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October 24, 1991 letter to Governor Mario Cuomo
-- enclosures:
"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
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December 19, 1991
letter to Governor Mario Cuomo -- enclosures: 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
CJA's October 15, 1992 fax to Fund for Modern
Courts Executive Director Elizabeth Hubbard
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 "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 "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"
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"
1998
CJA's
January 7, 1998 letter to Chief Judge Judith Kaye -- "Safeguarding the Public's Rights and Interest in the State Judicial Appointments
Process"
2000 CJA's APRIL 22, 1999 verified petititon in Elena Ruth Sassower v. Commission on Judicial Conduct of the State of New York -- with its attached exhibits:
September
5, 2000 letter from Fund for Modern Courts Executive Director
Zeidman and Deputy Director Barbara Reed
Exhibit A-1: "An Appeal to Fairness: Revisit the Court of
Appeals",
Exhibit E-2: CJA's 3/12/99 letter to Commission on Judicial
Nomination
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 December 1, 2000 notice -- "Michael Mantell v. NYS
Commission on Judicial Conduct"
CJA's
public questions to the Fund
SEE: Elena Ruth Sassower v. Commission on Judicial Conduct (NY Court of Appeals)
December 12, 2002 New York Law Journal "Judicial Oversight has its Limits" Albany Times Union
2003
CJA's September 16, 2003 memo to Fund for Modern Courts Executive
Director Jockers 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
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"
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
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" 2011 Victor Kovner testifies before Commission on Judicial Compensationon behalf of Fund for Modern Courts: click here for 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 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 CJA's August 8, 2011 e-mail to Kovner & Fund for Modern Courts -- "TODAY's MEETING: Threshold Issues Barring Commission Consideration of Pay Raises for Judges" -- attached August 8, 2011 letterCJA's August 17, 2011 e-mail to Kovner & Fund for Modern Courts -- "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"CJA's August 23, 2011 e-mail to Kovner & Fund for Modern Courts -- "Ensuring that the Commission on Judicial Compensation is Not Led into Constitutional Error: Clarification of the OCA Memorandum...and the Substantiating Evidence -- ATTACHMENT: CJA August 23, 2011 letter to Chief Administrative Judge Pfau CJA's August 26, 2011 e-mail to Kovner & Fund for Modern Courts -- "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" -- ATTACHMENTS: CJA's August 26, 2011 letter to Chief Administrative Judge Ann PfauCJA's October 28, 2011 e-mail to Kovner & Fund for Modern Courts -- "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"
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 2013
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