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CJA's
ADVOCACY AT SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE HEARINGS
ON "MERIT
SELECTION"
TO THE NY COURT OF APPEALS
Senate Judiciary Committee Notice of Public
Hearing:
"The nomination process for Judges to the New York
State Court of Appeals"
Chairman Sampson's Press Release: --
"Senator John Sampson, Chair of
Senate Judiciary Committee to Hold Hearings
on Selection Process
for Appointment of Chief Judge"
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CJA's January 26, 2009 letter to
Chairman John Sampson --
"Requests to
Testify: (a) at Tomorrow's Senate Judiciary Committee
Hearing on
'The Nomination Process for Judges to the New York
State Court of Appeals';
(b) at the Yet-Unscheduled Senate
Judiciary Committee Hearing to Confirm Judge Jonathan Lippman
as
Chief Judge of the New York Court of
Appeals"
HEARING #1:
January 27, 2009: Albany, New York
Transcript:
CJA testimony -- pp.
73-91
primary-source evidence
substantiating CJA's testimony
of the
corruption of "merit selection" to the NY Court of
Appeals:
HOWARD A. LEVINE
- 1993
CARMEN
BEAUCHAMP CIPARICK - 1993
ALBERT M.
ROSENBLATT - 1998
VICTORIA A. GRAFFEO -
2000
SUSAN P. READ -
2003
ROBERT S. SMITH -
2004
EUGENE F. PIGOTT, JR.
- 2006
THEODORE T. JONES, JR. -
2007
JUDITH S. KAYE -
2007
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CJA's January 29, 2009 letter to Senate Judiciary Committee
Counsel --
"NYS Senate Judiciary
Committee Procedures for Confirmation of Judicial
Nominees"
CJA's February 3, 2009 letter to Senate Judiciary Committee
Counsel --
"Request for Transcript of the
Committee's January 27, 2009 Public Hearing
'The
nomination process for Judges to the New York State Court of
Appeals"
Senate Judiciary Counsel's February 3, 2009 e-mail
response &
CJA's e-mail acknowledgment
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HEARING #4:
June 5, 2009: Brooklyn, New
York
VIDEO: Part 1
&
VIDEO: Part 2 --
containing CJA's
testimony
(in two separate parts:
at 00 -18:27 & at 42:05 - 51:51)
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HEARING #2:
February 3, 2009: Albany, New York
CJA's February 6, 2009 letter to Senate Judiciary Committee
Chairman Sampson
--
"Request for Transcript
& Other Information Concerning the Senate Judiciary
Committee's February 3, 2009 Hearing
'The nomination
process for Judges to the New York State Court of
Appeals"
Transcript
Chairman John O'Mara's written
testimony
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HEARING #3:
May 21, 2009: Buffalo, New York
VIDEO &
Transcript
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ILLUSTRATIVE PRESS COVERAGE
December 1, 2008
"Judge
nominee list doesn't appeal to Gov. Paterson",
Daily News (Kenneth Lovett)
December 2, 2008
"Panel Gives Paterson Seven Names for Top
Judge"
New York Times (Sam Roberts)
December 3, 2008
"Lack of Women on Court List Draws
Fire"
New York Times (Sewall Chan -- City Room Blog)
December 4, 2008
"Paterson Criticizes Panel for Its Judicial
Selections"
New York Times (Jeremy
Peters)
December 4, 2008
"N.Y.
Governor 'Outraged' by All-Male Court
Picks"
New York Law Journal (Joel
Stashenko)
December 14, 2008
"Judith Kaye's Example"
New York Times (editorial)
January 13, 2009
"Lippman to be Named State's Chief
Judge"
New York Times (John Eligon, Sewall Chan -- City Room
Blog)
January 13, 2009
"Lippman
Will be Chief Judge, Senate Will Look Into Process",
New York Observer (Jimmy Vielkind)
January
27, 2009
"Changes
urged in the way the state picks top judges",
Gannett (Jay Gallagher)
January
27, 2009
"Lawmakers
fault top court selection process",
Associated
Press (Michael Virtanen)
January
28, 2009
"Supporters
of Court of Appeals Nominating System Urge Caution",
New York Law Journal (Joel
Stashenko)
February 3, 2009
Judicial
Nomination Chair Set to Testify in Albany",
New York Law Journal (Joel Stashenko)
February 4, 2009
"Applicants
for Court of Appeals Falling, Nominating Panel Head
Says",
New York Law Journal (Joel
Stashenko)
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