Marc Etienne Angelucci (March 30, 1968 – July 11, 2020) was an American attorney, men's rights activist, and the vice-president of the National Coalition for Men (NCFM). As a lawyer, he represented several cases related to men's rights issues, most prominently '' National Coalition for Men v. Selective Service System'', in which the federal judge declared the male-only selective-service system unconstitutional. He was found murdered at his home on July 11, 2020.

Biography

Marc graduated from

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in 1986, &

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sometime before 2001. He stated that he joined the National Coalition for Men while he was in law school after his friend had suffered from domestic violence, but was denied aid or support in 1997. He was admitted to the State Bar of California in 2000. He founded the

chapter of the NCFM in 2001. In 2008, he won the ''Woods v. Horton'' case in a California appellate court, which ruled that the California State Legislature had improperly excluded men from domestic violence victim protection programs.

''National Coalition for Men v. Selective Service System''

In 2013, Angelucci sued the Selective Service System on behalf of the NCFM on the basis that there is no reason to exclude women from the draft. Federal judge Gray H. Miller ruled that the male-only draft is unconstitutional in February 2019, stating that "historical restrictions on women in the military may have justified past discrimination" but that the rationale does not apply anymore as women serve in combat roles as well. In August 2020, the

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upheld the constitutionality of the male-only draft, invoking with respect to the earlier and precedential Supreme Court decision '' Rostker v. Goldberg''. Angelucci appeared in the 2016 documentary ''

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'', which detailed the men's rights movement.

Murder

Angelucci was fatally shot at his front door in

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, on July 11, 2020. A man posing as a deliveryman rang the doorbell and, when someone else from the house opened the door, the assailant claimed to have a package for Angelucci. After Angelucci came to the door to sign for it, he was shot, and the shooter sped away in a car. Angelucci was pronounced dead at the scene after paramedics arrived. The

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investigated the murder and its possible links to Roy Den Hollander, the suspect of the shooting of district judge

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' son and husband in

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. In this later attack, eight days after the murder of Angelucci, the murderer had also posed as a package deliveryman. Den Hollander had, according to Harry Crouch, the president of the NCFM, been kicked out of the organization 5–6 years prior because Den Hollander was a "nut job". According to Crouch, Den Hollander had also been removed from the coalition board for threatening Crouch. Den Hollander also blamed Esther Salas for stealing him a lawsuit victory, a legal victory later claimed by Angelucci. Den Hollander was later found to have committed suicide in his car, where papers mentioning Angelucci were also found.

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External links

Marc Angelucci Attorney License Profile
at The State Bar of California
Marc Angelucci profile
at the National Coalition for Men website {{DEFAULTSORT:Angelucci, Marc 1968 births 2020 deaths 2020 murders in the United States 20th-century American lawyers 21st-century American lawyers Activists from California California lawyers Deaths by firearm in California Male murder victims Men's rights activists People from San Bernardino County, California People murdered in California Unsolved murders in the United States

Biography

''National Coalition for Men v. Selective Service System''

Murder

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