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2006

CJA's March 22, 2006 e-mail to Jack Shafer/Editor at Large/"Pressbox" & Eric Umansky/"Today's Papers" -- "First-of-its-kind public interest lawsuit vs The New York Times"

                            SEE:   SUING THE NEW YORK TIMES

CJA's March 22, 2006 e-mail to John Dickerson/Chief Political Correspondent --
"Politically-explosive lawsuit vs The New York Times"

CJA's June 9, 2006 e-mail to Jack Shafer & Eric Umansky --
"How The NYT Litigates When Sued"

CJA's June 9, 2006 e-mail to John Dickerson --
"Update on Lawsuit vs NYT for Election-Rigging for Hillary Clinton & Eliot Spitzer"

CJA's August 22, 2006 e-mail to Shafer, Umansky, Dickerson --
"Empirical Test: The 'Gatekeepers' -- Alive & Well, Protecting The New York Times & Its Election-Rigging for Clinton, Spitzer"

November 18, 2007 Neiman Conference on Narrative Journalism -- Boston, Massachusetts:  face-to-face conversation between Elena Sassower & Dahlia Lithwick, who receives, in hand, CJA's Letters to the Editor about the "disruption of Congress" case & three press releases about The New York Times case

                           SEE: "Disruption of Congress"

                             
2007

February 8, 2007: Columbia University School of Journalism Symposium on "Media Reform: Is it Good for Journalism" -- NYC:  transcript of Elena Sassower's public comment, question, and exchange with Jack Shafer,
giving him copies of CJA's three prior e-mails to him enclosing CJA's prior press releases  &, thereafter, CJA's January 11-14, 2007 hand-out "'The Gatekeepers' are Alive & Well: Subverting our Democracy by 'Protecting' The New York Times & Our Highest Public Officers" & CJA's July 13, 2006 letter to Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism

                     CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO

CJA's correspondence given to Dahlia Lithwick, in hand, on February 16, 2007 for her review & transmittal to Lyle Denniston

CJA's March 23, 2007 e-mail to Dahlia Lithwick -- "Subject: Thank you, etc."

cc to Lithwick: CJA's June 19, 2007 e-mail to Justice at Stake Campaign --
"Championing Judicial Independence at the U.S. Supreme Court by Amicus Curiae Support of Cert Petition in 'Disruption of Congress' Case"

                          SEE: "Disruption of Congress' -- Appeals: U.S. Supreme Court"


cc to Lithwick: CJA's June 29, 2007 e-mail to Justice at Stake Campaign --
"'Working to Keep Our Courts Fair and Impartial'- as Empirically Tested by the 'Disruption of Congress' Case" 

cc to Lithwick: CJA's July 2, 2007 e-mail to Justice at Stake Campaign Partners --
"'Working to Keep Our Courts Fair and Impartial'- as Empirically Tested by the 'Disruption of Congress' Case" 

cc to Lithwick: CJA's August 24, 2007 e-mail to Justice at Stake Campaign & Partners -- "Subject: Championing Judicial Independence at the U.S. Supreme Court -- Cert Petition in the 'Disruption of Congress' Case" 

CJA's September 20, 2007 e-mail to Dahlia Lithwick -- "Justice Roberts' Theme of Judicial Independence & The First Amendment -- Now Playing Out in the 'Disruption of Congress' Case Before Him & The Court"

CJA's September 20, 2007 e-mail to Dahlia Lithwick -- "The Supreme Court Clerk's Office: A Law Unto Itself"

Dahlia Lithwick's September 20, 2007 e-mail -- "The Supreme Court Clerk's Office: A Law Unto Itself"

CJA's September 20, 2007 e-mail to Dahlia Lithwick -- "Bless You!  I Promise You a Prize-Winning & History-Making Story -- Beginning --"

CJA's September 21, 2007 e-mail to Dahlia Lithwick -- "Subject: A Law Unto Itself -- The U.S. Supreme Court Clerk's Office"

CJA's October 12, 2007 e-mail to Dahlia Lithwick -- "Subject: Boumediene -- It's Not Just about Guantanamo Bay Detainees"

CJA's November 13, 2007 e-mail to Dahlia Lithwick -- "Subject: Laying Bare the 'Internal Operations and Culture' of the Supreme Court & Its Clerk's Office"

CJA's November 15, 2007 e-mail to Dahlia Lithwick -- "Subject: UPDATE: Laying Bare the 'Internal Operations and Culture' of the Supreme Court & Its Clerk's Office -- & Its Legal Office"

Dahlia Lithwick's November 15, 2007 e-mail -- "Subject: RE: UPDATE: Laying Bare the 'Internal Operations and Culture' of the Supreme Court & Its Clerk's Office -- & Its Legal Office"

CJA's November 15, 2007 e-mail to Dahlia Lithwick -- "Subject: For You I will Wait, etc! -- RE: UPDATE: Laying Bare the 'Internal Operations and Culture' of the Supreme Court & Its Clerk's Office -- & Its Legal Office"

CJA's November 19, 2007 e-mail to Dahlia Lithwick -- "Subject: PRESS RELEASE: 'How Does the U.S. Supreme Court Handle Misconduct Complaints against its Staff?"

Dahlia Lithwick's November 19, 2007 e-mail -- "RE: PRESS RELEASE: 'How Does the U.S. Supreme Court Handle Misconduct Complaints against its Staff?"

CJA's November 19, 2007 e-mail to Dahlia Lithwick -- "Thank you, but --"

Dahlia Lithwick's November 19, 2007 e-mail -- "RE: Thank you, but --"

cc to Lithwick:  CJA's November 20-21, 2007 e-mail -- "Defending Your Column 'Hey Justices: Stop Talking, Start Working" vs Mark Obbie's Lawbeat Blog"

CJA's December 11, 2007 memo to Dahlia Lithwick --"RE: CONTRIBUTING TO SCHOLARSHIP & TEACHING..."

CJA's December 12, 2007 e-mail to Dahlia Lithwick -- "Bringing Accountability to the U.S. Supreme Court -- Starting with Reporters and Editors"

Dahlia Lithwick's December 12, 2007 e-mail -- "RE: Bringing Accountability to the U.S. Supreme Court -- Starting with Reporters and Editors"

CJA's December 12, 2007 e-mail to Dahlia Lithwick -- "Thank you, etc. -- Bringing Accountability to the U.S. Supreme Court -- Starting with Reporters and Editors"


2008


CJA's March 11, 2008 e-mail to Dahlia Lithwick -- "TODAY'S Closed-Door Judicial Conference Deliberations on the Proposed New Rules for Federal Judicial Discipline

     
SEE:  
CJA's March 6, 2008 Letter to Chief Justice Roberts & Critique of the Report to the Chief Justice
      
on the Implementation of the Judicial Conduct & Disability Act of 1980



CJA's March 16, 2008 e-mail to Jack Shafer -- "In defense of Kimberly Strassel: WHY ARE YOU ASKING "Did the Press Service Spitzer?"

       SEE:    Skewing & Subverting the Electoral Process: Press Protectionism of NY A.G. Eliot Spitzer
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