File 41 - Lawrence v Texas

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This file consists of material related to Mary Robinson (MR)'s work on behalf of petitioners in Lawrence v Texas and includes letter from Harold Hongju Koh, Counsel of Record and Professor of International Law, Yale Law School, to MR referencing Brief submitted on her behalf in Lawrence v Texas, 23/01/2003; photocopy of Confidential draft of Brief Amici Curiae "No. 02-102 in the Supreme Court of the United States October Term 2002 - John Geddes Lawrence and Tyron Garner, Petitioners, v State of Texas, Respondent. On Writ of Certiorari to the Court of Appeals of Texas, Fourteenth District Brief Amici Curiae of [Mary Robinson], Amnesty International..." [[2002/3?] 16/01/2003 is date on cover but this is part of draft which is possibly penultimate draft]; green booklet published by Counsel Press of official Brief Amici Curiae: "No. 02-102 in the Supreme Court of the United States - John Geddes Lawrence and Tyron Garner, Petitioners, v State of Texas, Respondent. On Writ of Certiorari to the Court of Appeals Of Texas, Fourteenth District Brief Amici Curiae of Mary Robinson, Amnesty International U.S.A., Human Rights Watch, Interights, The Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, and Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights in Support of Petitioners...", and photocopy of same, filed 16/01/2003, with cover letter from Harold Koh; print out of email from Harold Koh to MR "Lawrence concurrence and dissents", 26/06/2003 including print outs of attached pdfs which contained opinions of Justice Thomas (dissenting), Justice Scalia (dissenting) and Justice O'Connor (concurring); email print out from Joshua Kaplan, Yale, to MR, Harold Koh, and others in relation to his reaction to judgement and noting that Justice Kennedy had cited the Dudgeon case including in his summary of the decision in court that morning, 26/06/2003; letter, and photocopy of same, from Senator Edward Kennedy congratulating MR on her "brilliant work on behalf of the petitioners" and mentioning that her own "trail-blazing experience with the Norris case helped bring about necessary change in Ireland and [that he was] delighted that [her] assistance in this case has helped with [their] own law on this matter", 21/07/2003, with photocopy of letter of thanks from MR noting the breakthrough of having "the case law of the European Court of Human Rights cited as a persuasive authority" and referencing her new project the Ethical Globalization Initiative - Realizing Rights, 01/08/2003.

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