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Marc Angelucci

Marc Etienne Angelucci[andʒeˈluttʃi] (March 30, 1968 – July 11, 2020) was an Americanattorney, men's rights activist, and the vice-president of theNational Coalition for Men (NCFM). As a lawyer, he representedseveral cases related to men's rights issues, most prominentlyNational Coalition for Men v. Selective Service System, in which thefederal judge declared the male-only selective-service systemunconstitutional. He was found murdered at his home on July 11, 2020.

Biography

Marc graduated from UCLA School of Lawsometime before 2001. He stated that he joined the NationalCoalition for Men while he was in law school after his friend hadsuffered from domestic violence but was denied aid or support in1997. He was admitted to the State Bar of California in 2000. Hefounded the Los Angeles chapter of the NCFM in 2001.

In 2008, he won the Woods v. Hortoncase in an California appellate court, which ruled that theCalifornia State Legislature had improperly excluded men fromdomestic violence victim protection programs.

National Coalition for Men v.Selective Service System

In 2013, Angelucci sued the SelectiveService System on behalf of the NCFM on the basis that there is noreason to exclude women from the draft. The federal judge Gray H.Miller ruled that the male-only draft is unconstitutional in February2019, stating that "historical restrictions on women in themilitary may have justified past discrimination" but that therationale does not apply anymore as women serve in combat roles aswell. As of July 2020, the case was in the United States Court ofAppeals for the Fifth Circuit with no final ruling yet. In August2020, the court upheld the constitutionality of male-only draft,invoking a stare decisis for not contesting previous ruling from thesuperior, supreme court.

Angelucci appeared in the 2016documentary The Red Pill, which detailed the men's rights movement.

Murder

Angelucci was fatally shot at his frontdoor in Cedarpines Park, California, on July 11, 2020. A man posingas a deliveryman rang the doorbell and, when someone else from thehouse opened the door, the assailant claimed to have a package forAngelucci. After Angelucci came to the door to sign for it, he wasshot, and the shooter sped away in a car. Angelucci was pronounceddead at the scene after paramedics arrived.

The FBI is investigating the murder andits possible links to Roy Den Hollander, the suspect of the shootingof district judge Esther Salas' son and husband in New Jersey. Inthis later attack, eight days after the murder of Angelucci, themurderer had also posed as a package deliveryman. Den Hollander had,according to Harry Crouch, the president of the NCFM, been kicked outof the organization 5–6 years prior because Den Hollander was a"nut job". According to Crouch, Den Hollander had alsobeen removed from the coalition board for threatening Crouch. DenHollander also blamed Esther Salas for stealing him a lawsuitvictory, a legal victory later claimed by Angelucci. Den Hollanderwas later found to have committed suicide in his car, where papersmentioning Angelucci were also found.