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FEDERAL JUDICIAL SELECTION

1996

The Nomination of Albany County (New York) Supreme Court Justice Lawrence Kahn to the District Court for the Northern District of New York


CJA's June 28, 1996 letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Hatch --
"The Rigged Confirmation of Justice Lawrence Kahn and other Federal Judicial Nominees"
    
[indicated copies to Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, Senate Minority Leader Thomas Daschle, Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Carol Moseley-Braun, U.S. Justice Dept. (Asst. A.G. Eleanor Acheson), American Bar Association (Irene Emsellem/ABA Liaison to Standing Committee on Federal Judiciary), Capitol Police (Case #529600574), Phil Shipman (SJC Documents Clerk), Media]
  
Exhibit A:  NJC's May 18, 1992 letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitchell
   Exhibit B:  September 21, 1992 letter to NJC from Senate Judiciary Committee's
                  Staff Director & General Counsel
   Exhibit C:  NYLJ items, 6/25/96 and 6/28/96
   Exhibit D-1: Senate Judiciary Committee's witness list for June 25, 1996 judicial
                      confirmation hearing
   Exhibit D-2: ABA bar ratings for judicial nominees
   Exhibit E: CJA's April 26, 1996 letter to Senate Judiciary Committee/Nominations
                  Clerk
   Exhibit F: CJA's May 27, 1996 letter to Chairman Hatch --
         CJA's October 31, 1995 letter to Patricia Hynes, Second Circuit representative
               on ABA Standing Committee on Federal Judiciary
   Exhibit G: Chairman Hatch's June 12, 1996 letter to CJA
   Exhibit H: CJA's June 18, 1996 letter to Chairman Hatch
   Exhibit I:  CJA's June 7, 1996 letter to Eleanor D. Acheson, Assistant Attorney
                    General


                              SEE  Election Law Case: Castracan v. Colavita


For a further factual recitation of Justice Kahn's confirmation as District Judge for the Northern District of New York -- including the misfeasance of the Senate Majority and Minority Leaders in connection therewith, see pages 6-15 of
CJA's July 3, 2001 letter to Senator Schumer and substantiating annexed documents.


 

 

 

 

 

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