Evan Gerstmann

Chair of Political Science, Loyola Marymount University

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Chair of Political Science at Loyola Marymount University and author of two books on constitutional law, including Same-Sex Marriage and the Constitution and The Constitutional Underclass: Gays, Lesbians, and the Failure of Class-Based Equal Protection

Evan Gerstmann on KCRW

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