PRESS
RELEASE from Romney for President
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 2, 2007
CONTACT: Kevin Madden
GOVERNOR MITT ROMNEY ANNOUNCES THE ADVISORY
COMMITTEE ON THE CONSTITUTION AND THE COURTS
Boston, MA – Today, Governor Mitt Romney announced the members
of his Advisory Committee on the Constitution and the Courts. A collection
of distinguished legal professionals, scholars and business leaders, the
Advisory Committee will counsel Governor Romney on judicial matters, the
separation of powers and federalism issues.
"Today, too many of our country's most important issues are being decided
by unelected judges. We need men and women who will adhere to the
Constitution and the rule of law. Our nation simply cannot afford
judges who legislate from the bench, and who are willing to depart from
the Constitution to advance a narrow agenda. When we have judges
of the intellectual capabilities of Roberts, Alito, Scalia and Thomas who
have a demonstrated commitment to following the law and the Constitution,
we can preserve our democracy where the American people are guiding our
nation," said Governor Romney. "I am proud to have the support of
these distinguished men and women whose many years of experience will be
invaluable to our campaign. It is an honor to have their counsel
as we address the most important constitutional issues confronting our
nation."
With today's announcement, Professor Mary Ann Glendon and Professor
Douglas W. Kmiec, Co-Chairs of the Advisory Committee, issued a joint statement
saying, "Governor Romney knows first-hand the importance of nominating
judges who will adhere to the rule of law and the Constitution. From
our association with him, we know that a President Romney will nominate
only men and women who have a genuine appreciation for the Constitution's
text, structure and history. Over the course of this campaign, we
look forward to working with this group to provide Governor Romney with
excellent counsel on the constitutional questions confronting our Judiciary
today."
Co-Chairs Of The Advisory Committee On The Constitution And The
Courts:
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Mary Ann Glendon – Learned Hand Professor of Law, Harvard Law School;
Former Member, U.S. President's Council on Bioethics
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Douglas W. Kmiec – Caruso Family Chair & Professor of Constitutional
Law, Pepperdine University; Former Assistant Attorney General, Office of
Legal Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice, for Presidents Ronald Reagan
and George H.W. Bush
Members Of The Advisory Committee On The Constitution And The Courts:
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Bradford A. Berenson – Partner, Sidley Austin LLP; Former Associate
White House Counsel to President George W. Bush; Law Clerk to Justice Anthony
Kennedy of the Supreme Court of the United States and Judge Laurence H.
Silberman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit; Chairman,
The Federalist Society, Executive Committee of the Criminal Law and Procedure
Practice Group
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Elliot S. Berke – General Counsel, Barbour Griffith & Rogers
and Of Counsel, McGahn & Associates; Former Counsel to the Speaker
of the House; Former General Counsel to the House Majority Leader
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Michelle Boardman – Assistant Professor, George Mason School of
Law; Former Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel,
U.S. Department of Justice, for President George W. Bush
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James Bopp, Jr. – Partner, Bopp, Coleson & Bostrom; General
Counsel for the James Madison Center for Free Speech; Special Adviser on
Life Issues to Governor Mitt Romney
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Jamie Brown – Principal, Mehlman Vogel Castagnetti; Former Special
Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs, The White House, and
Acting Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs, U.S. Department
of Justice, for President George W. Bush
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Allen Ferrell – Greenfield Professor of Securities Law, Harvard
Law School; Law Clerk to Justice Anthony Kennedy of the Supreme Court of
the United States and Judge Laurence Silberman of the U.S. Court of Appeals
for the D.C. Circuit
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D. Cameron Findlay – Executive Vice President and General Counsel,
Aon Corporation; Former Deputy Secretary of Labor for President George
W. Bush; Deputy Assistant to President George H. W. Bush, Law Clerk to
Justice Antonin Scalia of the Supreme Court of the United States
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Timothy Flanigan – Former General Counsel, Corporate and International
Law, Tyco International; Former Deputy White House Counsel to President
George W. Bush; Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel, U.S.
Department of Justice, for President George H.W. Bush; Law Clerk to the
Honorable Warren E. Burger, Chief Justice of the United States
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Tom Gede – Principal, Bingham Consulting Group; Former Executive
Director, Conference of Western Attorneys General; Deputy Attorney General,
California Attorney General's Office
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Allyson Ho – Baker Botts; Former Special Assistant to President
George W. Bush and Counselor to U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft; Law
Clerk to Justice Sandra Day O'Connor of the Supreme Court of the United
States
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James Huffman – Erskine Wood Sr. Professor of Law (and former Dean),
Lewis & Clark Law School; Former Chairman, The Federalist Society,
Executive Committee of the Environment and Property Rights Practice Group
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Jay Jorgensen – Partner, Sidley Austin LLP; Law Clerk to Chief Justice
William Rehnquist of the Supreme Court of the Untied States and then-Judge
Samuel Alito of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
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Christopher Landau – Partner and Head of the Appellate Litigation
Practice Group, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Appellate Litigation Practice
Group, Kirkland & Ellis LLP; Law Clerk to Justices Antonin Scalia and
Clarence Thomas of the Supreme Court of the United States
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David G. Leitch – General Counsel, Ford Motor Company; Former Deputy
White House Counsel to President George W. Bush; Law Clerk to Chief Justice
William H. Rehnquist of the Supreme Court of the United States
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Wendy Long – Chief Counsel, Judicial Confirmation Network; Law Clerk
to Justice Clarence Thomas of the Supreme Court of the United States
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Gary L. McDowell – Tyler Haynes Professor of Leadership Studies,
Political Science, and Law in the Jepson School of Leadership Studies,
University of Richmond; Former Chief Speech Writer to Former Attorney General
Edwin Meese III
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Mark D. Nielsen – Vice President, Legal, Raytheon Corporation; Former
Chief of Staff and Chief Legal Counsel to Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney
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Howard C. Nielson, Jr. – Of Counsel, Cooper & Kirk; Former Counsel
to U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft; Deputy Assistant Attorney General,
Office of Legal Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice, for President George
W. Bush; Law Clerk to Justice Anthony Kennedy of the Supreme Court of the
United States and former Judge J. Michael Luttig of the U.S. Court of Appeals
for the Fourth Circuit
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Stephen Presser – Raoul Berger Professor of Legal History, Northwestern
University School of Law
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Kristi Remington – Principal, Blank Rome Government Relations LLC;
Former Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Policy, U.S.
Department of Justice, for President George W. Bush
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Gene Schaerr – Partner and Chair of the Nationwide Appellate Litigation
Group, Winston & Strawn LLP; Former Associate White House Counsel to
President George H. W. Bush; Law Clerk to Chief Justice Warren Burger and
Justice Antonin Scalia of the Supreme Court of the United States, and to
former Judge Kenneth W. Starr of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C.
Circuit; Chairman, Constitutional Sources Project
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Jay Sekulow – Constitutional Law and Supreme Court Advocate
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Bradley A. Smith – Professor of Law, Capital University Law; Of
Counsel, Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease; Former Chairman, Federal Election
Commission
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Matthew Spalding – Director of the B. Kenneth Simon Center for American
Studies, The Heritage Foundation
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Jay B. Stephens – Senior Vice President & General Counsel, Raytheon
Company; Former Deputy White House Counsel to President Ronald Reagan;
Associate Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, for President George
W. Bush; United States Attorney for The District Of Columbia for Presidents
Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush
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Richard K. Willard – Partner, Steptoe & Johnson LLP; Former
Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice,
for President Ronald Reagan; Law Clerk to Justice Harry Blackmun of the
Supreme Court of the United States and then-Judge Anthony Kennedy of the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
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