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       PAPER TRAIL TO JAIL

Documenting the Corruption of Federal Judicial Selection

       & the "Disruption of Congress" Case it Spawned

    

March 14, 2003

CJA's letter to Senate Judiciary Committee, expressing citizen opposition to the nominations of New York Court of Appeals Judge Richard Wesley to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals and of P. Kevin Castel, Esq. to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, requesting to testify in opposition, and requesting information. [view]
 

March 19, 2003

CJA's fax to Senator Schumer, requesting information about his purported judicial screening committee, the basis for his "agreement" with the White House to nominate Judge Wesley and Mr. Castel, and for a meeting to discuss their unfitness and his use of his "blue slip" prerogative to prevent Senate confirmation. [view]

March 26, 2003

CJA's written statement to the American Bar Association and Association of the Bar of the City of New York, particularizing the documentary evidence establishing the unfitness of Judge Wesley and Mr. Castel for the federal judgeships to which they were nominated. [view]
      Ex A-1:  ABA's "Evaluation Criteria"
      Ex A-2:  City Bar's "Guidelines for Evaluating Candidates for Judicial
                 Office"
      Ex B:    pages from Wesley's questionnaire
      Ex. C:   pages from August 17, 2001 motion for disqualification &
                 disclosure in Appellate Division, First Dept.
      Ex D:    October 6, 1998 judicial misconduct complaint
      Ex E:     pages from Castel's questionnaire
      Ex F-1:  "Restraining 'Liars in the Courtroom' and on the Public
                   Payroll
", CJA's $3,077 ad, NYLJ, August 27, 1997
      Ex F-2:  "Without Merit: The Empty Promise of Judicial Discipline",
                  by Elena Sassower, The Long Term View
                  (Massachusetts School of Law) summer 1997
 

    THE FINAL TWO MOTIONS IN THE COMMISSION CASE:

                 [Test Cases-State (Commission)]

 (1)  Elena Sassower's October 15, 2002 motion for reargument, vacatur for fraud, lack of jurisdiction, disclosure & other relief  

Exhibit A:  Sassower's October 7, 2002 letter to Chief Motion Clerk
Exhibit B-1: Court of Appeals' September 12, 2002 decision/order (#581)
Exhibit B-2: Sassower's May 1, 2002 notice of motion for
                  disqualification/disclosure & pp. 1-8 of moving affidavit

Exhibit C-1: Ct of Appeals' September 12, 2002 decision/order (#719)
Exhibit C-2: Sassower's May 1, 2002 notice of appeal
Exhibit C-3: Sassower's June 17, 2002 notice of motion for sanctions,
                  etc. vs. Attorney General

Exhibit D: NYS Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers v. Kaye,
                95 NY2d 556 (2000)
Exhibit E-1: Ct of Appeals' decision/order in Schulz v. NYS Legislature
                  (Mo.# 1075)

Exhibit E-2: Schulz v. NYS Legislature, 92 NY2d 917 (1998)
Exhibit F-1: Sims v. NYS Commission on Judicial Conduct,
                  62 NY2d 884 (1984)

Exhibit F-2: NY Criminal and Civil Bar Association v. NY,
                  46 NY2d 730 (1978)

Exhibit G: Robert Schulz' August 17, 1998 disqualification motion
                in Schulz v. NYS Legislature

(2)  Elena Sassower's October 24, 2002 motion for leave to appeal

          Exhibit A-1: Appellate Division's December 18, 2001 decision/order
          Exhibit A-2: Appellate Division's March 26, 2002 order
          Exhibit B-1: Ct of Appeals' September 12, 2002 decision/order on
                            disqualification (#581)

Exhibit B-2: Ct of Appeals' September 12, 2002 decision/order on notice
                  of appeal and sanctions (#719)
Exhibit C: Justice Wetzel's January 31, 2000 decision/order
Exhibit D: Justice Cahn's July 13, 1995 decision/order
                in Doris L. Sassower v. Commission
Exhibit E: Justice Lehner's September 30, 1999 decision/order
                in Mantell v. Commission
Exhibit F:  Appellate Division's November 16, 2000 decision/order
                in Mantell v. Commission
Exhibit G: CJA's March 3, 2000 letter to Chief Judge Kaye,
                with inventory of transmitted record
Exhibit H:  3-page analysis of Cahn's July 13, 1995 decision
                in Doris Sassower v. Commission
Exhibit I:  13-page analysis of Justice Lehner's September 30, 1999
               decision in Mantell v. Commission
Exhibit J:  March 27, 2000 letter of Counsel, Unified Court System
Exhibit K: 1-page analysis of Appellate Division's December 16, 2000
              decision in Mantell v. Commission
Exhibit L-1: 19-page analysis of Appellate Division's December 18, 2001
                  decision (January 7, 2002 notice-complaint)
Exhibit L-2: Commission's February 27, 2002 acknowledgment letter
Exhibit M-1: "I rise in defense of state courts", Chief Judge Kaye,
                  Daily News, January 17, 2002
Exhibit M-2: "State judicial system is accountable to public",
                   Judge Kaye, Albany Times Union, February 10, 2002

CJA's September 18, 2000 letter to Mr. Castel
        -- CJA's June 20, 2000 letter to City Bar President Davis


                                              *        *       *
 
  ABA's Unanimous "Well Qualified" Approval Ratings
   April 16, 2003 letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Hatch - RE: Castel
   April 28, 2003 letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Hatch - RE: Wesley

 

April 2, 2003

 

CJA's transmittal letter to Judge Wesley and Mr. Castel, requesting their response to CJA's March 26, 2003 written statement. [view]
 

April 23, 2003

CJA's letter to Home-State Senator Schumer, requesting information as to his judicial screening committee, the basis of his "agreement" with the White House on the federal court nominations of Judge Wesley and Mr. Castel, and that he use his "blue slip" to block their Senate confirmations based on CJA's March 26, 2003 written statement. [view]

  

   --CJA's July 3, 2001 letter to Sen. Schumer [view]

   --CJA's July 26, 2001 memo to Sen. Schumer, etc. [view]
 

April 23, 2003

CJA's letter to Home-State Senator Clinton, requesting that she use her "blue slip" to block Senate confirmation of the federal court nominations of Judge Wesley and Mr. Castel, as well as information as to whether she has a judicial screening committee. [view]

     --CJA's July 14, 2001 letter to Sen. Clinton [view]

     --CJA's July 26, 2001 memo to Sen. Clinton, etc. [view]

 

CJA's May 2, 2003 letter to Josh Alpert/Legislative Correspondent to Senator Clinton -- faxing again the April 23, 2003 letter
 

May 5, 2003

CJA's memorandum-letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Hatch and Ranking Member Leahy, requesting that they call on the American Bar Association and Association of the Bar of the City of New York to reconcile their bare bones ratings with CJA's March 26, 2003 written statement.   [view]
      Ex A: CJA's July 3, 2001 letter to Subcommittee Chairman Schumer,
              as reprinted in the record of the Senate Judiciary Committee's
              June 26, 2001 hearing on "The Judicial Nomination and
              Confirmation Process"
      Ex B: CJA's May 27, 1996 letter to Chairman Hatch, as reprinted in
              the record of the Senate Judiciary Committee's May 21, 1996
              hearing on "The Role of the American Bar Association in the
              Judicial Selection Process"
      Ex C: pp. 27-28 of Common Cause Report Assembly-Line Approval
      Ex D: Testimony of Miller Center Commission on Federal Judicial
             Selection at Senate Judiciary Committee's May 21, 1996 hearing
             on "The Role of the American Bar Association in the Judicial
             Selection Process" 
 

May 5, 2003

CJA's letter to President Bush, requesting that he withdraw the federal court nominations of Judge Wesley and Mr. Castel. [view]
 

May 19, 2003

CJA's memorandum-letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Hatch and Ranking Member Leahy, requesting cancellation of the May 22, 2003 hearing on Judge Wesley's confirmation, based on their personal review of CJA's March 26, 2003 statement and supervisory oversight of Senate Judiciary Committee staff — otherwise, permission to testify in opposition. [view]
 

May 19, 2003

CJA's memorandum-letter to Home-State Senators Schumer and Clinton, requesting personal review of CJA's March 26, 2003 statement and, based thereon, withdrawal of "blue slip" approvals and endorsement of the requests to Chairman Hatch and Ranking Member Leahy in CJA's May 19, 2003 accompanying memorandum to them. [view]

May 21, 2003

CJA's memorandum-letter to Capitol Police on "NOT BEING ARRESTED" at the May 22, 2003 hearing on Judge Wesley's confirmation. [view]

May 21, 2003

CJA's memorandum-letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Hatch and Ranking Member Leahy requesting NOT TO BE ARRESTED "simply for exercising a citizen's right in a democracy to peaceably and publicly request to testify in opposition." [view]
 

May 21, 2003

CJA's letter to Home-State Senator Schumer, requesting his personal involvement, in particular, his endorsement of CJA's request to testify — and that he take steps to ensure that CJA's Coordinator is NOT ARRESTED for publicly requesting to testify at the May 22, 2003 hearing on Judge Wesley's confirmation. [view]
 

May 21, 2003

CJA's transmittal letter to Home-State Senator Clinton. [view]

 

May 22, 2003

 

May 22, 2003

 

 

 

 

May 23, 2003

 

 

 

 

CJA's memorandum-letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Hatch and Ranking Member Leahy reinforcing the urgency of their personal supervisory oversight and response. [view]


letter from Carol Dinkins, Chair of the ABA Standing Committee on Federal Judiciary  [view]

      

NOW FEATURING:
The "CELLULOID DNA":
Video Clip & Still-Frame Analysis
of US Senate Judiciary Committee's May 22, 2003 hearing

 

 


Arraignment in D.C. Superior Court

 

U.S. Attorney’s May 23, 2003 letter, making no plea offer, purporting to make “discovery”, purporting to be unaware of Brady evidence, and giving “Drew/Toliver Notice”

ARREST/PROSECUTION REPORT

EVENT REPORT

SUPPLEMENT REPORT  & further SUPPLEMENT REPORT  --
IDENTIFYING SENATOR SAXBY CHAMBLISS AS "COMPLAINANT"

Citation release determination report

Annexed “copy of def’s handwritten statement from which she was reading during disruption (1 page)"

INFORMATION, dated May 23, 2003, illegibly signed by an unidentified AUSA
-- given to Sassower at arraignment

AMENDED "GERSTEIN", dated May 23, 2003 (discovered by Sassower in the court file on June 20, 2003)

 

May 28, 2003

CJA's memorandum to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Hatch and Ranking Member Leahy to halt Senate confirmation of Judge Wesley while the criminal case of United States of America v. Elena Ruth Sassower is pending — and there are NO FINDINGS as to CJA's March 26, 2003 statement of Judge Wesley's unfitness.
      --COPIES TO SENATORS SCHUMER, CLINTON, CHAMBLISS   [
view]

 

May 30, 2003

CJA's letter to Miller Reporting Company to verify accuracy of transcript of Senate Judiciary Committee May 22, 2003 hearing on Judge Wesley's confirmation. [view]
 

May 30, 2003

Criminal Case

Elena Sassower's letter to Pre-Trial Services regarding address verification via Senator Edward M. Kennedy and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. [view]
 

June 4, 2003

CJA's memo to Senator Kennedy on "Demonstrating that Good-Government and Respect for Fundamental Citizen Rights would be Served by a Democratic Senate Majority in 2004". [view]
 -- transmitting June 4, 2003 covermemo to Ranking Member Leahy, Senators Schumer, Russell Feingold, and John Edwards
 

June 6, 2003

CJA's letter to President Bush, requesting that he notify the Senate to defer vote on Judge Wesley's confirmation pending review of CJA's March 26, 2003 written statement by his counsel Alberto Gonzales. [view]
 

June 6, 2003

CJA's memo to Senate Majority Leader Frist and Senate Minority Leader Daschle, requesting that they independently defer the Senate vote on Judge Wesley's confirmation pending their personal review of CJA's March 26, 2003 written statement. [view]
 

June 6, 2003
Senator Schumer's e-mail. [view]

June 11, 2003

Press

 

CJA's memo to THE NEW YORK TIMES alerting it to the scandal of federal judicial selection in the Second Circuit and the betrayal of the People of New York by New York Senators Schumer & Clinton. [view]

June 13, 2003

CJA's memo to ABA and City Bar, calling upon them to substantiate their barebones ratings of Judge Wesley and Mr. Castel by disgorging their findings pertaining to CJA's March 26, 2003 statement. [view]

              
 SEE:  history of correspondence with ABA
                SEE:  history of correspondence with City Bar


CJA's June 16, 2003 e-mail to ABA & City Bar, requesting distribution to "each and every member of the ABA and City Bar Committees involved in the 'investigation' and rating of Judge Wesley and Mr. Castel -- as well as to the Presidents of each Bar Association."

       June 17, 2003 letter from ABA Committee member Hollis
       June 18, 2003 letter from ABA Committee member Frazza
 

June 16, 2003

Organizations

Elena Sassower's memo to Ralph Nader, Public Citizen, and Common Cause as to the significance and catalytic power of United States of America v. Elena Ruth Sassower, warranting their assistance. [view]

 

June 19, 2003

Press

CJA's letter to THE NEW YORK TIMES, proposing that its examination of procedures for handling complaints begin with CJA's June 11, 2003 memorandum-complaint. [view]

  -- documented history of New York Times suppression, protectionism, & blackballing
 

June 20, 2003
 Criminal Case

Transcript of court proceeding before D.C. Superior Court Judge Mildred Edwards [view]
 

June 23, 2003

President Bush's letter. [view]
 

July 7, 2003

Organizations

Elena Sassower’s letter to the American Civil Liberties Union. [view]

  -- with accompanying memorandum analyzing the underlying prosecution documents, transcript, & videotape of the Senate Judiciary Committee's May 22, 2003 hearing [view]

August 6, 2003

Criminal Case

Elena Sassower’s motion to adjourn the August 20, 2003 conference for ascertainment of counsel. [view]

    

August 12, 2003

Criminal Case

Elena Sassower’s First Discovery Demand to Assistant U.S. Attorney Aaron Mendelsohn. [view]
 

August 15, 2003

Criminal Case

Elena Sassower’s letter to Assistant U.S. Attorney Aaron Mendelsohn. [view]
 

August 17, 2003

Criminal Case

Elena Sassower's motion for reargument, disclosure by, and disqualification of, Senior Judge Stephen Eilperin, and for transfer of this case to a court outside the District of Columbia [view]     

August 20, 2003
Criminal Case

Transcript of court proceeding before D.C. Superior Court Judge Mary Ellen Abrecht [view]
 

August 26, 2003

Press

CJA's letter to Jill Abramson, Outgoing Washington Bureau Chief/Incoming Managing Editor for Newsgathering for THE NEW YORK TIMES, requesting that she respond to CJA's June 11, 2003 memorandum-complaint, etc. [view]
 

August 29, 2003
CJA's memorandum to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Hatch and Ranking Member Leahy for supervisory oversight. [view]
 

September 10, 2003

Organizations

CJA's memo to Public Citizen, People for the American Way, Alliance for Justice, Constitution Project/Courts Initiative, Justice at Stake Campaign, Common Cause. [view]

  -- See history of correspondence with these organizations
 

September 10, 2003

Organizations

CJA's letter to Courts Initiative of the Constitution Project to develop an action agenda to advance the unimplemented non-partisan, good-government recommendations for reform of the federal judicial confirmation process, long ago made by The Ralph Nader Congress Project (1975), Common Cause (1986), and the Twentieth Century Fund Task Force on Judicial Selection (1988). [view]
-- See history of correspondence with these organizations

 

September 16, 2003

Organizations

CJA's memo to American Judicature Society, Brennan Center for Justice. [view]
-- See history of correspondence with these organizations

 

September 20, 2003

Criminal Case

Transcript of court proceeding before D.C. Superior Court Judge Stephen Milliken  [view]
 

September 25, 2003

Press

CJA's letter to Bill Keller, NEW YORK TIMES Executive Editor, requesting that he provide a "role model example" or handling CJA's unresponded-to June 11, 2003 memorandum-complaint in the absence of a public editor/ ombudsman or, alternatively, that he refer it to the soon to-be appointed public editor/ombudsman as his/her FIRST order of business. [view]
 
-- documented history of New York Times suppression, protectionism, & blackballing

 

October 13, 2003

Press

CJA's letter to Bill Keller, NEW YORK TIMES Executive Editor, requesting that he provide a "role model example" for handling CJA's unresponded-to June 11, 2003 memorandum-complaint in the absence of a public editor/ombudsman, alternatively, that he refer it to the soon-to-be appointed public editor/ombudsman as his/her FIRST order of business. [view]
 
-- documented history of New York Times suppression, protectionism, & blackballing

 

October 14, 2003

Organizations

Elena Sassower's letter to American Civil Liberties Union.[view]

October 30, 2003

Criminal Case

Elena Sassower's motion to enforce her discovery rights and the prosecution's disclosure obligations. [view]

-- Ex. M: Elena Sassower's September 22, 1996 police misconduct complaint
 

November 1, 2003

Press

CJA's letter to Bill Keller, NEW YORK TIMES Executive Editor, inquiring as to status of its time-sensitive complaints against THE NEW YORK TIMES embodied in its September 25, 2003 and October 13, 2003 letters to him.[view]
 
-- documented history of New York Times suppression, protectionism, & blackballing

 

December 1, 2003

Press

CJA's letter to Daniel Okrent, NEW YORK TIMES public editor/ombudsman about bringing accountability and responsiveness to THE NEW YORK TIMES. [view]
 
-- documented history of New York Times suppression, protectionism, & blackballing

 

December 3, 2003

Criminal Case


 

Elena Sassower's affidavit in reply and in further support of her motion to enforce her discovery rights and the prosecution's disclosure obligations.  [view]
December 3, 2003
Criminal Case
Transcript of the December 3, 2003 oral argument before Judge Milliken on Sassower’s October 30, 2003 discovery/disclosure/sanctions motion   [view]
 
December 29, 2003

CJA's memo to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Hatch's press secretary regarding LONG OVERDUE SUPERVISORY OVERSIGHT over Senate Judiciary Committee Staff   whose Disregard of CJA’s Document Requests has Included Withholding from CJA the Public Portions of Questionnaires of Judicial Nominees Being Confirmed by the Committee and Senate. [view]
 

December 31, 2003

Criminal Case

Elena Sassower's affidavit in opposition to the prosecution's motion in limine and in further support of defendant's motion for discovery, disclosure & sanctions.  [view]
 

January 22, 2004

Criminal Case

Elena Sassower's letter to Judge Brian Holeman.  [view]
January 29, 2004

CJA's memo to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Hatch's press secretary regarding repeatedly-requested supervisory oversight. [view]

CJA's memo to Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Leahy for supervisory oversight [view]
 

January 30, 2004

Criminal Case
 

Elena Sassower's letter to Judge Brian Holeman.[view]

February 4, 2004

Criminal Case
 

Elena Sassower's letter to Assistant U.S. Attorney Mendelsohn [view]

February 10, 2004

Criminal Case

Elena Sassower's letter to Judge Brian Holeman.[view]

February 23, 2004

Criminal Case

Elena Sassower's motion to disqualify Judge Brian Holeman & for postponement/continuance of the March 1, 2004 trial date pending responsive, written adjudication of her October 30, 2003 motion to enforce her discovery rights, the prosecution's disclosure obligations, and for sanctions. [view]

 

February 26, 2004

Criminal Case

Elena Sassower's letter to Senate Legal Counsel as to the basis for her subpoenaing Senators Hatch, Leahy, Chambliss, Schumer, Clinton and Senate staff to testify at her upcoming trial. [view]

 

February 26, 2004

Criminal Case

Elena Sassower's first memo for immediate supervisory oversight of Judge Holeman. [view]
 

February 27, 2004

Criminal Case

Elena Sassower's second memo for immediate supervisory oversight of Judge Holeman. [view]
 

March 10, 2004

Criminal Case

Elena Sassower's letter to Associate General Counsel/U.S. Capitol Police as to the basis for her subpoenaing of four U.S. Capitol Police officers to testify at her upcoming trial. [view]
 

March 18, 2004

Criminal Case

Elena Sassower's letter to Judge Brian Holeman. [view]

March 18, 2004

Criminal Case

Elena Sassower's third memo for immediate supervisory oversight over Judge Holeman. [view]
 

March 22, 2004

Criminal Case

 

Elena Sassower's motion to vacate orders of Judge Holeman & to remove/transfer case to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. [view]

 

March 22, 2004
Criminal Case

Transcript of March 22, 2004 pretrial hearing before Judge Holeman [view]

March 26, 2004

Criminal Case

Senate Legal Counsel's motion to quash subpoenas. [view]
  
Ex A:  March 23, 2004 Senate Resolution: #323
  
Ex B:  Elena Sassower's February 23, 2004 letter

               to Senate Legal Counsel

   Ex C:  Senate Legal Counsel's March 3, 2004 letter
  
Ex D:  Subpoenas of Senators & Staff Members

 

April 6, 2004

Criminal Case

   -- D.C. COURT OF APPEALS

Elena Sassower's petition for a writ of mandamus, prohibition, certiorari, &/or certification of questions of law  [view]

 

 

April 6, 2004

Criminal Case

   -- D.C. COURT OF APPEALS

Elena Sassower's motion for stay pending adjudication of mandamus petition, with request for disclosure/disqualification [view]

April 12, 2004

Criminal Case

Pretrial Proceedings [view]

April 13, 2004

Criminal Case

Pretrial Proceedings  [view]

April 14, 2004

Criminal Case

April 15, 2004

Criminal Case

April 16, 2004

Criminal Case

April 19, 2004

Criminal Case

April 20, 2004

Criminal Case

April 29, 2004

 

Elena Sassower's letters to Director of D.C. Superior Court Criminal Division & to Director of the Court Reporting and Recording Division [view]

May 4, 2004

Academia

CJA's research proposal to scholars: Beyond Statistics to Documentary Evidence : The Corruption of Federal Judicial Selection/Confirmation, as Readily-Verifiable from Case-Studies of So-Called "Mainstream", "Consensus" Nominations -- Including those Engineered by Senator Charles Schumer.  [view]

     -- CJA's July 3, 2001 letter to Senator Schumer
 

May 11, 2004

Press

CJA's proposal to THE NEW YORK TIMES to critically examine Senator Schumer's record on judicial selection, discipline, and constituent services relating thereto. [view]

May 20, 2004

Press

CJA's proposal to THE WASHINGTON POST for an investigative expose of the Senate's wilful refusal to "scrutinize" the qualifications of "noncontroversial" federal judicial nominees, including its rebuff of nonpartisan citizen opposition, by a casestudy examination of its confirmation of New York Court of Appeals Judge Wesley's nomination to the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals. [view]
 

May 20, 2004

Press

CJA's letter to THE WASHINGTON POST for supervisory oversight.[view]

May 24, 2004

Press

CJA's proposal to NEW YORK TIMES editors responsible for election coverage for a critical examination of the record of Senator Charles Schumer on judicial selection, discipline, and constituent services relating thereto. [view]
 

May 27, 2004

Press

CJA's memo to ROLL CALL, THE WASHINGTON POST, LEGAL TIMES, NEW YORK LAW JOURNAL for follow-up trial coverage, including investigative reporting of the primary source documents establishing the corruption of federal judicial selection/confirmation. [view]
 

May 28, 2004

Criminal Case

Elena Sassower's first letter to Judge Holeman for postponement of June 1, 2004 sentencing date. [view]

May 28, 2004

Criminal Case

Elena Sassower's second letter to Judge Holeman for postponement of June 1, 2004 sentencing date. [view]

May 28, 2004

Criminal Case

Elena Sassower's third letter to Judge Holeman, enclosing her May 25, 2004 letter setting forth her "DEFENDANT'S VERSION" for inclusion in pre-sentence report. [view]
May 28, 2004

CJA's memo to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Hatch, Ranking Member Leahy, Senators Schumer, Clinton, and Chambliss regarding June 1st sentencing and long-ago requested documents. [view]
-
- enclosing  Elena Sassower's letter to the editor,
ROLL CALL (May 10, 2004)

-- enclosing Elena Sassower's letter to the editor, NEW YORK LAW JOURNAL (May 19, 2004)
 

June 1, 2004

Criminal Case

Transcript of Court proceeding before Judge Holeman   [view]

June 8, 2004

Organizations

CJA's memo to Ralph Nader, Public Citizen, Common Cause, People for the American Way, Alliance for Justice, Brennan Center for Justice, American Judicature Society, Constitution Project/Courts Initiative, Open Society Institute, Justice at Stake Campaign, Appleseed Foundation on the subject of their "On-Going Responsibility to 'Champion Basic Citizen Rights -- & the Vital Importance of Citizen Participation in Federal Judicial Selection'"  [view]

 

-- Elena Sassower's draft memo on the unconstitutionality of  the "disruption of Congress" statute, as written & as applied

[see history of correspondence with these organizations]


 

June 9, 2004

Organizations

CJA's memo to Free Congress Foundation, Washington Legal Foundation, Cato Institute, and Judicial Watch on the subject of their "(On-Going) Responsibility to 'Champion Basic Citizen Rights -- & the Vital Importance of Citizen Participation in Federal Judicial Selection'"  [view]

        

     --  Elena Sassower's draft memo on the unconstitutionality of  the "disruption of Congress" statute, as written & as applied
       [see history of correspondence with these organizations]
 

June 17, 2004

Press

CJA's complaint to NEW YORK TIMES Public Editor Daniel Okrent on the subject of "Times 'Protectionism' of NY Senator Charles Schumer, Arising from its Multitudinous Conflicts of Interest -- Covering-Up his Pivotal Role in the Corruption of Judicial Selection & Discipline -- & Depriving New Yorkers of the Information Necessary to their Casting of an Intelligent Vote in the 2004 Senate Election"  [view]

  -- documented history of New York Times suppression, protectionism, & blackballing

 

June 24, 2004

Criminal Case

Elena Sassower's letter to Judge Holeman as to whether Senator Chambliss had submitted a statement for the presentence report [view]

June 24, 2004

 

CJA's memo to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Hatch, Ranking Member Leahy, and Senators Schumer, Clinton, and Chambliss regarding June 28, 2004 sentencing and their as-yet NOT received response to CJA's May 28, 2004 memo  [view]

June 25, 2004

Press

CJA's memo to ROLL CALL, THE WASHINGTON POST, LEGAL TIMES, and NEW YORK LAW JOURNAL for follow-up coverage of the June 28th sentencing -- with copy to THE NEW YORK TIMES   [view]

June 28, 2004

Criminal Case

Elena Sassower's affidavit commenting upon and correcting the May 28, 2004 Presentence Report of D.C. Court Services & in opposition to the U.S. Attorney's June 1, 2004 Memorandum in Aid of Sentencing   [view]

Amended Transcript of June 28, 2004 sentencing:

Judge Holeman sentences Elena Sassower to six months incarceration, to begin immediately, and denies her request for release pending appeal. 



June 28, 2004 Judgment & Commitment Order: 6 months, $500 fine
                              & Order Assessing Costs: $250



 --- Continues with "Paper Trail from Jail"

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