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League of Women Voters/NYS
2003
CJA's
January 29, 2003 memo to Barbara Bartoletti, Legislative Director, on
"Developing a Legislative/Advocacy Agenda for 2003"
attached
CJA's
January 23, 2003 memo
--
SEE:
Judicial Selection - NYS
"Merit Selection" -- Ct of Appeals: Read
2004
CJA's January 26, 2004 memo --
"Vindicating the Public's
Right to Know: The Role of $ in 'Merit Selection' to the NY Court of
Appeals"
-- SEE:
Judicial Selection - NY -
"Merit Selection" to NY Ct of Appeals: Smith
League's January 26, 2004 e-mail
CJA's February 4,
2004 letter to
Commission member Lenore Banks, Judicial Off-Board Specialist/NY League of Women
Voters -- to which Barbara Bartoletti
was an indicated recipient --
"Request for a Meeting to ensure that the reform
recommendations of the Commission to Promote Public Confidence in
Judicial Elections are empirically-based and confront the evidentiary
proof of systemic corruption endangering the public and eviscerating its
rights, exposed by the public interest Election Law lawsuits
Castracan v. Colavita
and Sady v. Murphy, suppressed by the
judicial, governmental, and bar establishment"
2007
CJA's June 20, 2007 memo to Justice at Stake Campaign Partners --
"Championing Judicial Independence
at the U.S. Supreme Court by Amicus Curiae Support for Cert
Petition in 'Disruption of Congress Case"
SEE:
"Disruption of Congress" - US Supreme
Court
(see 8/17/07 cert petition)
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"
cc: Dahlia
Lithwick/Slate; Lyle Denniston/SCOTUSblog,
Professor Jonathan Turley
cc: June 22, 2007 e-mail from Marion Edwyn Harrison/Free
Congress Foundation
cc: Dahlia Lithwick/Slate; Lyle Denniston/SCOTUSblog,
Professor Jonathan Turley
Elena Sassower's
August 24, 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 the
filed and docketed cert petition in the
'disruption of Congress' case"
cc: Dahlia
Lithwick/Slate; Lyle Denniston/SCOTUSblog,
Professor Jonathan Turley
cc: August 24, 2007 e-mail response from Bob
Thompson/Free Congress Foundation-Coalitions
for America
cc:
including Dahlia Lithwick/Slate; Lyle Denniston/SCOTUSblog,
Professor Jonathan Turley
2009
CJA's September 24, 2009 memo to, inter alia, League of Women Voters/NY --
"Building Dialogue & Scholarship: 'Merit Selection' to the
New York Court of Appeals"
SEE:
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
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,
letter to the 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, League of Women Voters/NY --
"Building Dialogue & Scholarship: 'Merit Selection' to the
New York Court of Appeals"
2011
League of Women Voters July 19, 2011 letter to Commission in support of
judicial pay raises
CJA's August 22, 2011 letter to League of Women Voters
CJA's October 28, 2011 e-mail to League of
Women Voters --
"Holding Government Accountable: CJA's October 27, 2011
Opposition Report in Support of Legislative Override of the Commission on
Judicial Compensation's Judicial Pay Raise Recommendations & Other Relief"
click
here for:
CJA's October 27, 2011
Opposition Report
2013
CJA's August 22, 2013 e-mail to Bartoletti & Others
--
"Achieving BOTH a Properly Functioning Legislature & the Public Trust Act
(Gov Program Bill #3) -- the Sine Qua Non for 'Government Working' &
'Working for the People'"
2014
CJA's January 2, 2014 letter --
"ACHIEVING NYS BUDGET REFORM:
What is Your Expert Opinion of the Budgets Proposed by New York's Judiciary
& Legislative Branches? -- & How Should the Governor & Legislature be
Reviewing Them, Consistent with Article VII of the NYS Constitution?
email receipt
2016
CJA's March 28, 2016 e-mail --
"Lawsuit challenge to
the constitutionality & lawfulness of NYS' budget 'process' --
including 3-men-in-a-room budget deal-making"
CJA's March 30, 2016 e-mail --
"Lawsuit challenge to the
constitutionality & lawfulness of NYS' budget 'process' -- including
3-men-in-a-room budget deal-making"
CJA's March 30, 2016 e-mail
--
"'The Anti-Corruption
Principle' -- & 3-men-in-a-room budget deal-making"
CJA's March 31, 2016 e-mail --
"Why are the 'good government'
groups & scholars of the constitution and public fisc not educating
the media about what the NYS Constitution has to say about the NYS
budget?"
CJA's April 26, 2016 e-mail--
"Thank you, Dean Lane!
May you lead the way to building scholarship & informed
discussion...the state budget"
CJA's April 27, 2016 e-mail to NYS League of Women Voters
--
"Request for Comment & Assistance: Citizen-Taxpayer
Action Challenging Constitutionality & Legality of NYS Budget --
including 3-men-in-a-room-budget dealmaking"
CJA's
April 29, 2016 e-mail--
"Thank you, Fritz
Schwarz! Building on the Brennan Center's 2004 report by your
March 23, 2016 testimony & CJA's March 23, 2016 second supplemental
complaint"
-- click here for
Legislative Rules Reform
Resource Page
CJA's May 3, 2016 e-mail--
"Thank you, Assemblyman
Steck! Follow-up to your March 23, 2016 testimony before the
Commission on Legislative, Judicial and Executive Compensation"
CJA's May 3, 2016 e-mail to NYS League of Women Voters --
"Thank you, Jennifer! --
Request for Comment & Assistance: Citizen-Taxpayer Action
Challenging Constitutionality & Legality of NYS Budget -- including
3-men-in-a-room budget deal-making"
enclosed League of Women Voters' "IMPACT ON ISSUES
2005-2007"--"State Budget Process"
May 11, 2016 e-mail from League --
"Thank you, Jennifer..."
2017
CJA's April 14, 2017 e-mail to League of Women Voters of the State of NY --
"OPPORTUNITY/OBLIGATION -- citizen-taxpayer action: March 29, 2017
OSC for declaration of unconstitutionality & unlawfulness of NYS budget --
returnable April 28, 2017"
2017-2019
Directors
bios
League of Women Voters of
Westchester
CJA's October 6, 2017 e-mail to the Westchester League of Women
Voters --
"Subject:
The League of Women Voters' Vital Role in Ensuring
that Voters are
Furnished with Information Essential to their Exercising a Meaningful
Vote"
October 17, 2017 e-mail from Westchester League of Women Voters
President
cc: CJA's
October 28, 2017 e-mail --
"UNREPORTED
REAL NEWS: The records, in office, of the incumbent candidates for
Westchester county executive -- Latimer & Astorino"
October
28, 2017 e-mail from Westchester League of Women Voters President
cc:
CJA's October 28, 2017 e-mail --
"NOV. 1st -- News 12
Westchester's debate between Westchester County Executive Candidates
Latimer & Astorino"
2018
CJA's August 13, 2018 letter
--
"Achieving Our Shared Goal of an Accountable &
Transparent State Budget Process & Budget: Request for Amicus Curiae
Participation & Other Assistance in the Appeal..."
August 13, 2018 e-mail from Executive Director Laura Bierman (4:05 pm)
CJA's August 14, 2018 reply e-mail to NYS League of Women Voters 2017-2019
Board of Directors --
"FW: BOARD OF DIRECTORS' DECISION REQUESTED..."
Posted Board of Directors' Bios & e-mail addresses
August 16, 2018 delivery of mailed package, left in mailbox
September 3, 2018 Capitol Pressroom -- NYS League of Women Voters
-- Jennifer Wilson votingny.org --
"We're totally nonpartisan. We'd
never make up information"
Arbetter: "A lot of these races have not received a lot of media
attention"
...........
2019
CJA's April 23, 2019 e-mail
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"REQUEST FOR AMICUS CURIAE
SUPPORT & OTHER ASSISTANCE:
CJA's Citizen-Taxpayer Action, NOW AT THE COURT
OF APPEALS, on an appeal of right on the issues of constitutional
construction directly involved"
CJA's April 23, 2019 e-mail --
"CJA's WEBSITE
& WEBPAGES NOW OPERATIONAL -- REQUEST FOR AMICUS CURIAE SUPPORT & OTHER
ASSISTANCE..."
2022
cc:
CJA's May 5, 2022 e-mail to
Albany Times Union --
"Corrections & Reporting Required: 'JCOPE issues a curious
letter on Cuomo --
4 years after complaint' (4/29/22) AND 'A non-fond farewell
to JCOPE' (4/15/22)"
cc:
CJA's May 6, 2022 e-mail to JCOPE --
"Setting the record straight on
Executive Law §94 -- as to JCOPE & CELG --
& taking the emergency
correction action with respect thereto
warranted by CJA's April 13, 2022
complaint (#22-052)"
cc:
CJA's May 16, 2022 e-mail to Inspector General
--
"(1) Your flagrant violations of
your own policy, procedure & Executive Law Art. 4-A
pertaining to CJA's
Nov. 2, 2021complaint vs JCOPE, etc; (2) Confirmation that you will have no
jurisdiction over CELG, in contrast to JCOPE"
cc: CJA's June
9, 2022 e-mail to "JCOPE Must Go" Coalition Members
--
"NOTICE: Lawsuit vs JCOPE, et
al. (#904235-22/Albany County) -- & your ethical and professional
responsibilities to the Peopls of the State of NY with respect thereto"
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