CIVIL LIBERTIES ADVOCACY

LETTERS AND TESTIMONY

Letter to California Supreme Court supporting review of In re George T., juvenile delinquency case raising First Amendment issues (January 10, 2003). The California Supreme Court granted review and ultimately decided the case as I had urged, including the application of an "independent" standard of review. (In re George T. (2004) 33 Cal.4th 620.)
Letter to Judicial Council re access to electronic court records (for Society of Professional Journalists) (August 3, 1998)
Testimony before University of California Board of Regents re benefits for domestic partners (for American Jewish Congress) (July 17, 1997)
Letter to Assembly Public Safety Committee in support of SB 434 (bill to reverse California Department of Corrections ban on news interviews with inmates) (for American Jewish Congress) (June 26, 1997)
Testimony before California Senate Education Committee in opposition to AB 3180 (bill to establish tax-funded "opportunity scholarships" at private schools) (for Americans United) (July 3, 1996)
Remarks to Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors re official prayers (for American Jewish Congress) (December 20, 1994)

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