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NOW part of POGO
--
Constitution Project
(formerly "Citizens for Independent Courts)
VIRGINIA
SLOAN &
here
1998
CJA's
July 30, 1998 fax to Virginia Sloan, Executive Director --
"Senate Judicial Confirmations"
enclosure:
CJA's July 30, 1998 letter to Senate Judiciary Committee
JULY 31, 1998
hand-delivery of primary-source, documentary evidence of the dysfunction
& corruption of federal judicial selection & discipline:
RE:
FEDERAL JUDICIAL SELECTION:
see:
Judicial Selection-Federal 1992-3
Judicial Selection-Federal 1996
CJA's August 1996 correspondence with Alliance for Justice,
Free Congress Foundation, Common Cause & Century
Foundation to build coalition to advance non-partisan reforms
of federal judicial confirmation, recommended by
1986
Common
Cause Report, "Assembly-Line Approval"
1988
Twentieth Century Fund Report "Judicial Roulette"
CJA's August 13, 1996 letter
to Alliance for Justice --
"Coalition for non-partisan reform"
(cc: Free Congress Foundation)
CJA's August 19, 1996 letter
to Common Cause --
"Coalition for non-partisan reform"
CJA's
August 22, 1996 letter to Century Foundation --
"Judicial Roulette"
RE:
FEDERAL JUDICIAL DISCIPLINE:
see:
Test
Case-Federal
(Mangano)
[see cert petition]
including:
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"
Accompanying
Compendium of Documents Annexed to the Statement
CJA's March 10, 1998 memorandum to House Judiciary Committee
CJA's published article, "Without Merit: The Empty Promise of
Judicial
Discipline", The Long Term
View (Mass. School of Law) (1997)
CJA's March 10, 1998 fax coversheets/receipts of certified mailing
CJA's March 23, 1998 memorandum to House Judiciary Committee
Ex. A: CJA's March 13, 1998 letter to Professor Burbank
Ex. B: Professor Burbank's March 15, 1998 fax
Ex. C: CJA's March 16, 1998 memo to House Judiciary Committee
Ex. D: CJA's July 22, 1993 letter to National Commission on
Judicial
Discipline & Removal
Ex. E: CJA's June 9, 1993 letter to Counsel/House Judiciary
Committee
CJA's March 23, 1998 fax coversheet to House Judiciary Committee
CJA's May 22, 1998 letter to House Judiciary Committee
CJA's April 24, 1998 testimony before the Commission on Structural
Alternatives for the Federal Courts of
Appeals
"Where Do You Go When Judges Break the Law", $16,600 ad,
NYT, 10/26/94
"Restraining 'Liars in the Courtroom' and on the Public
Payroll",
$3,077 ad, NYLJ, 8/27/97
CJA's May 29, 1998 letter to Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts
CJA's June 5, 1998 letter to House Judiciary Committee
Correspondence with House Judiciary Committee during
Democratic control:
CJA's July 29, 1993 letter to Counsel
CJA's August 26, 1993 letter to Counsel
January 4, 1994 letter from Counsel
CJA's January 31, 1994 letter to Counsel
CJA's December 2, 1994 letter to Counsel
CJA's December 27, 1994 letter to Counsel
Correspondence with House Judiciary Committee following the
Republican take-over
CJA's February 2, 1995 letter to staff
CJA's June 30, 1995 letter to Counsel
CJA's July 10, 1995 letter to Asst. Counsel
July 20, 1995 letter from Asst. Counsel
CJA's November 8, 1995 letter to Asst. Counsel
CJA's December 1, 1995 letter to Asst. Counsel
CJA's January 29, 1996 to Counsel/Democratic Minority Side
CJA's March 28, 1996 letter to Chief Counsel
CJA's January 20, 1998 fax to Counsel
CJA's August 3, 1998 memo
to Sloan
(& Free Congress Foundation & Alliance for Justice) -- "Citizen Opposition to Senate Confirmation of
Alvin K. Hellerstein - District Court, Southern District, New York"
enclosure:
CJA's
August 3, 1998 letter to Senate Judiciary Committee
CJA's August 13, 1998 memo
to Laura Compton, Program Asst. & Elizabeth Dahl, Counsel
(& Free
Congress Foundation & Alliance for Justice) --
"Need for Immediate Action"
enclosure: CJA’s August 11, 1998 letter to American Bar Association President
Philip Anderson
(cc) CJA's August 18,
1998 letter
to Alliance for Justice & Free Congress Foundation --
"Concerted Action on Issues of Federal Judicial Selection and Discipline"
CJA's August 25, 1998 letter
to Sloan
--
"Citizen Participation in a 'Citizens'
Organization"
Sloan's August 25,
1998 letter
(cc: Dr. Morton Halperin/Senior Vice President/Century Foundation; John Kowal/Open
Society Institute)
(cc) CJA's September 18,
1998 letter to Dr. Morton Halperin, Senior Vice President/Century Foundation
--
"Citizens for Independent
Courts'"
-- enclosing
CJA's September 15, 1998 letter
to Elliot Mincberg, Legal Director/General Counsel, People for the
American Way
CJA's December 2, 1998 letter
to Sloan
--
"Citizen Participation in a 'Citizens'
Organization" (cc: Professor Charles Geyh and Professor Stephen
Burbank)
Sloan's December 7,
1998 letter
(cc: John Kowal/Open Society Institute)
CJA’s
faxed and mailed December 9, 1998 letter to Professor Geyh --
"CJA's document-supported critique"
Ex. A:
Professor Geyh's November 23, 1998 letter,
with photocopy of envelope
Ex. B:
CJA's December 2, 1998 letter to Virginia Sloan
SEE:
Test
Case-Federal (Mangano)
CJA’s
superseding faxed and mailed December 9, 1998 letter to Professor
Geyh, with December 10, 1998 coverletter --
"Retraction and Apology"
CJA's December 10, 1998 letter to Sloan
--
"CJA's Participation in a 'Citizens'
Organization"
1999
Laura Compton's November
11, 1999 letter
2000
Constitution Project's June 23, 2000 letter
2001
CJA's March 7, 2001 letter to
Barbara Reed, Policy Director & Counsel --
"Assistance in the
appeal of the public interest Article 78 proceeding, Elena Ruth
Sassower, Coordinator of the Center for Judicial Accountability, Inc.,
acting pro bono publico, against Commission on Judicial Conduct of the
State of New York (NY Co. #108551/99); Appellate Division, First
Dept. Cal # 2000-5434)"
SEE:
Test
Case-State (Commission)-Appellate Division
CJA's May 9, 2001 letter to Reed --
"Assistance in the
appeal of the public interest Article 78 proceeding, Elena Ruth
Sassower, Coordinator of the Center for Judicial Accountability, Inc.,
acting pro bono publico, against Commission on Judicial Conduct of the
State of New York (NY Co. #108551/99); Appellate Division, First
Dept. September 2001 Term"
CJA's May 11, 2001 letter to
Reed --
"Assistance in the appeal of the public interest
Article 78 proceeding, Elena Ruth Sassower, Coordinator of the Center
for Judicial Accountability, Inc., acting pro bono publico, against
Commission on Judicial Conduct of the State of New York (NY Co.
#108551/99); Appellate Division, First Dept. September 2001 Term"
2003
CJA's September 10, 2003 letter
to Reed
--enclosing
CJA's June 16, 2003 memo
to Ralph Nader, Public Citizen, & Common Cause
SEE:
Paper Trail
to Jail in "Disruption of Congress" case
CJA's
September 22, 2003 memo to Reed
2004
CJA's June 8, 2004
memo --
"Your (On-Going)
Responsibility to 'Champion Basic Citizen Rights -- and the Vital
Importance of Citizen Participation in Federal Judicial Selection' at
Issue in the 'Disruption of Congress' case of
United States of America v. Elena Ruth Sassower..."
CJA's June 9, 2004 memo --
"Your (On-Going)
Responsibility to 'Champion Basic Citizen Rights -- and the Vital
Importance of Citizen Participation in Federal Judicial Selection' at
Issue in the 'Disruption of Congress' case of
United States of America v. Elena Ruth Sassower..."
CJA's
June 10, 2004 draft memo of law
on the
unconstitutionality of the "disruption of
Congress" statute
2005
CJA's
May 27, 2005 memo
to Kathryn Monroe, Director-Courts Initiative --
"Furthering 'Basic
Citizen Rights -- and the Vital Importance of Citizen Participation in
Federal Judicial Selection', as well as Fundamental Judicial
Accountability by your Amicus Curiae and Other Assistance in the
Appeal of the 'Disruption of Congress' Case, Elena Ruth Sassower v.
United States of America"
SEE:
"Disruption of Congress"- DC Court of Appeals
(6/28/05 appellant's brief & supplemental fact
statement)
CJA's
August 23, 2005 memo
to Monroe
--
"AMICUS CURIAE
BRIEFS ARE DUE NOVEMBER 14, 2005 in the Consolidated Appeals of the
'Disruption of Congress' Case, Elena Ruth Sassower v. United States
of America"
2007
CJA's June 20, 2007 memo to Sloan --
"Championing Judicial Independence
at the U.S. Supreme Court by Amicus Curiae Support for Cert
Petition in 'Disruption of Congress Case"
cc: CJA's
June 22, 2007 memo --
"Championing Basic Citizen Rights, the Vital
Importance of Citizen Participation in Federal Judicial Selection, and
Fundamental Judicial Accountability by Your Amicus Curiae Support
for U.S. Supreme Court Review of the Cert Petition in the 'Disruption of
Congress' Case"
CJA's July 2, 2007 memo
--
"'Working to Keep Our Courts Fair and Impartial' -- As Empirically
Tested by the 'Disruption of Congress' Case"
CJA's
August 24, 2007 memo
--
"Championing Judicial Independence
at the U.S. Supreme Court by your amicus
curiae support for the filed and
docketed cert petition in the 'disruption of
Congress' case"
SEE:
"Disruption of Congress" - US Supreme
Court
(see 8/17/07 cert petition)
2008
CJA's
April 3, 2008 memo to Sloan
--
"Queries
on Federal Judicial Discipline: (1) the Federal Judiciary's New Rules; (2) the Breyer Committee & its Report; (3) Proposed Congressional Legislation for an
Inspector General for the Judicial Branch; (4) Resolution to Impeach U.S.
District Judge Manuel Real"
CJA's April 22, 2008 memo to Sloan
--
"Additional Query on
Federal Judicial Discipline"
CJA's Law Day-May 1, 2008 memo to Sloan --
"Confronting
Evidence: The Corruption of Federal Judicial Discipline: (1) CJA's March
6, 2008 Critique of the Breyer Committee Report & Letter to the Chief
Justice; and (2) CJA's April 18, 2008 Comments to the Judicial
Conference Committee on Codes of Conduct on the Proposed Revision to the
Code of Conduct for United States Judges"
SEE:
Judicial
Discipline-Federal
CJA's May 30, 2008 memo to Sloan --
"Serving
Congress and the Public by Critical Scholarship: (1) Federal Judicial
Pay Raises; & (2) Breyer Committee Report on the Implementation of
the Judicial Conduct and Disability Act of 1980
(cc:
Professor Charles Gardner Geyh: Courts-Initiative Steering Committee
Member)
2023
CJA's July 18, 2023 e-mail to POGO
--
"Setting the Record Straight: 'Supreme Court
Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act' -- Request for your Expert
Opinion, Scholarship & Advocacy"
CJA's July 20, 2023 e-mail to POGO
--
"Corrected
July 18, 2023 Letter -- Setting the Record Straight: 'The 'Supreme Court
Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act' & the Falsehoods that Have
Accompanied It"
March 9, 2023
"Model
Code of Conduct for U.S. Supreme Court Justices"
June 14, 2023
"POGO
Endorses Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act"
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