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Justice at Stake Campaign

2003

August 14, 2003 letter from Geri Palast, Executive Director

CJA's September 10, 2003 memo
     -- enclosing CJA's September 10, 2003 letter to Constitution Project-Courts Initiative
      --enclosing CJA's June 16, 2003 memo to Ralph Nader, Common Cause, Public Citizen
     SEE:   Paper Trail to Jail in "Disruption of Congress" case

CJA's September 22, 2003 memo to Geri Palast


2004

CJA's June 8, 2004 memo to organizations on the left and supposedly "non-partisan" purporting to promote
citizen participation &/or involving themselves with issues of judicial selection

CJA's June 9, 2004 memo to organizations on the right --"RE: 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..."

CJA's June 10, 2004 draft memo of law on the unconstitutionality of the "disruption of Congress" statute


2005

CJA's May 27, 2005 memo to Bert Brandenburg --
"RE: Furthering 'Basic Citizen Rights -- and the Vital Importance of Citizen Participation in Federal Judicial Selection', as well as Fundamental Judicial Accountability by your Amicus Curiae and Other Assistance in the Appeal of the 'Disruption of Congress' Case, Elena Ruth Sassower v. United States of America"

               SEE:  "Disruption of Congress"- DC Court of Appeals
                     (6/28/05 appellant's brief & supplemental fact statement)

CJA's August 23, 2005 memo to Bert Brandenburg -- "RE: AMICUS CURIAE BRIEFS ARE DUE NOVEMBER 14, 2005 in the Consolidated Appeals of the 'Disruption of Congress' Case, Elena Ruth Sassower v. United States of America"


2007

 CJA's June 19, 2007 memo to Justice at Stake Campaign & Its Campaign Partners, c/o Bert Brandenburg --
"RE: Championing Judicial Independence at the U.S. Supreme Court by Amicus Curiae Support for Cert Petition in "Disruption of Congress" Case"     

June 20, 2007 letter from Bert Brandenburg, Executive Director

      cc: CJA's June 22, 2007 memo to Ralph Nader & liberal/conservative organizations  -- "RE: 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 June 29, 2007 letter to Bert Brandenburg -- "RE: 'Working to Keep Our Courts Fair and Impartial' - As Empirically Tested by the 'Disruption of Congress' Case"

       cc: CJA's July 2, 2007 memo to Justice at Stake Campaign Partners -- "RE: '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  -- "RE: 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" - US Supreme Court
                                       (see 8/17/07 cert petition)
 

2008

CJA's March 18, 2008 memo to Justice at Stake Campaign -- Bert Brandenburg, Executive Director
"RE:  Queries on Federal Judicial Discipline: (1) the Federal Judiciary's New Rules; (2) the Breyer Committee & its Report; (3) Proposed Congressional Legislation for an Inspector General for the Judicial Branch"

March 19, 2008 letter from Bert Brandenburg

                     Justice at Stake Comment on Draft Rules, October 15, 2007

CJA's March 31, 2008 letter to Bert Brandenburg --
"RE: Clarification & Unanswered Questions: Federal Judicial Discipline"

CJA's April 22, 2008 letter to Bert Brandenburg --
"RE: Additional Queries on Federal Judicial Discipline"

CJA's Law Day-May 1, 2008 letter to Bert Brandenburg --
"RE: Confronting Evidence: The Corruption of Federal Judicial Discipline: (1) CJA's March 6, 2008 Critique of the Breyer Committee Report & Letter to the Chief Justice; and (2) CJA's April 18, 2008 Comments to the Judicial Conference Committee on Codes of Conduct on the Proposed Revision to the Code of Conduct for United States Judges"

                 SEE:  Judicial Discipline-Federal
         
CJA's May 30, 2008 letter to Bert Brandenburg --
"RE: Serving Congress and the Public by Critical Scholarship: (1) Federal Judicial Pay Raises; & (2) Breyer Committee Report on the Implementation of the Judicial Conduct and Disability Act of 1980 
          (cc: Professor Charles Gardner Geyh: Board Member)