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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"
CJA's January 26, 2009 letter to
Chairman John Sampson -- "RE: 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
CARMEN
BEAUCHAMP CIPARICK - 2007
JONATHAN LIPPMAN -
2009
CJA's January 29, 2009 letter to Senate Judiciary Committee
Counsel Tim Spotts -- "RE: NYS Senate Judiciary
Committee Procedures for Confirmation of Judicial
Nominees"
CJA's February 3, 2009 letter to Senate Judiciary Committee
Counsel Spotts -- "RE: 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 Spott's February 3, 2009 e-mail
response &
CJA's e-mail acknowledgment
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)
Press coverage:
Background to first hearing:
"Judge
nominee list doesn't appeal to Gov. Paterson",
Daily News, December 1, 2008 (Kenneth Lovett)
"Panel Gives Paterson Seven Names for Top
Judge", New York Times, December 2, 2008 (Sam
Roberts)
"Lack of Women on Court List Draws
Fire", New York Times, December 3, 2008 Sewall Chan
(City Room blog)
"Judith Kaye's Example", New York Times,
December 14, 2008 (editorial)
"Lippman to be Named State's Chief
Judge", New York Times, January 13, 2008 (John Eligon
& Sewell Chan) (City Room blog)
"Paterson Criticizes Panel for Its Judicial
Selections", New York Times, December 4, 2008 (Jeremy
Peters)
"N.Y.
Governor 'Outraged' by All-Male Court
Picks", New York Law Journal, December 4, 2008 (Joel
Stashenko)
"Lippman
Will be Chief Judge, Senate Will Look Into Process",
New York Observer, January 13, 2008 (Jimmy Vielkind)
Coverage of first hearing:
"Changes
urged in the way the state picks top judges",
Gannett, January 27, 2009 (Jay Gallagher)
"Lawmakers
fault top court selection process", Associated
Press, January 27, 2009 (Michael Virtanen)
"Supporters
of Court of Appeals Nominating System Urge Caution",
New York Law Journal, January 28, 2009 (Joel
Stashenko)
OTHER HEARINGS & COVERAGE:
HEARING #2:
February 3, 2009: Albany, New York
Transcript: Commission on Judicial Nomination
Chairman John O'Mara
Chairman O'Mara's written
testimony, February 3, 2009
"Judicial
Nomination Chair Set to Testify in Albany", New York Law Journal,
February 3, 2009 (Joel Stashenko)
"Applicants
for Court of Appeals Falling, Nominating Panel Head
Says", New York Law Journal, February 4, 2009 (Joel
Stashenko)
CJA's February 6, 2009 letter to Senate Judiciary Committee
Chairman John Sampson -- "RE: 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"
HEARING #3:
May 21, 2009: Buffalo, New York
HEARING VIDEO
Transcript
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