2001-2002 Correspondence with House Judiciary Committee

           

2001

CJA's July 9, 2001 letter to Sam Garg, Democratic Minority Counsel/House Judiciary Committee --
       "(1) Whereabouts of the documentary materials supplied to the Courts Subcommittee by CJA in substantiation of its Statement for Inclusion in the record of the Subcommittee's June 11, 1998 'Oversight Hearing of the Administration and Operation of the Federal Judiciary';
           (2) CJA's request for hearings on federal judicial discipline and removal, including on the 1993 Report of the National Commission on Judicial Discipline and Removal;
         (3) CJA's on-going request for access to judicial misconduct complaints, received by the House Judiciary Committee -- and publicly-accessible according to the National Commission's 1993 Report (at p. 35)"
         enclosing:   CJA's July 3, 2001 Statement for the Record of the Senate Judiciary Committee's June 26, 2001 hearing "Should Ideology Matter?"  
         [SEE pages 16-18 & N-1, N-2, N-3, O-1, O-2, O-3] 
                               click here for EVIDENTIARY webpage with exhibits

 

CJA's July 9, 2001 letter to Philip Kiko, General Counsel & Chief of Staff to Republican House Judiciary Committee Chair James Sensenbrenner --
       "(1) Whereabouts of the documentary materials supplied to the Courts Subcommittee by CJA in substantiation of its Statement for Inclusion in the record of the Subcommittee's June 11, 1998 'Oversight Hearing of the Administration and Operation of the Federal Judiciary';
        (2) CJA's request for hearings on federal judicial discipline and removal, including on the 1993 Report of the National Commission on Judicial Discipline and Removal;
        (3) CJA's on-going request for access to judicial misconduct complaints, received by the House Judiciary Committee -- and publicly-accessible according to the National Commission's 1993 Report (at p. 35)"
      enclosing:   CJA's July 3, 2001 Statement for the Record of the Senate Judiciary Committee's June 26, 2001 hearing "Should Ideology Matter?"  
         [SEE pages 16-18 & N-1, N-2, N-3, O-1, O-2, O-3] 
                               click here for EVIDENTIARY webpage with exhibits

CJA's July 19, 2001 letter to Melissa McDonald, Oversight Counsel/Republican Majority, House Judiciary Committee  --
"Upcoming Oversight Hearings over the Federal Judiciary"
  

CJA's July 19, 2001 memo to Counsel Garg, Senators Schumer, Leahy, and Hatch  --
"Upcoming Oversight Hearings over the Federal Judiciary"


CJA's July 25, 2001 fax to Helaine Greenfield, Counsel/Senator Leahy -- "Sending Counsel to tomorrow's meeting with House Judiciary Committee Republican Counsel"


CJA's July 31, 2001 letter to Oversight Counsel McDonald  --
"Implementing the National Commission on Judicial Discipline and Removal's key recommendation:  'that the House ensure that its Committee on the Judiciary has the resources to deal with judicial discipline matters, and the resources and institutional memory necessary to deal with impeachment cases as they arise' (1993 Report at p. 37, emphases added)"     

         Ex. A:  Inventory of CJA's correspondence with House Judiciary Committee & National Commission on Judicial Discipline & Removal
     Ex. B:  Inventory of CJA's correspondence with Administrative Office of US Courts 1995-1998
     Ex. C: CJA's February 16, 1999 letter to House Judiciary Committee --
"The House Judiciary's Other Impeachment Duties: JUDICIAL IMPEACHMENT COMPLAINTS"

 

CJA's September 4, 2001 letter to Oversight Counsel McDonald --
"Getting Answers to Legitimate Questions -- Including by the Personal Intercession of Congresswoman Nita Lowey, If Necessary"

    Ex. A: pp. 32-7 of Report of National Commission on Judicial Discipline & Removal
     Ex. B: Elena Sassower's August 26, 1993 letter to Ed O'Connell, Counsel/House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee
     Ex. C: CJA's June 30, 1995 letter to Counsel to Tom Mooney, Counsel/House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee
     Ex. D: Congresswoman Nita Lowey's February 7, 1995 letters
     Ex. E-1: Ed O'Connell's January 4, 1994 letter to Elena Sassower
     Ex. E-2:  Elena Sassower's January 31, 1994 letter to Ed O'Connell
     Ex. F-1: Elena Sassower's August 30, 1993 letter to Congresswoman Lowey
     Ex. F-2: CJA's December 2, 1994 letter to Hayden Gregory, Counsel/House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee
     Ex. G: "Without Merit: The Empty Promise of Judicial Discipline", Long Term View (Massachusetts School of Law, Vol. 4, No. 1 (summer 1997)
     Ex. H-1:  CJA's March 10, 1998 memo to House Judiciary Committee
     Ex. H-2:  CJA's March 23, 1998 memo to House Judiciary Committee
     Ex. I-1:  CJA's July 19, 2001 letter to Melissa McDonald
     Ex I-2:  CJA's July 9, 2001 letter to Sam Garg, Minority Counsel
     Ex. I-3: CJA's July 9, 2001 letter to Philip Kiko, Counsel/Chief of Staff

2002
 
CJA's July 30, 2002 letter to Oversight Counsel McDonald --
"Your wilful non-response to CJA's July 31, 2001 and September 4, 2001 letters and to phone messages based thereon -- warranting your discharge, for cause, from the staff of the House Judiciary Committee"
 

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NEW YORK CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION

CJA's July 26, 2001 memo to New York's Congressional Delegation --
"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'"

CONGRESSWOMAN NITA LOWEY

CJA's August 20, 2001 letter to Kenneth Famulare, Staff Asst/Congresswoman Nita Lowey
         enclosing
  -- CJA's July 26, 2001 memo to New York's Congressional Delegation
  -- NY Post article, "State politicians to scrutinize judicial-conduct panel", 3/1/96

CJA's August 28, 2001 letter to Pat Keegan, District Director/Congresswoman Lowey

 

CJA's September 5, 2001 letter to District Director Keegan

 

CJA's October 24, 2001 letter to District Director Keegan

 

CJA's June 24, 2002 letter to Staff Assistant Famulare