Witness List for Thursday Hearing on Federalism and Crime Control

WASHINGTON, DC — Governmental Affairs Chairman Fred Thompson (R-TN) and Ranking Member Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) today announced the committee will hear testimony from the following witnesses regarding the issue of Federalism and Crime Control on Thursday, May 6, beginning at 9:30 a.m. in Room 342 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building:

Panel I

THE HONORABLE EDWIN MEESE III
Former Attorney General of the United States (1985-1988)
Ronald Reagan Distinguished Fellow in Public Policy, The Heritage Foundation
Chair, ABA Task Force on the Federalization of Criminal Law

THE HONORABLE GIL MERRITT
United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit
Nashville, Tennessee

Panel II

PROFESSOR JOHN S. BAKER, JR.
The Dale E. Bennett Professor of Law
Paul M. Hebert Law Center
Louisiana State University

THE HONORABLE JOHN DORSO
Majority Leader, North Dakota House of Representatives
on behalf of the National Conference of State Legislatures

MR. GERALD B. LEFCOURT
Immediate Past President and Legislative Committee Chair
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

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