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NOMINATION & CONFIRMATION
of NYS SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN
JAMES J. LACK
TO THE COURT OF CLAIMS
CJA's December 12, 2002 letter to Nan Weiner, Executive Director/Governor Pataki's
Judicial Screening Committees --
"RE:
Publicly-Available
Information Regarding Governor Pataki's Appointment of Senate Judiciary
Committee Chairman James J. Lack to the Court of Claims"
CJA's December 13, 2002 fax to Senate [Minority] Leader Connor --
"RE: Postponement of next week's Senate confirmation proceeings -- James
J. Lack, Ct of Claims"
CJA's December 13, 2002 fax to Senate
Minority Leader-Elect
Paterson -- "RE: Halting Next
Week's Senate Confirmation Proceedings -- James J. Lack, Ct of Claims"
CJA's
December 16, 2002 letter to Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, Senate Minority
Leader Martin Connor, & Senate Minority Leader-Elect David Paterson -- "RE: (1) Postponing Senate
Confirmation Proceedings on the Nomination of Senate Judiciary Committee
Chairman James J. Lack to the Court of Claims to
no earlier than January 9,
2003; (2) Constituting a More Neutral Senate Forum for the Holding of the
Confirmation 'Hearing'; and (3) Commencing Review of CJA's Documentary Evidence
of Chairman Lack's Unfitness for Judicial Office"
(indicated copies to Lack, NYS Senators, press)
e-mail/fax receipt-Bruno, Connor, Paterson
e-mail acknowledgments from 16 rank & file Senators
-- attaching:
(1)
City Bar's January
1997 "Report on Nomination and Confirmation of Court of Claims Judges";
&
(2)
CJA's December
19, 2001
informational/FOIL request on judicial confirmations
Inventory
of Substantiating Documents
click here for:
webpage for inventoried
substantiating documents
CJA's December 16,
2002 letter to Senate Judiciary Committee -- ATT: Chairman Lack --
"RE: CJA's Opposition to Senate Confirmation of your Nomination to the Court of
Claims; Request for Production of CJA's Original Submissions; Request to Testify
in Opposition; Request for the Presence of a Court Stenographer; Request for
Publicly-Available Documents Pertaining to your Nominations"
(indicated copies to Senate Leadership)
CJA's December 18, 2002 letter to Nan Weiner, Executive Director/Governor Pataki's
Judicial Screening Committees -- "RE:
Publicly-Available
Information Regarding Governor Pataki's Appointment of Senate Judiciary
Committee Chairman James J. Lack to the Court of Claims"
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CJA's
December 16, 2002 fax to NYPIRG
CJA's December 16, 2002 e-mail to NYPIRG -- "Subj: URGENT:
Postponing Tomorrow's Senate Confirmation Proceedings, Etc."
CJA's December 16, 2002 e-mail to Association of the Bar of the City of
New York -- "Subj: URGENT: Postponing Tomorrow's Senate
Confirmation Proceedings"
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Documents Pertaining to
Nomination/Confirmation:
Governor Pataki's December 10, 2002 press release: "Governor
Nominates Senator Lack to Serve on Court of Claims: Highly
Qualified, Experience Attorney Nominated to Serve on the Court in Long
Island"
Governor Pataki's December 11, 2002 notification to Senate of nomination
Transcript of December 17, 2002 Senate floor proceedings
December 17, 2002 Senate vote
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The Press in Action:
The New York Times
(prior & subsequent paper trail:
here)
CJA's
December 13, 2002 fax to James McKinley, Jr. -- RE: "Lack"
CJA's
December 16, 2002 e-mail to James McKinley, Jr. -- RE: "URGENT:
Letter to Senate Leadership to Postpone Lack Confirmation, Etc."
SEE:
Judicial Selection - State
-NYS lower courts: Lack
CJA's
December 18, 2002 letter to James McKinley, Jr. -- Lack nomination
"State
Senate Votes to Confirm One of Its Own for a Judgeship",
December 18, 2002, James McKinley, Jr.
CJA's
December 19, 2002 letter to James McKinley, Jr. -- Lack nomination
CJA's
December 19, 2002 proposed Letter to the Editor -- RE: "State Senate
Votes to Confirm One of its Own to a Judgeship (news article, Dec. 18)"
CJA's
December 20, 2002 e-mail to James McKinley, Jr. -- RE: "Fwd: Dec. 18
article: 'State Senate Votes to Confirm one of Its Own for a Judgeship"
James
McKinley's
December 20,
2002 e-mail to CJA -- RE: "Fwd: Dec 18 article: 'State Senate Votes
to Confirm One of Its Own for a Judgeship"
CJA's
December 26, 2002 proposed Letter to the Editor -- RE: "'The Odd
Man Out in Albany's Triumvirate of Power' (front page, metro, Dec.
26)"
CJA's
December 26, 2002 e-mail to Corrections Department-- RE: December 18
metro
December 31, 2002 correction
New York Law Journal
(prior & subsequent paper trail:
here)
CJA's December 16, 2002 e-mail to John Caher
-- "Subj: Stopping tomorrow's 'rubber stamp' Senate confirmation
proceedings"
NYLJ's
December 18, 2002 front-page News In Brief item, "Lack Receives High
Support for Court Appointment"
Newsday
(prior & subsequent paper trail: here)
"Lack
Tapped for Judgeship: Temperament no problem, panel says",
December 12, 2002 (Rick Brand)
CJA's
December 16, 2002 e-mail to Rick Brand -- "Subj: URGENT: Stopping
Tomorrow's 'Rubber Stamp' Senate Confirmation Proceedings"
CJA's
December 16, 2002 fax to Rick Brand -- "RE: Lack confirmation"
CJA's
December 16, 2002 e-mail to Jordan Rau, Andrew Metz -- "Subj:
Stopping Tomorrow's Sham Senate Confirmation Proceedings"
CJA's
December 23, 2002 e-mail & fax to Alex Martin, Assistant Managing Editor
-- "Subj: Vindicating the Rights of Long Islanders to be Heard"
CJA's
January 2, 2003 letter to Rick Brand -- "RE: An Investigative
Expose of the Nomination and Confirmation of James Lack as an Acting
Supreme Court Justice"
CJA's
February 14, 2003 letter to Alex Martin, Assistant Managing Editor
-- "RE: Vindicating the Rights of Long Islanders to be Heard in
Opposition to Albany Deal-Making in Long Island Judgeships: An
Investigative Expose of the Nomination and Confirmation of James Lack"
Albany Times Union
(prior & subsequent paper trail: here)
CJA's
December 16, 2002 e-mail to Jay Jochnowitz, James Odato -- "Subj:
Stopping Tomorrow's 'Rubber Stamp' Senate Confirmation"
REPORTER ANDREW TILGHMAN WAS AT THE HEARING (sitting next to
Elena Sassower !) & witnessed Sassower assert the public's right to a
stenographic record and to be heard in opposition, & received from her,
in hand, a hard copy of CJA's December 16, 2002 letter to Senate
leadership: Senate Majority Leader Bruno, Outgoing Senate Minority
Leader Martin Connor, & Senate Minority Leader-Elect David Paterson
December 18, 2002 article by Andrew Tilghman,
"Senators confirm one of their own"
Associated Press
(prior & subsequent paper trail: here)
CJA's December 16, 2002 e-mail to Joel Stashenko, Mike Gormley --
"RE: Stopping Tomorrow's 'Rubber Stamp' Confirmation"
-- enclosing CJA's December 16, 2002 letter to State Senate
Leadership
Gannett
(prior &
subsequent paper trail: here)
CJA's December 16, 2002 e-mail to Albany Bureau -- "Subj: Stopping
Tomorrow's 'Rubber Stamp' Senate Confirmation"
Daily News
(prior &
subsequent paper trail: here)
"'Gov
tabs ally despite road rage", December 12, 2002 (Joe Mahoney)
CJA's
December 16, 2002 e-mail to Joe Mahoney and Celeste Katz -- "Subj:
Stopping Tomorrow's Sham Senate Confirmation Proceedings"
-- attaching
CJA's
December 16, 2002 letter to Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, Senate Minority
Leader Martin Connor, &
Senate Minority Leader-Elect David Paterson -- "RE: (1) Postponing Senate
Confirmation Proceedings on the Nomination of Senate Judiciary Committee
Chairman James J. Lack to the Court of Claims to no earlier than
January 9, 2003; (2) Constituting a More Neutral Senate Forum for
the Holding of the Confirmation 'Hearing'; and (3) Commencing Review of
CJA's Documentary Evidence of Chairman Lack's Unfitness for Judicial
Office"
New York Post
(prior &
subsequent paper trail: here)
"'Road
rage' pol tabbed to be judge", December 12, 2002 (Fredric
Dicker, Jen Vitale)
CJA's
December 16, 2002 e-mail to Ken Lovett, Fredric Dicker -- "Subj:
Stopping tomorrow's 'rubber stamp' confirmation"
Prior NYLJ reporting:
May 17, 2002: "In
Brief: Senator Lack Will Not Seek Re-Election"
May 17,
2002: "Courts'
Budget Is Approved Without Cuts" (John Caher)
May 20,
2002: "Judiciary
Chairman Was Staunch Court Supporter" (John Caher)
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