CJA's July 3, 2001 letter to Senator Charles Schumer -- Chair/Senate Judiciary Committee Courts Subcommittee -- "Statement for the record of the June 26, 2001 hearing 'Should Ideology Matter?"  [SEE pages 16-18 ]

Accompanying Annexed Exhibits

 

Ex. A-1: CJA's May 27, 1996 letter to SJC Chair Hatch

Ex. A-2:  CJA's May 22, 1996 letter to Chief Counsel/Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts
       
Ex. A-3:   CJA's March 21, 2001 letter to President George W. Bush
       
Ex. A-4:  March 26, 2001 letter from Associate Counsel to the President  Bradford Berenson

Ex. B-1: CJA's May 18, 1992 letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitchell

Ex. B-2: CJA's Letter to the Editor, "Untrustworthy Ratings", NYT, 7/17/92

Ex. C: CJA's October 31, 1995 letter to Patricia Hynes, Second Circuit Representative/ABA Standing Committee on Federal Judiciary

Ex. D-1 Senator Strom Thurmond's June 13, 1996 letter to CJA

Ex. 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"

Ex. E: CJA's April 26, 1996 letter to Senate Judiciary Committee

Ex. F:  Chairman Hatch's June 12, 1996 letter to CJA

Ex. G-1: CJA's June 18, 1996 letter to Chairman Hatch

Ex. G-2: CJA's June 26, 1996 fax to Senate Judiciary Committee

Ex. H: Pages 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 NY

Ex. I-1: CJA's June 28, 1996 letter to Chairman Hatch

Ex. 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
       

Ex. J-1:  CJA's July 15, 1996 faxed memo to Senate Judiciary Committee counsel

Ex. J-2: CJA's July 15, 1996 fax to Legislative Assistant to Senate Majority Leader Lott

Ex. J-3: CJA's July 15, 1996 fax to Legislative Assistant to Senate Minority Leader Daschle

Ex. J-4: CJA's July 15, 1996 letter to Chief Counsel/Senator Herbert Kohl

Ex. J-5: CJA's July 16, 1996 letter to staff/Senate Minority Leader Daschle

Ex. J-6: CJA's itemized phone bill

Ex. J-7: descriptive chronology of CJA's Senate contacts, July 15-July 16, 1996
     

Ex. K:  July 15, 1996 memo to Senate Judiciary Committee from Bill Van Allen & Faye Rabenda

Ex. L: Senate confirmation of Lawrence Kahn to District Court/NDNY

Ex. M-1: CJA's July 30, 1998 letter to Leah Belaire/Investigative Counsel/Senate Judiciary Committee
       

Ex. M-2: CJA's August 3, 1998 letter to staff/Senate Judiciary Committee

Ex. M-3: CJA's August 19, 1998 letter to Leah Belaire/Investigative Counsel/Senate Judiciary Committee
    

Ex. N-1: "Without Merit: The Empty Promise of Judicial Discipline", by Elena Sassower, The Long Term View (Massachusetts School of Law) (summer 1997)
       

Ex. N-2: CJA's March 10, 1998 memorandum to House Judiciary Committee
    

Ex. N-3: CJA's March 23, 1998 memorandum to House Judiciary Committee
    

Ex. 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"

Ex. O-2: Coversheet to Compendium substantiating CJA's s statement

Ex. O-3:  CJA's June 19, 1998 memo to counsel/House Judiciary Committee

       
         Other referred-to documents      

        SEE:  Judicial Selection -- Federal:
               1992-3:   Andrew O'Rourke         
               1996:   Lawrence Kahn        
               1998:  Alvin K. Hellerstein

                               SEE: Judicial Discipline -- Federal