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

2005

CJA's July 29, 2005 letter to Executive Editor Bill Keller  --
"(1) Being True to the First Amendment by reporting on the readily-verifiable evidence, detailed by CJA's September 25, 2003 and October 13, 2003 letters to you, of the corruption of the processes of judicial selection & discipline and the complicity of our highest public officers, including those seeking re-election or further public office -- New York Home-State Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, New York State Attorney General Spitzer, and New York Governor George Pataki, among them; (2) Being True to New York Times' 'Ethical Journalism' Standards, Report Recommendations and Your Own Announced Policies by responsive, corrective action with respect to The Times' defamatory and cover-up November 7, 2004 column, 'When the Judge Sledgehammered The Gadfly' (Westchester Section, front page)"
    [indicated copies to Sulzberger, Abramson, Siegal, Landman, Taubman, Collins (for sharing with ALL Editorial Board members), Fuchs, Hernandez, Jayson Blair, Seth Mnookin & other members of press & The Public]

enclosing -- analysis of NYT column "WHEN THE JUDGE SLEDGEHAMMERED THE GADFLY"
          SEE:  "DISRUPTION OF CONGRESS" CASE & its "Paper Trail to Jail"
      Re: analysis, para. 14: see above NYT correspondence 1/22-3/6/03, plus             
                 NYS Senate Judiciary Committee Transcript: 1/22/03
                 CJA's January 22, 2003 written testimony  & accompanying appendix


CJA's August 16, 2005 memo to Keller, Sulzberger, Abramson, Siegal, Landman, Taubman, Collins (for ALL Editorial Board members, Fuchs, Hernandez --
"Collaboratively Moving Forward"
   [indicated copies to Mnookin, Blair, Raines, Gerald Boyd, Steven Brill, The Public -- & the Journalists Serving It]
                               -- ENCLOSING:
          CJA's August 16, 2005 memo to journalist Seth Mnookin
          CJA's August 16, 2005 memo to Jayson Blair, Howell Raines, Gerald Boyd, Steven Brill

CJA's MARCH 26, 2003 WRITTEN OPPOSITION STATEMENT TO THE NOMINATION OF NY COURT OF APPEALS JUDGE RICHARD C. WESLEY TO THE 2nd CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS
     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, 8/27/97
     Ex F-2:  "Without Merit: The Empty Promise of Judicial Discipline", by Elena
                  Sassower, The Long Term View (Massachusetts School of Law)
                  summer 1997

      AND the substantiating two final motions in Elena Ruth Sassower v. Commission
 

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

CJA's August 31, 2005 e-mail to Leslie Eaton --
"D.A. Morgenthau's Cover-Up of Judicial Corruption, etc."


CJA's September 2, 2005 memo --
"Election Coverage: Examining Manhattan D.A. Morgenthau's Record with Respect to Judicial Corruption and Conflicts of Interest -- and Getting His Response and that of Would-Be D.A. Snyder"   [faxed to Bill Keller, Editorial Board, Metro; e-mailed to Sulzberger, Keller, Abramson, Editorial Board, Eaton]  
        SEE: CORRESPONDENCE-NYS Officials: Manhattan D.A. Morgenthau
        SEE: CORRESPONDENCE-NYS Officials: Brooklyn D.A. Hynes

  --  CJA's September 2, 2005 memo to D.A. Morgenthau & Would-Be D.A. Snyder --
"THE VOTERS" RIGHT TO YOUR RESPONSE"  [e-mailed to Sulzberger, Keller, Abramson, Editorial Board, Eaton, Jonathan Hicks]  

  --  CJA's September 8, 2005 memo to Democratic Candidates for Brooklyn D.A.-- "RE: Informing the Voters -- and the Mainstream and Editorializing Press -- of Brooklyn D.A. Hynes' Cover-Up of Systemic, High-Level Judicial Corruption, Including with Respect to 'Clubhouse' Control of Nominations for Elective Judgeships"    [e-mailed to Sulzberger, Keller, Abramson, Editorial Board, Eaton, Hicks]  
 
   -- CJA's September 8, 2005 memo to Brooklyn D.A. Hynes -- "THE VOTERS" RIGHT TO YOUR RESPONSE"  [e-mailed to Sulzberger, Keller, Abramson, Editorial Board, Eaton, Hicks]
  

CJA's September 26, 2005 complaint to Byron Calame, Public Editor --
"Bringing Long-Overdue Accountability and Responsiveness to The New York Times"
   [indicated copies to Sulzberger, Abramson, Siegal, Landman, Taubman, Collins (for sharing with ALL Editorial Board members), Fuchs, Hernandez,, Eaton, Hicks, Geraldo Rivera, Bill O'Reilly]


Byron Calame's September 30, 2005 e-mail response
    [indicated copies to Keller and to Calame's own assistant Plambeck]


CJA's November 1, 2005 letter to Legal Department/NYT --
"Service of Summons & Complaint"


CJA's November 4, 2005 letter to David McCraw/Counsel/NYT --
"SERVICE OF SUMMONS WITH NOTICE UPON DEFENDANTS: The New York Times Company, The New York Times, Arthur Sulzberger, Jr., Bill Keller, Jill Abramson, Allan M. Siegal, Gail Collins, individually and on behalf of The Editorial Board, Daniel Okrent, Marek Fuchs"


CJA's November 30, 2005 letter to George Freeman/Assistant General Counsel/NYT  --
"New York Times' protocols and procedures with respect to requests for correction of false and defamatory publication"  [indicated copy to Solomon B. Watson, IV/Senior Vice President & General Counsel]

Freeman's December 2, 2005 letter --
"Times' procedures re corrections"


CJA's December 14, 2005 letter to Freeman --
"Securing appropriate review by The New York Times Company Legal Department"
   [indicated copy to Watson]


CJA's December 22, 2005 letter to Freeman
-- "RE: Securing appropriate review by The New York Times Company Legal Department"
   [indicated copy to Watson]


CJA's December 30, 2005 letter to Solomon B. Watson, IV, Senior Vice President & General Counsel --
"Securing appropriate review by The New York Times Company Legal Department"
    [indicated copy to Freeman]

 

                

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