
> To: <Undisclosed recipients:>
> Date: 5/29/2009 6:51:48 PM
> Subject: Revised witness list for statehood hearing Monday
>
> “PATHWAYS TO STATEHOOD & FULL SELF-DETERMINATION:
> POLITICAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL CONSIDERATIONS”
>
> Council of the District of Columbia
> Special Committee on Statehood and Self-Determination
> Councilmember Michael A. Brown, Chair
>
> Public Hearing
>
> “PATHWAYS TO STATEHOOD & FULL SELF-DETERMINATION:
> POLITICAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL CONSIDERATIONS”
>
> Monday, June 1, 2009 – 6:30pm
> John A. Wilson Building, Council Chambers (Room 500)
> 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
>
> Panel One: Framing the Discussion
>
> The Honorable Reverend Walter Fauntroy, Former DC Delegate to U.S.
> House of Representatives; Pioneer of DC Statehood & Home Rule Movements
> The Honorable Jamin Raskin, Maryland State Senator; Constitutional Law
> Professor, American University's Washington College of Law
>
> Panel Two: The Impact of Voting Rights, Statehood, and Similar
> Measures to the Home Rule Charter and Structure of the District of
> Columbia
>
> Brian Flowers, Counsel to the Council of the District of Columbia
> Peter J. Nickles, Attorney General for the District of Columbia
>
> Panel Three: The Constitutionality of the DC House Voting Rights Act
> of 2009
>
> The Honorable Patricia Wald, Former Chief Judge, United States Court
> of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
> Jonathan R. Siegel, Professor of Law, George Washington University Law
> School
> Walter Smith, Executive Director, DC Appleseed Center; District of
> Columbia Bar, The District of Columbia Affairs Section
>
> Panel Four: Beyond the DC Voting Rights Act: Additional Pathways to
> Full Democracy
>
> Manus Cooney, Constitutional Lawyer, TCH Group; Former Staff Director
> for Senate Judiciary Committee and Counsel to U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch
> (R-UT)
> Richard (Rick) Dykema, Chief of Staff to U.S. Congressman Dana
> Rohrabacher (R-CA)
> Stephen Pershing, Constitutional Lawyer, Center for Constitutional
> Litigation, P.C.; Adjunct Professor George Washington University
> LawSchool
> The Honorable John Capozzi, Former “Shadow” U.S. Representative for
> the District of Columbia
> Johnny Barnes, Executive Director, American Civil Liberties Union of
> the National Capital Area
>
> Panel Five: Voting Rights, Statehood and Full Self-Determination for
> the District of Columbia: A Political Analysis
>
> The Honorable Tom Davis, Former U.S. Congressman from Virginia
>
> Panel Six: Perspectives from Future Legal Scholars and Political Leaders
> Edneka Haynes, 3rd Year Student, Howard University School of Law
> Jackie Ouidia, Student Body and BLSA President, UDC, David A.Clarke
> School of Law
>