Washington, DC (December 15, 2010) – On Thursday, December 16, 2010, at 10:00 AM EST, the Federalist Society will host a media call on the proposed House rules change for Automatic Sequential Referral. The change would require any bill that proposes or modifies a criminal penalty to be referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary before any floor consideration. The call will feature former U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese III and Norman L. Reimer, Executive Director of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

To join this call, please contact Caitlin Carroll at ccarroll@crcpublicrelations.com or 703-683-5004 ext. 115 for the dial-in information and pass code.

WHAT:  

Discussion on the proposal to change the House rules for Automatic Sequential Referral and criminal law in the next Congress.

WHEN:
Thursday – December 16, 2010 @ 10:00 AM EST – 10:30 AM EST

WHERE:
Please contact Caitlin Carroll for conference call dial-in number and pass code

WHO:  

Edwin Meese
Former U.S. Attorney General

Norman Reimer
Executive Director, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

Contacts

NACDL Communications Department

The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers is the preeminent organization advancing the mission of the criminal defense bar to ensure justice and due process for persons accused of crime or wrongdoing. A professional bar association founded in 1958, NACDL's many thousands of direct members in 28 countries – and 90 state, provincial and local affiliate organizations totaling up to 40,000 attorneys – include private criminal defense lawyers, public defenders, military defense counsel, law professors and judges committed to preserving fairness and promoting a rational and humane criminal legal system.