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CJA's March 6, 2008 Critique of the Breyer Committee
Report
on the
Implementation of the Judicial Conduct and Disability Act of 1980
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Executive Summary of CJA's Critique
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Breyer Committee Report, posted on Supreme Court's website
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Inventory of File Folder #1 --
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CJA's 1st judicial misconduct complaint: 1996
Inventory of File Folder #2 --
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CJA's 2nd & 3rd judicial misconduct complaints: 1997-1998
Inventory
of File Folder #3 --
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CJA's correspondence with the Administrative Office of the
U.S. Courts
&, through it, the Judicial Conference
Compendium of Exhibits
Exhibit A-1: “Without Merit: The Empty Promise of Judicial Discipline”
(The Long Term View (Massachusetts School of Law),
Vol. 4, No. 1 (summer 1997))
Exhibit A-2: CJA’s June 9, 1993 impeachment complaint
to the House Judiciary
Committee against the district and circuit appellate panel judges in Elena
Ruth Sassower and Doris L. Sassower v. Field, et al.
Exhibit A-3: July 12, 1993 letter from House Judiciary Committee Counsel to
National
Commission on Judicial Discipline & Removal
Exhibit A-4: CJA’s July 14, 1993 letter to Director of the National Commission
on Judicial Discipline & Removal
Exhibit A-5: July 20, 1993 letter from Deputy Director of the National
Commission
on Judicial Discipline & Removal
Exhibit A-6: CJA’s July 22, 1993 letter to Deputy Director of the National
Commission
on
Judicial Discipline
& Removal
Exhibit A-7: July 27, 1993 letter from Deputy Director of
the National Commission on
Judicial Discipline & Removal
Exhibit A-8: CJA's December 9, 1994 testimony before the
Long-Range Planning
Committee of the Judicial Conference
Exhibit B: CJA’s March 10, 1998 memorandum to the House Judiciary
Committee
Exhibit
C-1: CJA’s March 23, 1998 memorandum to the House Judiciary
Committee,
also constituting a judicial impeachment complaint against the district
and circuit panel judges in Doris L. Sassower v. Mangano, et al.
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Ex. A: CJA’s March 13, 1998 letter to Professor Stephen Burbank
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Ex. B: Professor Burbank’s March 15, 1998 e-mail
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Ex. C: CJA’s March 16, 1998 memo to House Judiciary Committee
Judicial Conference (c/o Administrative Office) & Professor Burbank
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Ex. D: CJA’s July 22, 1993 letter to National Commission on
Judicial Discipline & Removal (see
A-6)
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Ex. E: CJA’s June 9, 1993 impeachment complaint (see A-2)
Exhibit C-2: CJA's November 24, 1997 letter to
Jeffrey Barr, Assistant General
Counsel/ Administrative Office of the United States Courts:
"RE: Remedies within the federal judiciary to restrain and punish
on-the-bench misconduct by federal judges violative of recusal
statutes and codes of judicial conduct"
Exhibit D-1: CJA’s November 6, 1998 coverletter to the U.S.
Supreme Court
transmitting impeachment complaint
Exhibit D-2: CJA’s November 6, 1998 impeachment complaint against Chief
Justice
William H. Rehnquist & Associate Justices
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Ex. A: CJA’s May 29, 1998 letter to Jeffrey Barr, hand-delivered to
Supreme Court for Justice Rehnquist:
"RE: The House Judiciary Committee's June 11, 1998 'oversight'
hearing and Congress' promised 'vigorous oversight' of the federal
judiciary's implementation of 28 U.S.C. 372(c)"
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Ex. B: pp. 121-123
of the Report of the National Commission on Judicial
Discipline & Removal
Exhibit
E-1: October 30, 1998 Petition for
Rehearing
Doris L. Sassower v. Mangano, et al. – S.Ct #98-106
Exhibit E-2:
September 23, 1998 letter-application to the Justices for
judicial
disqualification and disclosure under 28 U.S.C. 455
Doris L. Sassower v. Mangano, et al. – S.Ct #98-106
Exhibit E-3: October 14, 1998 improvised
judicial misconduct complaint
against the Justices
Doris L. Sassower v. Mangano, et al. – S.Ct #98-106
Exhibit F: May 18, 1998 Petition for a Writ of Certiorari
"Questions Presented" & "Reasons for Granting the Writ"
Doris L. Sassower v. Mangano, et al. – S.Ct #98-106
Exhibit G: September 2, 1998 Supplemental Brief
Doris L. Sassower v. Mangano, et al. – S.Ct #98-106
Exhibit H: CJA’s written statement to the House Judiciary Committee for
inclusion in
the record of its June 11, 1998 “oversight hearing of
the administration
and
operation of the federal judiciary”
Exhibit I: CJA’s April 24, 1998 written statement to the Commission on
Structural
Alternatives for the Federal Courts of Appeals
Exhibit J-1: CJA’s February 12, 2004 letter to Chief Justice
Rehnquist
"RE: The Supreme Court’s
impeachable repudiation
of congressionally-imposed obligations of
disqualification
& disclosure under 28 U.S.C. 455 and disregard for
the single
recommendation addressed to it by the 1993 Report
of the National Commission on
Judicial Discipline and Removal
that it consider establishing an internal
mechanism to review
judicial misconduct complaints against its Justices”
Exhibit J-2: CJA’s February 12, 2004 coverletter to Associate
Justices
Exhibits K-1: CJA’s February 13, 2004 coverletter to Congress
Exhibit K-2: CJA’s February 17, 2004 coverletter to Congress
Exhibit L-1: CJA’s July 9, 2001 letter to House Judiciary
Committee Minority Counsel
Exhibit L-2: CJA’s July 9, 2001 letter to House Judiciary
Committee General Counsel/
Chief of Staff
Exhibit
L-3: CJA’s July 11, 2001 letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Members
Exhibit
L-4: CJA’s July 11, 2001 letter to Senate Majority Leader Thomas Daschle
& Senate Minority Leader
Trent Lott
Exhibit
L-5: CJA’s July 14, 2001 letter to President George W. Bush
Exhibit
L-6: CJA’s July 14, 2001 letter to Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton
Exhibit
L-7: CJA’s July 3, 2001 letter to Senator Charles E. Schumer, Chairman
of
the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Administrative
Oversight and the Courts
Exhibit M-1: CJA’s July 19, 2001 covermemo to House & Senate Judiciary
Committees
Exhibit M-2: CJA’s July 19, 2001 letter to House Judiciary Committee
Oversight
Counsel
Exhibit N: CJA’s July 31, 2001 letter to House Judiciary Committee
Oversight
Counsel
Exhibit O:
CJA’s September 4, 2001 letter to House
Judiciary Committee Oversight Counsel
Exhibit
P-1: CJA's July 31, 200 covermemo to House Judiciary
Committee Chief of
Staff/General Counsel & to Minority Counsel
Exhibit
P-2: CJA's July 30, 2002 letter to House Judiciary
Committee Oversight
Counsel
Exhibit
P-3: CJA-s August 13, 2002 letter to Professor
Arthur D. Hellman
Exhibit P-4: CJA’s August 2, 2002 letter to Douglas T.
Kendall, Executive Director,
Community Rights Counsel
Exhibit Q-1: CJA's December 1, 1995 letter to Jeffrey Barr,
Assistant General
Counsel/Administrative Office of the United States Courts
Exhibit Q-2: CJA’s November 28, 1995 testimony (by Elena Sassower) to the
Second
Circuit Task Force on Gender, Racial, & Ethnic Fairness in the Courts
Exhibit Q-3: CJA’s November 28, 1995 testimony (by Doris Sassower) to the
Second
Circuit Task Force on Gender, Racial, & Ethnic Fairness in the
Courts
Exhibit
R-1: House Judiciary Committee Chairman F.
James Sensenbrenner's
September 19, 2006 press release "Judicial Conference's Report
on Implementation of the Judicial Conduct and Disability Act of 1980"
Exhibit R-2: U.S. Supreme Court’s June 10, 2004 press release
“Judicial Conduct
and Disability Act Study Committee
Organizational Meeting”
Exhibit S-1:
CJA's September 4, 2007 e-mail request to testify
to
JudicialConductRules@ao.uscourts.gov
Exhibit
S-2: September 4, 2007 e-mail message
from System Administrator
Exhibit S-3:
CJA's September 6, 2007 e-mail
request to testify
to JudicialConductRules@ao.uscourts.gov
Exhibit S-4:
September 6, 2007 e-mail
from JudicialConductRules@ao.uscourts.gov
Exhibit S-5:
CJA's September 6, 2007 e-mail
to JudicialConductRules@ao.uscourts.gov
Exhibit
S-6: September 24, 2007 e-mail
from
JudicialConductRules@ao.uscourts.gov
Exhibit S-7:
CJA’s September 27,
2007 e-mail
to JudicialConductRules@ao.uscourts.gov,
attaching CJA’s
DRAFT STATEMENT: September 27, 2007
Public ‘Hearing’ on the
Draft Rules Governing Judicial Conduct and Disability Proceedings,
Brooklyn, New York” (see S-9 for attachment)
Exhibit S-8:
pages 1-3, 55-56 of transcript of September 27, 2007 “hearing”
Exhibit
S-9: CJA's September 28,
2007 e-mail
to JudicialConductRules@ao.uscourts.gov, attaching CJA’s
"DRAFT STATEMENT: September 27, 2007 Public
‘Hearing’ on the
Draft Rules Governing Judicial Conduct and Disability
Proceedings,
Brooklyn, New York”
Exhibit T:
CJA's October 15, 2007 e-mail
to JudicialConductRules@ao.uscourts.gov attaching
"STATEMENT
TO THE JUDICIAL CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON
JUDICIAL CONDUCT AND DISABILITY
Commenting on the Draft
Rules Governing Judicial Conduct and Disability
Proceedings –
October 15, 2007”
ADVOCACY
PERTAINING TO CJA's CRITIQUE
OF THE BREYER COMMITTEE REPORT:
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with our Three Government Branches
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