THE NEW YORK TIMES
Paper Trail of Suppression, Protectionism,
Blackballing, & Election-Rigging

1997

CJA's February 18, 1997 coverletter and proposed Letter to the Editor  --
"Too Many Federal Court Vacancies", NYT editorial, 2/14/97
     SEE: Judicial Selection - Federal: 1996

    
CJA's February 19, 1997 coverletter and proposed Letter to the Editor --
U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Hatch's 2/19/97 published ltr to the editor and 2/19/97 article by Neil Lewis, "Head of Senate Judiciary Panel Reconsiders ABA Advisory Role"
  --transmitting CJA's June 28, 1996 letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Hatch

CJA's February 20, 1997 coverletter and proposed Letter to the Editor


CJA's February 24, 1997 coverletter and proposed Letter to the Editor


CJA's February 25, 1997 coverletter and proposed Letters to Editor


CJA's March 7, 1997 memo to Metro Desk (Joyce Purnick, Jan Hoffman) --
"CJA's Response to Governor Pataki's belated implementation of Executive Order #10, setting up permanent judicial screening committees"
  -- enclosing "On Choosing Judges, Pataki Creates Problems", CJA's ltr to the editor, NYT, 11/16/96
  -- enclosing  CJA’s March 7, 1997 letter to City Bar President Michael Cardozo -- "Supplement to City Bar's February 7, 1997 Report"
        SEE: Correspondence-Bar Associations: City Bar


CJA's March 7, 1997 memo to Albany Bureau --
"Governor Pataki's belated implementation of Executive Order #10, setting up permanent judicial screening committees"
 -- enclosing "On Choosing Judges, Pataki Creates Problems", CJA's ltr to the editor, NYT, 11/16/96
 -- CJA’s March 7, 1997 letter to City Bar President Michael Cardozo


CJA's April 15, 1997 memo to Albany Bureau/James Dao --
"New York State Ethics Commission"
  -- enclosing CJA's April 15, 1997 memo to Governor Pataki


CJA's April 30, 1997 letter to NYT columnist and Former NYT Executive Editor A.M. Rosenthal --
"Ethics at The Times"
  -- enclosing (1) CJA's October 21, 1996 comprehensive complaint 
  Ex A:  "Where Do You Go When Judges Break the Law?", CJA's $16,770 op-ed ad, NYT, 10/26/94
   Ex B: "Comm'n Abandons Investigative Mandate", CJA's ltr to editor, NYLJ, 8/14/95
   Ex C: "No Justification for Process's Secrecy", CJA's ltr to editor, NYLJ, 1/24/96
   Ex D: NYT op-ed ad, "The celebration of a century", 4/5/96
   Ex E: "From The Publisher", NYT editorial page, 1/17/92
   Ex F: "Without Fear or Favor", NYT editorial page, 8/19/96
   Ex G:  "The Color of Mendacity", NYT editorial, 7/19/96
    (2) CJA's December 2, 1996 supplement to October 21, 1996 comprehensive complaint


A.M. Rosenthal's May 7, 1997 letter


CJA's July 3, 1997 fax and proposed Letter to the Editor --
"On Choosing Judges: Part 2" --
"In a Candid Book, Lawyers Judge the Judges" front-page metro, 7/2/97


CJA's August 27, 1997 press releases to Metro/Assignment Desk; Purnick/Hoffman; Albany Bureau
  -- CJA's $3,077 public interest ad, "Restraining 'Liars in the Courtroom' and on the Public Payroll", NYLJ, pp. 3-4, 8/27/97
        SEE:  Correspondence - NYS Officials: A.G. Vacco
        SEE: Judicial Discipline - NYS: Doris L. Sassower v. NYS Commission on Judicial Conduct
     SEE:  Test Cases - Federal (Mangano)


CJA's December 19, 1997 memo to Jack Kadden, Metro Editor --
"Governor Pataki's manipulation of judicial appointments"
        -- resent on December 23, 1997 to Jerry Gray, Political Editor


CJA's December 24, 1997 letter to Jerry Gray --
"Our Critique of Andrew O'Rourke's judicial qualifications and the failure of the federal judicial screening process"
          SEE: Judicial Selection - Federal: 1992-3


CJA's December 26, 1997 memo to Gray --
"Citizen Opposition to Governor Pataki's Appointment of Andrew O'Rourke to the Court of Claims"
         SEE: Judicial Selection - NY - Appointments to Lower State Courts: O'Rourke


CJA's December 26, 1997 memo to Gray --
"Citizen Opposition to Governor Pataki's Appointment of Andrew O'Rourke to the Court of Claims"