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U.S. SENATOR -- AND WOULD-BE
NEXT PRESIDENT --
HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
2001
CJA's
July 14, 2001 letter to Senator Clinton
[indicated copies to Senator Schumer & recipients of
CJA's July 3,
2001 letter to him--
-- "RE: Request for your
Senatorial Endorsement of Hearings on Federal Judicial Discipline and Removal by
the Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and
the Courts -- Including Threshold Hearings on the 1993 Report of the National
Commission on Judicial Discipline and Removal"
--
enclosing
CJA's July 3, 2001 letter to Senator Charles Schumer, Chairman of the
Senate Judiciary Committee's Courts Subcommittee
Exhibit A-1: CJA's May 27, 1996 letter to Senator Hatch, Chairman/Senate
Judiciary Committee
Exhibit A-2: CJA's May 22, 1996 letter to Chief Counsel/Subcommittee on
Administrative Oversight and the Courts
Exhibit A-3: CJA's March 21, 2001 ltr to President George W. Bush
Exhibit A-4: March 26, 2001 letter from Bradford Berenson, Associate Counsel
to the President
Exhibit B-1: CJA's May 18, 1992 letter to Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell
Exhibit B-2: CJA's Letter to the Editor, "Untrustworthy Ratings",
NYT, 7/17/92
Exhibit C: CJA's October 31, 1995 letter to Patricia Hynes, Second Circuit
Representative/ABA Standing Committee
on
Federal Judiciary
Exhibit
D-1 Senator Strom Thurmond's June 13, 1996 letter to CJA
Exhibit D-2: pp. 4-5 of Senate Judiciary Committee's May 21, 1996 hearing on
"The Role of the ABA in the Judicial
Selection Process"
Exhibit E:
CJA's April 26, 1996 letter to Senate Judiciary Committee
Exhibit F:
Chairman Hatch's June 12, 1996 letter to CJA
Exhibit G-1: CJA's June 18, 1996 letter to Chairman Hatch
Exhibit
G-2: CJA's June 26, 1996 fax to Senate Judiciary Committee
Exhibit H: pp.790-1 of transcript of Senate Judiciary Committee's June
25, 1996 "hearing" on the confirmation of
Lawrence Kahn's nomination to the District Court for the Northern
District of New York
Exhibit I-1: CJA's June 28, 1996 letter to Chairman Hatch
Exhibit I-2:
Certified mail/return receipts to/from Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott
& Senate Minority Leader Tom
Daschle, as
well as fax coversheets and transmittal receipts
Exhibit J-1: CJA's July 15, 1996 faxed memo to Senate Judiciary
Committee counsel
Exhibit J-2: CJA's July 15, 1996 fax to Legislative Assistant to Senate
Majority Leader Lott
Exhibit J-3: CJA's July 15, 1996 fax to Legislative Assistant to Senate
Minority Leader Daschle
Exhibit J-4: CJA's July 15, 1996 letter to Chief Counsel/Senator Herbert Kohl
Exhibit J-5: CJA's July 16, 1996 letter to staff/Senate Minority Leader Daschle
Exhibit
J-6: CJA's itemized phone bill
Exhibit
J-7: descriptive chronology of CJA's Senate contacts, July 15-July 16,
1996
Exhibit
K: July 15, 1996 memo to Senate Judiciary Committee from Bill Van Allen
& Faye Rabenda
Exhibit L: Senate confirmation of Lawrence Kahn to District Court/NDNY
Exhibit M-1: CJA's July 30, 1998 letter to Leah Belaire/Investigative
Counsel/Senate Judiciary Committee
Exhibit M-2: CJA's August 3, 1998 letter to staff/Senate Judiciary Committee
Exhibit M-3: CJA's August 19, 1998 letter to Leah Belaire/Investigative
Counsel/Senate Judiciary Committee
Exhibit N-1: "Without Merit: The Empty Promise of Judicial Discipline",
by Elena Sassower, The Long Term
View
(Massachusetts School of Law) (summer 1997)
Exhibit N-2:
CJA's March 10, 1998 memorandum
to House Judiciary Committee
Exhibit N-3:
CJA's March 23, 1998 memorandum to House Judiciary Committee
Exhibit O-1:
CJA's statement for inclusion in the record of the House
Judiciary Committee's June 11, 1998
"Oversight
Hearing of the Administration and Operation of the Federal Judiciary"
Exhibit O-2: Coversheet to Compendium substantiating CJA's s statement
Exhibit O-3:
CJA's June 19, 1998 memo to counsel/House Judiciary Committee
Also enclosing:
--
CJA's July 11, 2001 letter to Senate Majority/Minority Leaders
--
CJA's July 11, 2001 letter to Senate Judiciary Committee members
--
CJA's July 14, 2001 letter to President George W. Bush
--
CJA's
July 9, 2001 letter to House Judiciary Committee Counsel
SEE:
Judicial Selection: Federal
SEE:
Judicial Discipline: Federal
CJA's July 27, 2001 memo to Senator Clinton,
etc.
[indicated copies to every
member of NY Congressional Delegation]
-- "RE: Support from New York's Congressional Delegation for the
Public's Right to a Record of the Oral Argument of a Public Interest Lawsuit
against the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct in New York's
Appellate Division, First Department - a 'Court of Record'"
2003
CJA's April 23, 2003 letter to Senator Clinton
[indicated copies to President Bush, Senate Judiciary Committee
Chairman Hatch, Ranking Member Leahy, Senator Schumer]
-- "RE: Citizen Opposition to Senate Confirmation of New York Court of Appeals
Judge Richard C. Wesley to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals and P. Kevin
Castel to the District Court of the Southern District of New York"
-- enclosing
CJA's March 26, 2003 written statement to the American Bar Association &
Association of the Bar of the City of New York, summarizing the documentary evidence of
Judge Wesley's corruption as a New York Court of Appeals judge
[indicated copies to Wesley, Castel,
President Bush, Senator Hatch, Senator Leahy, Senator Schumer, Senator
Clinton, NYS Commission on Judicial Conduct]
-- WITH ACCOMPANYING FINAL TWO MOTIONS in
Elena Ruth Sassower, Coordinator of the Center for Judicial Accountability,
Inc, acting pro bono publico v. Commission on Judicial Conduct of the State of
New York:
(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 ltr 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
(1/7/02 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, 1/17/02
Exhibit M-2: "State judicial system is accountable to public",
Judge
Kaye, Albany Times Union, 2/10/02
Also
enclosing --
CJA's September 18, 2000 letter to
P. Kevin Castel, with CJA's accompanying
June 20, 2000 letter to the President of the Association of the Bar of the
City of New York
Ex A-1: "Where Do
You Go When Judges Break the Law", CJA's $16,770 ad, NYT,
10/26/94
Ex A-2: "A
Call for Concerted Action", CJA's $1,648 ad, NYLJ, 11/20/96
Ex A-3: "Restraining
'Liars in the Courtroom' and on the Public Payroll", CJA's
$3,077 ad, NYLJ, 8/27/97
Ex A-4: "On
Choosing Judges, Pataki Creates Problems", CJA's ltr to editor,
NYT, 11/16/96
Ex A-5:
"O'Rourke's appointment was illegal", CJA's ltr to editor,
Daily News, 2/13/98
Ex A-6: "No
Justification for Process's Secrecy", CJA's ltr to editor, NYLJ,
1/24/96
Ex A-7: "An
Appeal to Fairness: Revisit the Court of Appeals", CJA's ltr to
editor, NYPost, 12/28/98
Ex A-8: "Comm'n
Abandons Investigative Mandate", CJA's ltr to editor, NYLJ,
8/14/95
Ex A-9: "Untrustworthy
Ratings?", CJA's ltr to the editor, NYT, 7/17/92
Ex A-10: "Without
Merit: The Empty Promise of Judicial Discipline", CJA article,
The Long Term View (Massachusetts School of Law), summer 1997
Ex B-1: CJA's
testimony about the Commission on Judicial Conduct at the May 14,
1997 public hearing of the City Bar Special Committee on Judicial
Conduct
Ex B-2: CJA's May 5, 1997 notice-challenge
Ex. A-1: "Commission Abandons Investigative Mandate", CJA's
ltr to editor, NYLJ, 8/14/95
Ex. A-2: "A
Call for Concerted Action", CJA's $1,648 ad, NYLJ, 11/20/96
Ex. B: CJA's
3-page analysis of the fraudulent judicial decision in Doris L.
Sassower v.
Commission, with annexed law: 22 NYCRR 7000.1 et seq., Judiciary Law
44.1, NYS Constitution, Article VI, Sec. 22
Ex C:
Inventories of transmitted documents
Ex D-1:
CJA's May 18, 1999 letter to City Bar President Michael Cooper
Ex D-2:
CJA's May 19, 1999 fax to City Bar Counsel Alan Rothstein
Ex D-3:
CJA's February 9, 1999 ltr to Alan Rothstein
Ex E: Notice of Appeal & Pre-Argument Statement
Ex F:
CJA's January 26, 1999 written questions for A.G. Spitzer and
transcript of January 27, 1999 exchange with Spitzer
-- Also enclosing
CJA's
April 23, 2003 letter to Senator Schumer
CJA's May 2, 2003 letter to Josh Albert, Legislative Correspondent to Senator
Clinton -- "RE: Citizen Opposition to Senate Confirmation of New York
Court of Appeals Judge Richard C. Wesley to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals
and P. Kevin Castel to the District Court of the Southern District of New York"
CJA's May 5, 2003
memo to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Hatch and Ranking Member Leahy
[indicated copies to President Bush, Senator Schumer, Senator
Clinton, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Wesley, Castel,
Press]
-- "RE:
Calling Upon the American Bar Association and the Association of the Bar of the
City of New York to Reconcile their Barebones Ratings of the Qualifications of
New York Court of Appeals Judge Richard C. Wesley, Nominated to the Second
Circuit Court of Appeals and P. Kevin Castel, Nominated to the District Court of
the Southern District of New York - With CJA's 28-Page Document-Supported March
26, 2003 Written Statement"
Ex A:
CJA's July 3, 2003 letter to Senator Schumer/Chairman of the Senate Judiciary
Committee's Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight & the Courts, as printed in
the record of the Senate Judiciary Committee's June 26, 2001 and September 4,
2001 hearings on "The Judicial Nomination and Confirmation Process"
Ex B:
CJA's May 27, 1996 letter to Senator Hatch, as printed 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: summary
of Common Cause's recommendation pertaining to ABA, as set forth at pp. 27-28 of
its 1986 report, "Assembly-Line Approval"
Ex D: Testimony
& statement of Professor Daniel Meador/Miller Center Commission on the Selection
of Federal Judges, at May 21, 1996 hearing on "The Role of the American Bar
Association in the Judicial Selection Process"
[SEE: Test Cases - State (Commission)]
May 5, 2003
letter to President Bush
[indicated copies to Senator Hatch, Senator Leahy, Senator
Schumer, Senator Clinton, ABA, City Bar, Wesley, Castel, press]
-- "RE: Withdrawing the Nomination of New York Court of
Appeals Judge Richard C. Wesley to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals and the
Nomination of P. Kevin Castel to the District Court for the Southern District of
New York"
CJA's May 19, 2003 memo to Senator Clinton & Schumer -- "EMERGENCY ATTENTION REQUIRED" --
[indicated copies to President Bush, Senators Hatch, Leahy,
Wesley, Castel, press]
"RE: (1) Endorsement of CJA's requests
in its May 19, 2003 memorandum to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Hatch &
Ranking Member Leahy and, in particular, CJA's request to be permitted to
testify in opposition at the May 22, 2003 hearing on Judge Wesley's
confirmation; (2) Withdrawal of your 'blue slips' approving Senate confirmation
of Judge Wesley and P. Kevin Castel, Esq."
-- enclosing CJA's
CJA's May 19, 2003
letter to Chairman Hatch and Ranking Member Leahy -- "EMERGENCY ATTENTION
REQUIRED"
[indicated copies to President Bush, Senator Schumer, Senator
Clinton, Wesley, Castel press]
-- "RE: (1) CJA's request to testify in opposition at the May 22, 2003
hearing on Judge Wesley's confirmation; (2) your personal review of CJA's
document-substantiated March 26, 2003 written statement; (3) your requested
verification off the adequacy of Committee counsel's review of CJA's
document-substantiated March 26, 2003 statement -- and release of
counsel's FINDINGS thereon; (4) your requested cancellation of the May 22, 2003
hearing on Judge Wesley's confirmation; (5) your obtaining Judge Wesley's
response to CJA's document-substantiated March 26, 2003 written statement; (6)
distribution to Committee members & inclusion in the record; (7) calling upon
the ABA and City Bar to support their ratings with FINDINGS as to CJA's
document-substantiated March 26, 2003 statement"
CJA's May 21, 2003
fax to Senator Clinton --"EMERGENCY ATTENTION REQUIRED"
[indicated copies to Capitol Police, press]
-- enclosing CJA's
May 21, 2003
letter to Senator Schumer --"EMERGENCY PERSONAL ATTENTION REQUIRED"
[indicated copies to President
Bush, Senator Hatch, Senator Leahy, Senator Clinton, Wesley, Castel,
press]
-- "RE:
(1) Endorsement of CJA's requests in its May 19, 2003 memorandum to Senate
Judiciary Committee Chairman Hatch and Ranking Member Leahy and, in particular,
of CJA's request to be permitted to testify in opposition at the May 22, 2003
hearing on Judge Wesley's confirmation; (2) Withdrawal of the Senator's 'blue
slips' approving Senate confirmation of Judge Wesley and of P. Kevin Castel,
Esq."
CJA's May 21, 2003 to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Hatch and Ranking
Member Leahy -- "EMERGENCY ATTENTION REQUIRED"
[indicated copies to President Bush, Senator Schumer,
Senator Clinton, Wesley, Castel, Capitol Police, press]
-- "RE: CJA's request
to testify in opposition at the May 22, 2003 hearing on Judge Wesley's
confirmation, based on its March 26, 2003 written statement, particularizing the
case file evidence ESTABLISHING his corrupt, self-interested,
politically-motivated conduct as a New York Court of Appeals judge, causing
on-going and irreparable injury to the People of New York"
CJA's May 21, 2003 letter to Capitol Police -- "RE: NOT BEING ARRESTED"
[indicated copies to President Bush, Senator Hatch, Senator
Leahy, Senator Clinton, Wesley, Castel, press]
-- enclosing
CJA's July 3, 2001 letter to Senator Schumer,
-- with its Exhibit H:
transcript pages from
the Senate Judiciary Committee's June 25, 1996 confirmation "hearing"
-- at which Sassower requested to testify
CJA's May 22, 2003
memo to Chairman Hatch and Ranking Member Leahy -- "RE: EMERGENCY
SUPERVISORY ATTENTION REQUIRED"
[indicated copies to President Bush, Senator Schumer,
Senator Clinton, Wesley, Castel, press]
-- "RE: THE URGENCY OF YOUR PERSONAL SUPERVISORY
OVERSIGHT AND RESPONSE"
CJA's May 28, 2003
memo to Chairman Hatch and Ranking Member Leahy
[indicated copies to President Bush, Senator Chambliss, Senator
Schumer, Senator Clinton, Wesley, Castel, US Attorney/D.C., Capitol
Police, press]
-- (1) Upholding the
People's Rights by Halting Senate Confirmation of New York Court of Appeals
Richard C. Wesley to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals; (2) Preserving
Exculpatory Evidence; (3) Directing that Judge Wesley Answer the Substantive
Questions NOT Asked at the May 22, 2003 Confirmation 'Hearing'"
CJA's
May 30, 2003
letter to Miller Reporting Company
[indicated copies to Senator Hatch, Senator Leahy, Senator
Chambliss, Senator Schumer, Senator Clinton, U.S. Attorney/D.C., Capitol
Police, President Bush, Wesley, Castel, Press]
"RE: Verifying Accuracy of Transcription: Senate Judiciary Committee's May 22,
2003 'hearing' to confirm the nomination of New York Court of Appeals Judge
Richard C. Wesley to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals"
CJA's May 30, 2003
letter to Pre-Trial Services
[indicated copies to Senator Kennedy, Senator Leahy, Senator
Schumer, Senator Feingold, Senator Edwards, Senator Clinton, President
Bush, Senator Hatch, Wesley, Castel, Press]
-- "RE: United States of America v. Elena Ruth Sassower #M04113-03:
Required Address Verification: via Senator Edward M. Kennedy and the
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee"
CJA's June 4, 2003
memo to Senator Kennedy
[indicated copies to Senator Hatch, Senator Leahy, Senator
Chambliss, Senator Schumer, Senator Feingold, Senator Edwards, Senator
Clinton, President Bush, Wesley, Castel, Press]
-- "RE: Demonstrating that Good Government and Respect for Fundamental Citizen
Rights would be Served by a Democratic Senate Minority in 2004: (1) Giving
comparable 'scrutiny' to the nomination of Judge Richard C. Wesley to the Second
Circuit Court of Appeals as to the nomination of Michael Chertoff to the Third
Circuit Court of Appeals; (2) Withdrawing and/or defeating Senate Bill 1023 to
increase federal judicial salaries pending investigation of the documentary
evidence of systemic federal judicial corruption, including the federal
judiciary's gutting of the federal judicial
disqualification/disclosure/discipline statutes (28 USC 455, 372(c)) and its
wilful failure and refusal to implement key recommendations of the 1993 Report
of the National Commission on Judicial Discipline and Removal"
CJA's June 6, 2003
letter to President Bush ATT: Alberto R. Gonzales, Counsel
[indicated copies to Senate Majority Leader Frist, Senate
Minority Leader Daschle, Senator Hatch, Senator Leahy, Senator Schumer,
Senator Clinton, Wesley, Castel, Press]
-- "RE: Notifying the U.S. Senate to defer any vote to confirm the nomination of
New York Court of Appeals Judge Richard C. Wesley to the Second Circuit Court of
Appeals pending review of CJA's March 26, 2003 written statement, summarizing
the documentary evidence of his corruption in office - as to which the Senate
Judiciary Committee has undertaken NO investigation and made NO findings
CJA's June 6, 2003
memo to Senator Majority Leader Frist and Senate Minority Leader Daschle
[indicated copies to President Bush, Senator Hatch, Senator
Leahy, Senator Schumer, Senator Clinton, Wesley, Castel, Press]
-- RE: "Deferring any Senate vote to confirm the nomination of New York Court of
Appeals Judge Richard C. Wesley to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals pending
your personal review of CJA's March 26, 2003 written statement, summarizing the
documentary evidence of his corruption in office -- as to which the Senate
Judiciary Committee has undertaken NO INVESTIGATION and made NO FINDINGS"
CJA's June 13,
2003 memo to the American Bar Association and the Association of the Bar of the
City of New York
[indicated copies to President Bush, Senator
Majority Leader Frist, Senate Minority Leader Daschle, Senator Jeffords, Senator
Lieberman, Senator Dodd, Senator Hatch, Senator Leahy, Senator Schumer,
Senator Clinton, Wesley, Castel, Press]
-- "RE: Bringing Accountability to the ABA and City Bar by calling upon
them: (1) to justify their barebones ratings of Richard C. Wesley and P. Kevin
Castel for federal judgeships by disgorging their findings pertaining to
CJA's March 26, 2003 written statement; (2) to respond to the
recommendations of the 1986 Common Cause report and the 1996 Miller Center
Commission report for substantiated bar ratings [pp. 4-6]; (3) to
confront the fundamental standards disqualifying candidates for judicial
office articulated by CJA's March 26, 2003 statement [pp. 8-9]"
May 28, 2004
memo to Chairman Hatch, Ranking Member Leahy, NY Home-State Senators Schumer &
Clinton, and Senator Chambliss --
[indicated copies to US Attorney/D.C., D.C. Superior Ct Judge Brian
Holeman, The Public]
"RE: JUNE 1st SENTENCING FOR 'DISRUPTION OF CONGRESS' & PICK-UP OF LONG-AGO
REQUESTED DOCUMENTS"
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