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Fund for Modern Courts
click here for:
CJA's March 14, 1995 misconduct complaint to Brooklyn
District Attorney Charles Hynes against Dennis Hawkins, then Chief of his
Corruption Investigation Division, for his cover-up of judicial corruption at Brooklyn's
Appellate Division, Second Department -- ignored by D.A. Hynes,
enabling
Mr. Hawkins to become the Fund's Executive
Director
1990
October 11, 1990 note from Doris L. Sassower to Fund for Modern
Courts Executive Director M.L. Henry, Jr.
1991
cc:
October 24, 1991 letter to Governor Mario Cuomo
-- enclosures:
Written Three-Year, Judge-Trading,
Cross-Endorsements Deal
"Cross-Endorsement:
Questions of Protection",
Letter to the Editor, Doris L. Sassower,
New York Times, June 9, 1991
"Judicial
Selection Panels: An Exercise in Futility",
column by Doris L.
Sassower, New York Law Journal, October 22, 1971
Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory listing, 1989
SEE: Castracan
v. Colavita - NY Judicial "Elections"
Sady
v. Murphy - NY Judicial "Elections"
cc: October
31, 1991 letter to Governor Mario Cuomo
cc:
December 19, 1991
letter to Governor Mario Cuomo -- enclosures:
October 16, 1990 decision of Albany Supreme Court Justice Lawrence Kahn
Eye-Witness Affidavit
of Vincent Bonelli, October 14, 1990
Eye-Witness Affidavit
of Eli Vigliano, Esq., October 14, 1990
Eye-Witness Affirmation
of David Cohen, Esq., October 5, 1990
1992
CJA's October 15, 1992 fax to Fund for Modern
Courts Executive Director Elizabeth Hubbard
Enclosure:
"Untrustworthy
Ratings?",
7/17/92 letter to editor/NYT
1993
CJA's
October 27, 1993 letter to Fund for Modern Courts Executive Director
Hubbard
Enclosures:
"merit selection" appointment of Howard Levine to NY Court of Appeals
1995
CJA's
May 18, 1995 fax to Fund for Modern Courts Assistant Director Alan Beck
--
"program of interest"
Verified Petition, with notice of petition & notice of right to seek
intervention in Doris L. Sassower v. Commission on Judicial Conduct, April 10, 1995 with annexed exhibits:
Exhibit A:
October 26, 1994 ad-complaint, "Where Do You Go When
Judges Break the Law?"
Exhibit B-1: Martindale-Hubbell law listing, 1989
Exhibit B-2: Elected Fellow of the American Bar Foundation,
1989
Exhibit C:
October 5, 1989 judicial misconduct complaint
Exhibit D: October
24, 1991judicial misconduct complaint
Exhibit E: January
2, 1992 judicial misconduct complaint
Exhibit F: December
4, 1992 judicial misconduct complaint
Exhibit G: September
19, 1994 judicial misconduct complaint
Exhibit H:
October 5, 1994 judicial misconduct complaint
Exhibit I: October
26, 1994 judicial misconduct complaint
Exhibit J: December
5, 1994 judicial misconduct complaint
Exhibit K: Commission acknowledgment letters
Exhibit L: Commission dismissal letters
Exhibit M:
January 22, 1993 letter to Commission
Exhibit N:
May 20, 1986 judicial misconduct complaint
Doris Sassower's Order to Show Cause for Stay, with TRO, May 11, 1995
--
Doris Sassower's moving affidavit
--
proposed
default judgment
Exhibit A: Supreme
Court/NY Co. May 4, 1994 memorandum to all parties
Exhibit B: Doris Sassower's
May 9, 1995 letter to Administrative Judge Ostrow
June 20, 1995 letter from Fund for Modern Courts Executive Director
Hubbard
CJA's
August 22, 1995 letter to Fund for Modern Courts Chairman John Feerick
Enclosures:
"Comm'n
Abandons Investigative Mandate", 8/14/19 letter to editor/NYLJ
Justice
Herman Cahn's July 13, 1995 decision in DLS v. Commission
click here for:
Doris L. Sassower v. Commission on
Judicial
Conduct
John
Feerick's August 28, 1995
letter
1996
CJA's
May 13, 1996 fax to Fund for Modern Courts Assistant Director Beck --
"NYS Commission on Judicial Conduct"
enclosed press release
1997
CJA's
May 5, 1997 notice-challenge --
"File of Article 78 proceeding, Doris L. Sassower v. Commission on
Judicial Conduct, N.Y. Co. Clerk #95-109141"
Ex. A-1: "Commission Abandons Investigative Mandate",
CJA's letter to editor, NYLJ,
August 14, 1995
Ex. A-2:
"A Call for Concerted Action", CJA's $1,648 ad, NYLJ,
Nov. 20, 1996
Ex. B: CJA's 3-page analysis of the fraudulent judicial decision in
Doris L. Sassower v.
Commission, with annexed law: 22 NYCRR
7000.1
et seq., Judiciary
Law 44.1, NYS Constitution,
Article VI, Sec. 22
CJA's June 12, 1997 memo
--
"Ensuring the public's right to basic information about
the Governor's judicial appointments process and protecting it from unfit
appointees
CJA's
June 2, 1997 letter to Governor Pataki -- "The public's right to
basic information and your unworthy appointment of Justice Nicholas
Colabella to the Appellate Division, First Department"
[Colabella]
[FOIL, etc]
Ex. A-1: Gov's press
release announcing members of state judicial screening committee & 3 jud.
appointments
Ex. A-2: "Colabella to
Appellate Division", NYLJ, 5/15/97
Ex. B: Executive Order #11: Temporary Judicial Screening Committee
Ex. C: Executive Order #10: Judicial Screening Committees
Ex. D: "On Choosing Judges, Pataki Creates Problems", CJA's ltr to
editor, NYT, 11/16/96
Ex. E: "Pataki Names Panels for Judicial Screening", NYLJ, 3/6/97
Ex. F: Gov's classified ads of judicial vacancies
Ex. G: City Bar's Uniform Judicial Questionnaire
Ex. H: 3/24/92 front-page correction in NYLJ, with Doris Sassower's letter
to the editor
Ex. I-1: "Where Do You
Go When Judges Break the Law?", CJA's $16,770 op-ed ad, NYT, 10/26/94
Ex. I-2: Doris
Sassower's Director's Biography
Ex J-1: "Appellate
Selection Process Stirs Concern", NYLJ, 12/10/96
Ex. J-2: 12/16/96 item,
NYLJ
Ex. K: NY Judge Reviews (1997-8 edition)
CJA's
June 5, 1997 fax to Fund for Modern Courts Executive Director Gary Brown -- "The
public's rights"
Enclosure:
CJA's
June 2, 1997 letter to Governor Pataki --
"The public's right to basic information and your unworthy
appointment of Justice Nicholas Colabella to the Appellate Division,
First Department"
CJA's
September 3, 1997 letter to Executive Director Brown --
"Question #1 on the
November Ballot: NYS Constitutional Convention"
"Restraining 'Liars in the
Courtroom' and on the Public Payroll",
$3,077 paid ad, 8/27/97,
NYLJ
CJA's
December 31, 1997 letter to Executive Director Brown --
"Protecting the Public
from Deficient Judicial Screening Processes and Vindicating its Rights
to Basic Information"
CJA's
December 23, 1997 letter to James McGuire, Counsel/Governor Pataki
-- "The Public's Right
to Basic Information about the Governor's Judicial Selection Process and
to Withdrawal of the Governor's Unworthy Nomination of Andrew O'Rourke
to the Court of Appeals"
Ex. A:
CJA's June 2, 1997 letter to Governor Pataki
Ex. B: CJA's December 3, 1997 fax coversheet to Nan Weiner
Ex. C: CJA's December 12, 1997 letter to Nan Weiner
Ex. D: CJA's
December 15, 1997 letter to Paul Shechtman
Ex.
E: CJA's December 15, 1997 fax coversheet to Nan Weiner
Ex.
F: NYLJ, ad, 11/26/97
Ex. G-1:
"O'Rourke not qualified to serve as judge", letter to editor by Eli
Vigliano, Esq., Gannett, 12/3/97
Ex. G-2:
"O'Rourke could be wearing judge's robes in January", Gannett, 12/22/97
CJA's December 26, 1997 letter
to Andrew O'Rourke --
"The Public's right to
substantiation of the 'highly qualified rating conferred by the State
Judicial Screening Committee for your appointment to the Court of
Claims"
-- enclosing:
NJC's November 2, 1992 letter to
reporter Ed Tagliaferri, Gannett
"O'Rourke
not qualified to serve as judge", letter to editor, Gannett, 12/3/97
"Untrustworthy
Ratings?", letter to editor, NYT, 7/17/92
"O'Rourke
could be wearing judge's robes in January", Gannett,
12/22/97
CJA's
December 29, 1997 memo to Members of Governor Pataki's State Judicial Screening Committee
--
"Reconsideration and Retraction of Andrew O'Rourke's 'Highly Qualified'
Rating"
---- NJC's May 1, 1992 critique &
compendium of exhibits
1998
CJA's
January 12, 1998 fax to Fund Executive Director Brown --
"Citizen Opposition and
Public's Rights to Basic Info"
January 12, 1998 column "IN
REPLY" by Doris L. Sassower "
Judicial
Group: Article misstated facts"
CJA's
January 7, 1998 letter to Chief Judge Judith Kaye -- "Safeguarding the Public's Rights and Interest in the State Judicial Appointments
Process"
Ex. A: "On Choosing Judges, Pataki Creates Problems", letter to
editor, NYT, 11/16/96
Ex. B-1: CJA's July
25, 1997 letter to James Gill,
Chairman/1st Dept Judicial Screening Committee
Ex. B-2-6:
follow-up faxes to 1st Dept. Judicial Screening Committee
Ex. C-1: "Restraining 'Liars in the Courtroom' and on the Public
Payroll", CJA's $3,077 ad, NYLJ, 8/27/97
Ex. C-2: NYLJ item, 9/22/97
Ex. D: NYLJ item, 12/26/97
Ex. E: receipted
1st page of CJA's
Dec. 29, 1997
memo to State Judicial Screening Committee members
CJA's January 9, 1998 letter to Senate
Judiciary Committee
2000
CJA's
July 11, 2000 note to Fund for Modern Courts Deputy Director Barbara
Reed
transmitting:
CJA's
APRIL 22, 1999 verified petititon in Elena Ruth Sassower v. NYS Commission on
Judicial Conduct --
with its attached exhibits:
Exhibit A: CJA's May
5, 1997 memorandum-notice, with 3-page analysis of fraudulent judicial
decision
in Doris L. Sassower v. Commission on Judicial ConductExhibit B: CJA's
public interest ad, "Restraining 'Liars in the Courtroom'
and on the Public
Payroll" (NYLJ, 8/27/97, pp. 3-4)
Exhibit C-1:
CJA's October 6, 1998 judicial misconduct complaint,
filed with
Commission on Judicial
Conduct [Commission]
Exhibit C-2:
CJA's October 5, 1998 letter to Commission on Judicial Nomination
Exhibit D-1: CJA's
November 3, 1998 letter to Commission
Exhibit D-2:
Commission's November 3, 1998 letter to CJA
Exhibit E:
CJA's November 18, 1998 letter to City Bar
Exhibit F-1:
Commission's December 2, 1998 letter to CJA
Exhibit F-2:
CJA's December 10, 1998 letter to Commission
Exhibit F-3:
Commission's December 23, 1998 letter to CJA
Exhibit F-4:
CJA's December 29, 1998 letter to Commission
Exhibit F-5:
Commission's January 25, 1999 letter to CJA
Exhibit F-6:
CJA's February 3, 1999 letter to Commission
Exhibit F-7: Commission's February 5, 1999 letter to CJA
Exhibit G:
CJA's March 11, 1999 letter to Commission
Exhibit H: pp. 368-72 of
NYS Assembly Judiciary Committee's Sept 22, 1987 public hearing on
the Commission
September
5, 2000 letter from Fund for Modern Courts Executive Director
Zeidman and Deputy Director Barbara Reed
CJA's November 1, 2000 letter to Fund for Modern Courts Executive
Director Zeidman
-- "Vindicating
the Public's right to 'merit selection' of candidates to the Court of
Appeals"
CJA's OCTOBER 16,
2000 REPORT ON THE CORRUPTION OF "MERIT SELECTION" BY THE NYS COMMISSION
ON JUDICIAL NOMINATION
Exhibit A-1: "An Appeal to Fairness: Revisit the Court of
Appeals",
CJA's letter to the editor, NYPost, 12/28/98
Exhibit A-2: CJA's 3/26/99 ethics complaint to the NYS Ethics
Commission
Exhibit B: CJA's 9/15/99 ethics complaint/supplement to the NYS Ethics Commission
Exhibit C-1: CJA's 10/16/00 letter to NYS Commission on Judicial
Nomination
Exhibit C-2: Commission on Judicial Nomination's 10/4/000 report of recommendees
Exhibit D-1: CJA's 10/11/00 letter to Commission on Judicial
Nomination
Exhibit D-2: CJA's 10/11/00 letter to Commission on Judicial
Nomination
Exhibit D-3: 10/13/00 letter from Counsel/Commission on Judicial
Nomination
Exhibit E-1: 2/24/00 letter from Counsel/Commission on Judicial
Nomination,
enclosing Commission's 11/12/98 report of recommendees
Exhibit E-2: CJA's 3/12/99 letter to Commission on Judicial
Nomination
Exhibit F: CJA's 2/5/99 letter to Commission on Judicial
Nomination
Ex A-1: 11/25/98 letter from Counsel/Commission on Judicial
Nomination
Ex. A-2: CJA's 12/1/98 letter to Commission on Judicial Nomination
Ex. B: CJA's 12/16/98 letter to Senior Counsel/NYS Senate
Judiciary Committee
Ex. C: "An Appeal to Fairness: Revisit the Court of Appeals",
NY Post, 12/28/98
Ex. D: CJA's 1/13/99 letter to NYS Senate Judiciary
Committee/Clerk
Exhibit G-1: 4/26/99 letter of Exec.Director/NYS Committee on Open
Government
Exhibit G-2: CJA's 5/3/99 letter to Commission on Judicial Nomination
Exhibit H: CJA's 10/5/98 letter to Commission on Judicial Nomination
Ex. A: NYLJ notices, 9/15/98, 9/21/98
Ex. B-1: Commission on Judicial Nomination brochure
Ex. B-2-5: Commission on Judicial Nomination questionnaire
Ex. C: "Where Do You Go When Judges Break the Law?",
CJA's $16,770 ad, NYT,
10/26/94
Ex. D: "Restraining 'Liars in the Courtroom and on the Public
Payroll",
CJA's $3,077 ad, NYLJ, 8/27/97
Ex. E-1: "Commission Abandons Investigative Mandate", NYLJ,
8/14/95
Ex. E-2: "A Call for
Concerted Action", CJA's $1,648 ad, NYLJ, 11/20/96
Ex. F: "On Choosing Judges, Pataki Creates Problems",
CJA's letter to editor, NYT, 11/16/96
Exhibit I: CJA's 10/18/98 letter to Exec. Committee/City Bar
Exhibit J-1: "On Choosing Judges, Pataki Creates Problems",
letter to the editor, NYT, 11/16/96
Exhibit J-2: CJA's 6/12/96 letter to Counsel to Governor Pataki
Exhibit J-3: CJA's 6/11/96 letter to NYS Senate
Ex. A: CJA's April 18, 1996 letter to Counsel/Senate Judiciary Committee
Ex. D: "Commission Abandons Investigative Mandate", NYLJ,
8/14/95
Ex. F: CJA's 3-page analysis of decision in Doris L. Sassower
v. Commission
Ex. B: CJA's 4/29/96 letter to Counsel to Governor Pataki
Exhibit K: NYS Assembly Bill: 2/23/83
INVENTORY OF FILE FOLDER A:
documents pertaining to
the Commission on Judicial Nomination's recommendation of Stephen
Crane as "well qualified" for appointment to the NY Court of Appeals
INVENTORY OF FILE FOLDER B: documents pertaining to
the Commission on Judicial Nomination's recommendation of Juanita
Bing Newton as "well qualified" for appointment to the NY Court of
Appeals
CJA's
November 3, 2000 letter to Fund for Modern Courts Executive Director
Zeidman -- "CJA's October 16,
2000 report on the New York State Commission on Judicial Nomination"
CJA's
November 17, 2000 letter to Fund for Modern Courts Executive Director
Zeidman -- "RE: Soliciting the
Fund's Comment on CJA's October 16, 2000 and November 13, 2000 reports
on the corruption of the 'Merit Selection' Process to the New York Court
of Appeals"
CJA's November 13,
2000 letter
to NYS Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lack and Justice
Graffeo
-- "The Public's Right to 'Hear' and "Be Heard"
at the Upcoming Senate Judiciary Committee Confirmation Hearing on
Justice Graffeo's Appointment to the New York Court of Appeals"
CJA's NOVEMBER 13, 2000
REPORT ON THE COMPLICITY OF THE BAR ASSOCIATIONS IN THE CORRUPTION
OF "MERIT SELECTION"
Exhibit A-1: City Bar President Evan Davis'
10/18/00 letter to Governor
Pataki, with accompanying 10/18/00 press release
Exhibit A-2: 10/19/00 front-page item, NYLJ
Exhibit A-3: CJA's 10/16/00 fax coversheet to City Bar Counsel
Exhibit A-4: CJA's 10/19/00 fax to City Bar Counsel
Exhibit A-5: 10/19/00 fax from City Bar Counsel
Exhibit A-6: 10/25/00 fax coversheet from City Bar Counsel,
enclosing member rosters
Exhibit A-7: 11/17/98 fax from City Bar Counsel with Executive
Committee membership
Exhibit B-1: State Bar President's October 24, 2000 letter to Gov. Pataki
with
accompanying "Guidelines for Evaluating
Qualifications of Judicial Candidates"
Exhibit B-2: State Bar's 10/24/00 "News Release"
Exhibit B-3: 10/25/00 NYLJ front page item on State Bar's ratings
Exhibit B-4: CJA's 10/25/00 fax to State Bar counsel
Exhibit B-5: State Bar membership list of its Executive Committee &
Judicial Selection Committee
Exhibit B-6: State bar President's 11/2/00 letter to NYS Senate
Judiciary Committee
Exhibit C-1: Women's Bar Association's 10/20/00 "Media Advisory"
Exhibit C-2: 10/23/00 NYLJ front-page item on Women's Bar ratings
Exhibit C-3: CJA's 10/23/00 letter to Women's Bar
Exhibit C-4: website of Women's Bar listing its officers & past
presidents
Exhibit D-1: 10/20/00 letter from President/NYS Trial Lawyers
Assoc to Gov. Pataki's counsel
Exhibit D-2: Trial Lawyers' October 20, 2000 "News Release"
Exhibit D-3: 10/24/00 NYLJ front-page item on Trial Lawyers' ratings
Exhibit D-4: CJA's 10/24/00 letter-fax to Trial Lawyers
Exhibit E: "Court of Appeals Nominees Grilled by Bar Groups",
10/17/00 front-page article, NYLJ
Exhibit F-1: Gov Pataki's 11/2/00 press release: "Governor Pataki
Nominates Graffeo to
Court of Appeals"
Exhibit F-2: "Pataki Selects Judge for Appeals Court He Sees as
Lenient", NYT, 11/3/00
Exhibit F-3: "Pataki Names Graffeo to Court of Appeals",
NYLJ, 11/3/00
Exhibit G: CJA's 6/20/00 letter to Cit Bar President Evan Davis
Exhibit H-1: CJA's 9/18/00 letter to Guy Miller Struve & P. Kevin
Castel
Exhibit H-2: 11/3/00 front-page item/NYLJ
Exhibit I-1: CJA's 11/19/98 letter to Chairman/NYS Bar's Judicial
Selection Committee
Exhibit I-2: CJA's 1/4/99 letter to State Bar President
Exhibit I-3: CJA's 2/17/99 letter to State Bar President
Exhibit I-4: February 18, 1999 letter from Counsel/NYS Bar
Exhibit J-1: "Where Do You Go When Judges Break the Law?"
Exhibit J-2: 6/1/95 letter to Chairman/State Bar Committee on
Professional Discipline
Exhibit J-3: 6/5/95 letter from Counsel/NYS Bar
Exhibit K: CJA's 11/19/98 letter to Co-Chair/Women's Bar Judiciary
Committee/
with fax coversheets to her
& her Co-Chair, and Women's Bar President
CJA's November 14, 2000 complaint
to the Attorney Disciplinary Committee -- ATT: Thomas J.
Cahill/Chief Counsel --
"Verified Complaint of Professional
Misconduct against the Association of the Bar of the City of New York; the
Women's Bar Association of the State of New York; the New York State Trial
Lawyers Association; and the New York State Bar Association and the Culpable
Lawyers Acting on Their Behalf"
2001
CJA's
February 16, 2001 letter to Fund for Modern Courts Executive Director
Zeidman
--"Amicus and other
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:
Elena
Ruth Sassower v. Commission on Judicial Conduct (Appellate
Division/First Dept.)
CJA's December 1, 2000 notice -- "Michael Mantell v. NYS
Commission on Judicial Conduct"
CJA's January 10, 2001 letter
-- "Your duty under Executive Law 63.1 in the appeal..."
CJA's
May 9, 2001 letter to Fund for Modern Courts Executive Director Zeidman
-- "Amicus and other
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)
2002
CJA's
public questions to the Fund
at its December 11, 2002 program,
"Judging
the Judges: The NYS Commission on Judicial Conduct",
co-sponsored with the NYS Bar Association
"NOT
ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PUBLIC",
Report of
the New York State Comptroller, Edward Regan, 1989
-- with
his press release,
"COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL CONDUCT NEEDS OVERSIGHT"
(December 7,1989)
SEE:
Elena Ruth Sassower v. Commission on Judicial
Conduct (NY
Court of Appeals)
December 12, 2002
"Public Offered Insight into Judicial Discipline"
New York Law Journal
"Judicial Oversight has its Limits"
Albany Times Union
2003
CJA's
January 23, 2003 e-mailed and faxed memo to Fund for Modern Courts
Executive Director Ken Jockers
-- "Developing a Legislative/Advocacy Agenda for 2003"
January 22, 2003:
CJA's TESTIMONY IN OPPOSITION
-- whose presentation
was halted by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman DeFrancisco after
the FIRST page
Accompanying Substantiating Appendix Documents
CJA's September 16, 2003 memo to Fund for Modern Courts Executive
Director Jockers
-- enclosing
CJA's September 10, 2003 letter to Constitution Project-Courts Initiative
--enclosing
CJA's June 16, 2003 memo
to Ralph Nader, Public Citizen, & Common Cause
SEE:
"Disruption of Congress" case
-- USA v. Elena Sassower ("Paper Trail to Jail)
2004
cc: 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..."
SEE:
"Disruption of Congress" case
-- USA v. Elena Sassower ("Paper Trail to Jail)
cc:
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..."
cc: CJA's June
10, 2004 draft memo of law on the
unconstitutionality of the "disruption of
Congress" statute
2007
CJA's June 20, 2007 memo to Dennis Hawkins, Executive Director & Denise
Kronstadt, Director of Advocacy --
"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 to Justice at Stake Campaign Partners --
"'Working to Keep Our Courts Fair and Impartial' -- As Empirically
Tested by the 'Disruption of Congress' Case"
CJA's
August 24, 2007 memo to Justice at
Stake Campaign & Its Campaign Partners
--
" 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"
-- USA v. E.R. Sassower (US Supreme Court -- Aug
18, 2007 cert petition
2008
July 9, 2009:
FUND FOR MODERN COURTS' AMICUS CURIAE BRIEF in KAYE v.
SILVER --
2009
September 24, 2009: Fund for Modern Courts Chairman Victor Kovner
testifies at the Senate Judiciary Committee's September 24, 2009 hearing
on the Commission on Judicial Conduct --
click here for:
CJA's webpage
with VIDEO of Senate Judiciary Committee's September 24, 2009 hearing
(his testimony at 1:25:09 - 1:33:53)
click
here for:
transcript of Chairman Kovner's testimony
CJA's September 24, 2009 memo to, inter alia, Fund for Modern Courts --
GIVEN TO CHAIRMAN KOVNER, IN HAND, AT SEPTEMBER 24, 2009
SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE HEARING --
"Building Dialogue & Scholarship: 'Merit Selection' to the
New York Court of Appeals"
SEE:
Judicial Selection -- NYS: Senate Judiciary Committee 2009 hearings
on "Merit Selection" to NY Court of Appeals &
Judicial Selection - NYS: "Merit Selection"-NY Court of
Appeals
CJA's September 21, 2009 Comment
to the Commission on Judicial Nomination's Proposed Revised Rules
-- GIVEN, IN HAND, TO FUND FOR MODERN COURTS EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR DENNIS HAWKINS
Exhibit A-1:
“Merit
System For Choosing Judges Isn’t A Cure-all ”,
NYT,
1/28/79
Exhibit A-2: “Cuomo Clashes With
Committee Over Judgeships: Asks
Panel to Disregard Law on Nominations”, NYT,
12/20/82
Exhibit
A-3: “The Dispute Over Selections for Court of Appeals”,
NYT,
12/27/82
Exhibit
A-4(a): “The Campaign for Governor is Over: What’s on Trial
Is
How Best to Pick Judges”,
NYT, 12/29/82, editorial
Exhibit A-4(b): “Judges Are Better Elected Than Selected”,
NYT, 1/11/83, ltr to editor by Assembly Speaker Stanley Fink
Exhibit A-5: “Cuomo Requests
Greater Leeway To Select Judges:
Seeks Revised Procedure for Top Court in State”,
NYT, 12/30/82
Exhibit A-6: “Picking of Judges
Assailed by Cuomo: Wants More
Options in Filling Appeals Court Vacancies”,
NYT, 8/15/83
Exhibit A-7: “Judge Selection for New York’s High
Court: The System Works”,
NYT, 8/30/83, letter to the editor by Senate
Minority Leader Manfred Orenstein
Exhibit A-8: “Cuomo Gets Names For
Top Court Job: He Criticizes
Lack of Diversity in List of 7 for Chief Judge”,
NYT, 12/2/84
Exhibit A-9: “Challenge for Cuomo: Picking Judges”,
NYT, 12/7/84
Exhibit A-10: “How Manhattan Stole the Judiciary”,
NYLJ, 12/9/93,
by Appellate Division Justice William C. Thompson
Exhibit
B-1: “Court of Appeals Candidates Are Named”,
NYLJ, 12/3/02
Exhibit B-2: “Few Appellate Judges Apply for Wesley’s
Seat”, NYLJ, 9/18/03
Exhibit
B-3: “Model for Selecting Top Court Judges
Reveals Its Flaws”, NYLJ, 11/13/03
Exhibit
C: “Semi-Secret Court of Appeals Nominations Draws Criticism”,
NYLJ,
11/2/00
Exhibit D-1: May 10, 1978 letter from Assemblyman Charles
Henderson
to Governor Hugh Carey, from legislative bill jacket,
Chapter 156, Laws of 1978
Exhibit
D-2: Election Flyer: “On Tuesday, November 8, 1977 For
Better
Courts Vote YES on Court Reform Amendments”
Exhibit
E-1: “Wider Selection Urged for Governor”, NYLJ,
12/23/82,
letter to the editor by Supreme Court Justice James J. Leff
Exhibit
E-2: “Changes Needed In Judicial Selection”, NYLJ,
11/30/82,
letter to the editor by Acting Supreme Court Justice Walter
M. Schackman
CJA's November 23, 2009 memo to, inter alia, Fund for Modern Courts --
"Building Dialogue & Scholarship: 'Merit Selection' to the
New York Court of Appeals"
2010
Fund for Modern Courts' Statements in response to NY Court of Appeals'
February 23, 2010 decision in Chief Judge v. Governor & Passage of Chapter
567 of the Laws of 2010 creating a quadrennial Commission on Judicial
Compensation
2011
Fund for Modern Court's July 18, 2011 written
statement to Commission on Judicial Compensation in support of judicial pay
raises, signed by Victor Kovnor as Immediate Past Chair of Fund for Modern
Courts & Chair of its Legislative Committee
July 20, 2011:
Victor Kovner testifies before Commission on Judicial
Compensation
on behalf of Fund for Modern Courts:
click here for
video --
his
testimony is at 27:50 - 32:32 mins:
"...Modern
Courts did play, as you know, a leading role in the writing and creation
of
the legislation that created this Commission and
we are so pleased that the
appointing authorities have created such an outstanding Commission..."
[CJA testimony at
03:12:58 - 03:24:23 mins;
transcription of CJA testimony --
click here for:
(1)
referred-to CJA handout
"NO PAY RAISES FOR NYS JUDGES WHO
CORRUPT JUSTICE -- THE MONEY BELONGS TO THE VICTIMS!"
(2)
referred-to judicial compensation webpage --
with its posting of CJA's letters to the Commission, most importantly those
of May 23, 2011 and June 23, 2011
(1)
CJA's August 8, 2011 e-mail to Kovner, Fund for
Modern Courts, etc., transmitting
CJA’s August 8, 2011 letter to the Commission on Judicial
Compensation, to which they were cc’d, entitled
“Protecting
the People of this State from Fraud:
The Commission on Judicial Compensation's Duty to Identify
the Case Presented by Opponents of ANY Judicial Pay Raises &
to Make Findings with Respect Thereto, in Discharge
of its Statutory Responsibilities”;
(2)
CJA’s August 17, 2011 e-mail to Kovner, Fund for
Modern Courts, etc, transmitting
CJA’s August 17, 2011 letter to them entitled “Protecting
the People of this State from Fraud: The
Commission on Judicial Compensation’s Duty to Identify the
Case Presented by Opponents of ANY Judicial Pay Raises & to
Make Findings with Respect Thereto, in Discharge of its
Statutory Responsibilities” and, also
CJA’s August 11, 2011 letter to the Commission,
identically titled;
(3) CJA's
August 23, 2011 e-mail to Kovner, Fund for Modern Courts,
etc. --
transmitting
CJA’s Aug 23, 2011 letter to Chief Administrative Judge Pfau,
to which they were cc’d, entitled “Ensuring that the
Commission on Judicial Compensation is Not Led into
Constitutional Error: Clarification of the Office of Court
Administration's "Memorandum discussing constitutional
considerations in establishing judicial pay levels" - and
the Substantiating Evidence”;
(4)
CJA's August 26, 2011 e-mail to Kovner, Fund for Modern
Courts, etc., transmitting
CJA’s August 26, 2011 letter to Chief Administrative Judge
Pfau, to which they were cc’d, entitled “Part
2: Ensuring that the Commission on Judicial Compensation is
Not Led into Constitutional Error: Clarification of the
Office of Court Administration’s ‘Memorandum discussing
constitutional considerations in establishing judicial pay
levels’ – and the Substantiating Evidence” ;
(5)
CJA's October 28, 2011 e-mail to Kovner, Fund for
Modern Courts, etc., transmitting
CJA’s October 28, 2011 to judicial pay raise advocates
entitled Holding Government Accountable:
CJA’s October 27, 2011 Opposition Report in Support of
Legislative Override of the Commission on Judicial
Compensation’s Judicial Pay Recommendations & Other Relief”
and transmitting the opposition report.
click
here for: CJA's
October 27, 2011 Opposition Report
click
here for:
CJA's October 27, 2011
Opposition Report
Fund for Modern Court's November 29, 2011 Cyrus Vance Tribute to Attorney
General Eric Schneiderman -- Welcoming remarks of Fund Chairman Milton L.
Williams, Jr.
For what took place at the November 29, 2011 tribute, see
fn. 1 of
CJA's March 2, 2012
letter to Gov., etc. -- to which Attorney General Schneiderman was
indicated recipient
Ex. A:
Executive Summary of CJA's October 27, 2011 Opposition
Report
Ex. B:
CJA's November 29, 2011 Complaint to Attorney General's
Public Integrity Bureau, etc.
Ex. C:
AG's website info as to partnership with
Comptroller "to investigate public corruption
involving taxpayer funds"
Ex. D:
CJA's March 1, 2012 complaint to Comptroller's
Investigations Unit
2012
Written testimony of Fund for Modern Courts Chairman Milton L. Williams, Jr. for Legislature's
January 30, 2012 hearing on Judiciary budget
2013
Written testimony of Fund for Modern Courts Chairman Milton L. Williams, Jr. for Legislature's
February 6, 2013 hearing on Judiciary budget
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