These are the 131 Republican conservatives who signed a pro-gay marriage Supreme Court brief in favor of striking California's Proposition 8. Included on the list: Clint Eastwood, U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and political consultant Ana Navarro, both of Miami.
(Scroll to the bottom of the list to read the brief)
LIST OF AMICI CURIAE
- Kenneth B. Mehlman, Chairman, Republican National
Committee, 2005-2007 - Tim Adams, Undersecretary of the Treasury for International
Affairs, 2005-2007 - Cliff S. Asness, Businessman, Philanthropist, and Author
- David D. Aufhauser, General Counsel, Department of
the Treasury, 2001-2003 - Charles Bass, Member of Congress, 1995-2007 and
2011-2013 - John B. Bellinger III, Legal Adviser to the Department
of State, 2005-2009 - Katie Biber, General Counsel, Romney for President,
2007-2008 and 2011-2012 - Mary Bono Mack, Member of Congress, 1998-2013
- William A. Burck, Deputy Staff Secretary, Special
Counsel, and Deputy Counsel to the President, 2005-
2009 - Alex Castellanos, Republican Media Advisor
- Paul Cellucci, Governor of Massachusetts, 1997-2001,
and Ambassador to Canada, 2001-2005 - David C. Chavern, Business Association Executive
- Mary Cheney, Director of Vice Presidential Operations,
Bush-Cheney 2004, 2003-2004 - Thomas J. Christensen, Deputy Assistant Secretary
of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, 2006-2008 - Jim Cicconi, Assistant to the President and Deputy to
the Chief of Staff, 1989-1990 - James B. Comey, U.S. Deputy Attorney General, 2003-
2005 - Jeff Cook-McCormac, Senior Advisor, American Unity
PAC - R. Clarke Cooper, U.S. Alternative Representative,
United Nations Security Council, 2007-2009 - Julie Cram, Deputy Assistant to the President and Director
of the White House Office of Public Liaison,
2007-2009 - S.E. Cupp, Author and Political Commentator
Michele Davis, Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs
and Director of Policy Planning, Department of the
Treasury, 2006-2009 - Tyler Deaton, Secretary, New Hampshire Young Republicans,
2011-Present - Alicia Davis Downs, Associate Political Director,
White House, 2001-2003 - Kenneth M. Duberstein, White House Chief of Staff
and Assistant to the President, 1981-1984 and 1987-
1989 - Janet Duprey, New York State Assemblywoman,
2007-Present - Clint Eastwood, Producer, Director, Actor, and Mayor
of Carmel, California, 1986-1988 - Christian J. Edwards, Special Assistant to the President
and Director of Press Advance, 2005-2007 - Lew Eisenberg, Finance Chairman, Republican National
Committee, 2002-2004 - Mark J. Ellis, State Chairman, Maine Republican Party,
2005-2006 and 2007-2009 - Elizabeth Noyer Feld, Public Affairs Specialist, White
House Office of Management and Budget, 1984-1987 - Charles Freeman, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative
for China Affairs, 2002-2005 - David Frum, Author and Special Assistant to the President,
2001-2002 - Reed Galen, Director of Scheduling and Advance,
Bush-Cheney 2004, 2003-2004 - Richard Galen, Communications Director, Speaker’s
Political Office, 1996-1997 - Mark Gerson, Chairman, Gerson Lehrman Group and
Author of The Neoconservative Vision: From the Cold
War to the Culture Wars and In the Classroom: Dispatches
from an Inner-City School that Works - Benjamin Ginsberg, National Counsel, Bush-Cheney
2000 and 2004 - Josh Ginsberg, National Field Director, Romney for
President, 2007-2008 - Juleanna Glover, Press Secretary to the Vice President,
2001-2002 - John Goodwin, Chief of Staff to Raul Labrador, Member
of Congress, 2011-2013 - Adrian Gray, Director of Strategy, Republican National
Committee, 2005-2007 - Richard Grenell, Spokesman, U.S. Ambassadors to the
United Nations, 2001-2008 - Mark Grisanti, New York State Senator, 2011-
Present - Patrick Guerriero, Mayor of Melrose, Massachusetts,
and Member of Massachusetts House of Representatives,
1993-2001 - Carlos Gutierrez, Secretary of Commerce, 2005-2009
- Stephen Hadley, Assistant to the President and National
Security Advisor, 2005-2009 - Richard L. Hanna, Member of Congress, 2011-Present
- Jill Hazelbaker, Communications Director, John
McCain for President, 2007-2008 - Israel Hernandez, Assistant Secretary of Commerce
for International Trade, 2005-2009 - Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Director, Congressional Budget
Office, 2003-2005 - Margaret Hoover, Advisor to the Deputy Secretary of
Homeland Security, 2005-2006 - Michael Huffington, Member of Congress, 1993-1995
- Jon Huntsman, Governor of Utah, 2005-2009, and Ambassador
to China, 2009-2011 - David A. Javdan, General Counsel, U.S. Small Business
Administration, 2002-2006 - Reuben Jeffery, Undersecretary of State for Economic,
Energy, and Agricultural Affairs, 2007-2009 - Greg Jenkins, Deputy Assistant to the President and
Director of Presidential Advance, 2003-2004 - Coddy Johnson, National Field Director, Bush-Cheney
2004, 2003-2004 - Gary Johnson, Governor of New Mexico, 1995-2003,
and Libertarian Party Nominee for President, 2012 - Nancy L. Johnson, Member of Congress, 1983-2007
- Robert Kabel, Special Assistant to the President for
Legislative Affairs, 1982-1985 - Neel Kashkari, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury,
2008-2009 - Theodore W. Kassinger, Deputy Secretary of Commerce,
2004-2005 - Jonathan Kislak, Deputy Undersecretary of Agriculture
for Small Community and Rural Development,
1989-1991 - David Kochel, Senior Iowa Advisor, Mitt Romney for
President, 2007-2008 and 2011-2012 - James Kolbe, Member of Congress, 1985-2007
- Cyrus Krohn, eCampaign Director, Republican National
Committee, 2007-2009 - Jeffrey Kupfer, Chief of Staff and Acting Deputy Secretary,
Department of Energy, 2006-2009 - Ed Kutler, Assistant to the Speaker of the House,
1995-1997 - Kathryn Lehman, Chief of Staff, House Republican
Conference, 2003-2005 - Thomas A. Little, Vermont State Representative,
1992-2002 and Chairman of the Vermont House Judiciary
Committee, 1999-2002 - Daniel S. Loeb, Businessman and Philanthropist
Alex Lundry, Director of Data Science, Romney for
President, 2012 - N. Greg Mankiw, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers,
2003-2005 - Catherine Martin, Deputy Assistant to the President
and Deputy Communications Director for Policy and
Planning, 2005-2007 - Kevin Martin, Chairman, Federal Communications
Commission, 2005-2009 - David McCormick, Undersecretary of the Treasury
for International Affairs, 2007-2009 - Mark McKinnon, Republican Media Advisor
- Aaron McLear, Press Secretary to Governor Arnold
Schwarzenegger, 2007-2011 - Bruce P. Mehlman, Assistant Secretary of Commerce,
2001-2003 - Susan Molinari, Member of Congress, 1990-1997
- Connie Morella, Member of Congress, 1987-2003, and
U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Economic Cooperation
and Development, 2003-2007 - Michael E. Murphy, Republican Political Consultant
- Beth Myers, Romney for President Campaign Manager,
2007-2008 and Senior Advisor, 2011-2012 - Michael Napolitano, White House Office of Political
Affairs, 2001-2003 - Ana Navarro, National Hispanic Co-Chair, John
McCain for President, 2008 - Susan Neely, Special Assistant to the President, 2001-
2002 -
Noam Neusner, Special Assistant to the President for Economic Speechwriting, 2002-2005
-
B.J. Nikkel, Colorado State Representative and Majority
Whip, 2009-2012, and District Director for Marilyn
Musgrave, Member of Congress, 2002-2006 - Meghan O’Sullivan, Deputy National Security Advisor
for Iraq and Afghanistan, 2005-2007 - Richard Painter, Associate Counsel to the President,
2005-2007 - Ruth Ann Petroff, Wyoming State Representative,
2011-Present - Nancy Pfotenhauer, Regulatory Advisor, Romney for
President, 2008, and Economist, Presidential Transition
Team, 1988 - Gregg Pitts, Director, White House Travel Office,
2006-2009 - J. Stanley Pottinger, Assistant U.S. Attorney General,
Civil Rights Division, 1973-1977 - Michael Powell, Chairman, Federal Communications
Commission, 2001-2005 - Larry Pressler, U.S. Senator from South Dakota,
1979-1997, and Member of Congress, 1975-1979 - Deborah Pryce, Member of Congress, 1993-2009
- John Reagan, New Hampshire State Senator, 2012-
Present - Luis Reyes, Special Assistant to the President and
Deputy Assistant to the President, 2006-2009 - Tom Ridge, Governor of Pennsylvania, 1995-2001, and
Secretary of Homeland Security, 2003-2005 - Mark A. Robbins, General Counsel, U.S. Office of Personnel
Management, 2001-2006 - Kelley Robertson, Chief of Staff, Republican National
Committee, 2005-2007 - Brian Roehrkasse, Director of Public Affairs, Department
of Justice, 2007-2009 - Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Member of Congress, 1989-
Present - Harvey S. Rosen, Chairman and Member, Council of
Economic Advisers, 2003-2005 - Lee Rudofsky, Deputy General Counsel, Romney for
President, 2012 - Patrick Ruffini, eCampaign Director, Republican National
Committee, 2005-2007 - Corry Schiermeyer, Director for Global Communications,
National Security Council, 2005-2007 - Steve Schmidt, Deputy Assistant to the President and
Counselor to the Vice President, 2004-2006, and Senior
Advisor, John McCain for President, 2008 - Adam Schroadter, New Hampshire State Representative,
2010-Present - Christopher Shays, Member of Congress, 1987-2009
- Faryar Shirzad, Deputy Assistant to the President
and Deputy National Security Advisor for International
Economic Affairs, 2004-2006 - Ken Spain, Communications Director, National Republican
Congressional Committee, 2009-2010 - Robert Steel, Undersecretary of the Treasury for Domestic
Finance, 2006-2008 - Nancy Stiles, New Hampshire State Senator, 2010-
Present - David Stockman, Director, Office of Management and
Budget, 1981-1985 - Jane Swift, Governor of Massachusetts, 2001-2003
- Richard Tisei, Massachusetts State Senator 1991-2011,
and Senate Minority Leader 2007-2011 - Michael E. Toner, Chairman and Commissioner, Federal
Election Commission, 2002-2007 - Frances Fragos Townsend, Homeland Security Advisor
to the President, 2004-2008 - Michael Turk, eCampaign Director for Bush-Cheney
2004, 2003-2004 - John Ullyot, Communications Director, U.S. Senate
Armed Services Committee, 2003-2007 - Sally A. Vastola, Executive Director, National Republican
Congressional Committee, 2003-2006 - Jacob P. Wagner, Chairman, New Hampshire Federation
of College Republicans, 2012-Present - Mark Wallace, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations,
Representative for UN Management and Reform,
2006-2008 - Nicolle Wallace, Assistant to the President and White
House Communications Director, 2005-2008 - William F. Weld, Governor of Massachusetts, 1991-
1997, and Assistant U.S. Attorney General, Criminal
Division, 1986-1988 - Christine Todd Whitman, Governor of New Jersey,
1994-2001, and Administrator of the EPA, 2001-2003 - Meg Whitman, Republican Nominee for Governor of
California, 2010 - Robert Wickers, Republican Political Consultant
- Paul Wolfowitz, Deputy Secretary of Defense, 2001-
2005, and President of the World Bank Group, 2005-
2007 - Dan Zwonitzer, Wyoming State Representative, 2005-
present
While many notables were friends of the court in this petition, Roger Stone's comments concerning his possible run for Florida governor are particularly germain to those of us in this state. I am please to read his opinions in the below listed link and I hope he runs.
http://eastorlandopost.com/roger-stone-gallus-snapping-campaign-governor
Posted by: Phillip Dodge | March 01, 2013 at 11:57 AM