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Constitution and the Bill of Rights is headed. So that

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any remarks that you may offer can be addressed to that

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point.

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Now, I don't know of any particular order to

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proceed. Perhaps we can begin with Professor Rosen, if

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he would like to address his remarks to any particular

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aspect of this. State your name for the record, please.

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PROFESSOR SANFORD ROSEN: I am Sanford J.

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Rosen. My occupation, I am an assistant professor of

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law at the University of Maryland Law School, 500 W.

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Baltimore Street. I am here representing the American

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Civil Liberties Union and, if I may, I think I will just

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read my prepared statement which reflects the position

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that the American Civil Liberties Union, Maryland Branch,

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has adopted regarding the Declaration of Rights to the

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proposed Maryland Constitution.

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The Maryland Branch of the American Civil

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Liberties Union takes the position that, as formulated

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for Maryland's new Constitution, the provisions of the

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Declaration of Rights should cleave as close as possible

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to the language, content and thrust of especially the