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THE CORRUPTION OF "MERIT SELECTION"
TO NEW YORK'S HIGHEST
STATE COURT:
SUSAN P. READ
[SEE also: Correspondence-NYS
Officials: NYS Commission on Judicial Nomination]
CJA's
January 14, 2003 letter to Governor Pataki -- ATT: James McGuire, Counsel
--
"RE: Publicly-Available Materials Pertaining to Governor
Pataki's Appointment of Court of Claims Presiding Judge Susan P.
Read to the New York Court of Appeals"
CJA's January 14, 2003 letter to Chairman DeFrancisco
-- "RE: (1) CJA's request for a meeting to discuss the
documentary evidence of the corruption of judicial selection and
discipline; (2) CJA's request to testify at the upcoming Senate
Judiciary Committee hearing in opposition to confirmation of Court
of Claims Presiding Judge Susan P. Read to the Court of Appeals; (3)
CJA's request for publicly-available documents in the Committee's
possession establishing the legitimacy of the Commission on Judicial
Nomination's recommendation of Judge Read as 'well qualified' to sit
on the Court of Appeals and any other publicly-available documents
establishing her qualifications"
CJA's January
16. 2003 letter to Governor Pataki -- ATT: James McGuire, Counsel
-- "RE: Information and F.O.I.L. Request Pertaining to Susan P.
Read's Tenure as Governor Pataki's Deputy Counsel '1995-1997'"
CJA's January 17, 2003 letter to Chairman DeFrancisco
-- RE: (1) Postponement of the Senate Judiciary Committee's
January 22, 2003 Hearing on Judge Susan P. Read's Confirmation to
the New York Court of Appeals; (2) Request for Information as to the
Senate Judiciary Committee's Confirmation Procedures; (3) Providing
the Public with Judge Read's own Questionnaire Responses as to her
Qualifications, etc."
CJA's January
20, 2003 letter to Governor Pataki -- ATT: James McGuire, Counsel
-- "RE: CJA's upcoming testimony in opposition to Senate
confirmation of Governor Pataki's appointment of Judge Susan Read to
the Court of Appeals -- requiring your immediate response to its
faxed January 16th and 14th letters to you for information and
documents"
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January 22, 2003:
CJA's TESTIMONY IN OPPOSITION
-- whose presentation
was halted by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman DeFrancisco after
the FIRST page
Accompanying Substantiating Appendix Documents
February 4,
2003 letter from Chief of Staff Carole Luther
CJA's
February 7, 2003 letter to Chief of Staff Luther -- "RE: CJA's
January 22, 2003 FOIL request for the stenographic transcript of the
January 22, 2003 'hearing' on Susan Read's confirmation to the New
York Court of Appeals"
Transcript
excerpt of Senate Judiciary Committee's January 22, 2003 hearing
Transcript
excerpt of January 22, 2003 Senate floor proceedings
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CJA's January 23, 2003 memorandum to Appellate Division, 2nd
Dept. Presiding Justice A. Gail Prudenti & Appellate Division,
3rd Dept. Justice Anthony V. Cardona: "RE: Your
Right to 'Hear' CJA's Opposition Testimony to Senate Confirmation of Court of
Claims Presiding Judge Susan P. Read to the New York Court of Appeals -- and to
'Be Heard' with Respect Thereto"
(indicated copies to Chief Administrative Judge Lippman, Gary
Spencer, Public Information Officer/NY Court of Appeals)
January 27, 2003 letter from Mark Ustin, Assistant Counsel/Governor
Pataki-Records Access Officer
CJA's February 10,
2003 letter to Chairman DeFrancisco --
"RE" (1) CJA's request that Senate Judiciary Committee members be provided
with copies of CJA's January 22, 2003 written statement, with appendix
documents; (2) CJA's request for a meeting with Chairman DeFrancisco to discuss
the January 22, 2003 written statement; (3) The practices and procedures of the
Senate Judiciary Committee for preserving the records of its confirmation
proceedings for Court of Appeals and 'lower' state court judges"
Ex. A-1:
CJA's December 19, 2001 FOIL request to inspect documents submitted to the Senate
Judiciary Committee in opposition to confirmation of Joseph Bellacosa to the
Court
of Appeals
Ex. A-2:
May 8, 2002 ltr of Senate Judiciary Committee Counsel
Ex.
B-1: CJA's December 1, 2000 fax to Senate Judiciary Committee
Ex. B-2:
CJA's January 4, 2001 ltr to Senate Judiciary Committee
Ex. B-3:
January 9, 2001 ltr of Senate Judiciary Committee Counsel
Ex. B-4:
CJA's March 26, 2001 ltr to Senate Judiciary Committee
Ex. B-5:
Pages 42-3 of the transcript of Senate Judiciary Committee Committee's
November 29, 2000 hearing on Victoria Graffeo's confirmation
CJA's
April 16, 2003 letter to Governor Pataki's Records Access Officer Mark R. Ustin
-- "RE: (1) F.O.I.L. Requests of December 6, 2002 & January 9, 2003; (2)
F.O.I.L. Requests of January 14, 2003 & January 16, 2003; (3) Newly-Initiated
F.O.I.L. Requests Pertaining to the Governor's 'Federal Appointments Screening
Committee'/'Federal Judicial Screening Committee'"
(indicated copy to Nan Weiner, Executive Director/"Federal
Appointments Screening Committee")
November 5,
2003 letter from Mark Ustin, Assistant Counsel/Governor Pataki-Records Access
Officer
December 5, 2003 letter
to W. Brooks DeBow, Deputy Counsel/Governor Pataki -- -- "RE" CJA's
January 14, 2003 and January 16, 2003 Requests, Including Pursuant to F.O.I.L.
and Judiciary Law 63.4, for Publicly-Available Materials Pertaining to Court of
Claims Presiding Judge Susan P. Read to the New York Court of Appeals"
Deputy Counsel
DeBow's December 19, 2003 letter -- "RE: FOIL Appeal 2003-5 (FOIL Appeal
Request Dated December 5, 2003 and Received on December 5, 2003)"
CJA's December 26,
2003 letter to Deputy Counsel DeBow
(indicated copy to Committee on Open Government) -- "RE: 'FOIL
APPEAL 2003-5': CJA's January 14, 2003 and January 16, 2003 Requests, Including
Pursuant to F.O.I.L. and Judiciary Law 63.4, for Publicly-Available Materials
Pertaining to Court of Claims Presiding Judge Susan P. Read to the New York
Court of Appeals"
CASE STUDY OF
THE PRESS IN ACTION
THE NEW YORK TIMES
CJA's January 21, 2003 fax to James McKinley, Jr.
CJA's
January 22, 2003 e-mail to James McKinley, Jr. -- RE: "CJA's
testimony in opposition to Read confirmation"
--
CJA's January 22, 2003 written testimony
CJA's
January 29, 2003 letter to James McKinley, Jr. -- RE: "Essential
News & Editorial Coverage: The Corruption of 'Merit Selection' to the
New York Court of Appeals -- The Senate Judiciary Committee's Role"
CJA's
January 29, 2003 memo to the Editorial Board -- RE: "Essential News
& Editorial Coverage: The Corruption of 'Merit Selection' to the New
York Court of Appeals -- The Senate Judiciary Committee's Role"
CJA's
February 7, 2003 e-mail to Eleanor Randolph, Editorial Board -- RE:
"Vindicating the Public's Rights by Your Powerful Editorial Voice"
NEW
YORK LAW JOURNAL
CJA's January 21, 2003 letter
to John Caher -- "RE: Vindicating the Public's Rights to 'Merit
Selection': CJA's Opposition to Confirmation of Susan P. Read to the
Court of Appeals"
CJA's January 22, 2003 e-mail to John Caher
-- "Subj: CJA testimony in opposition to Read confirmation"
NYLJ's
January 23, 2003 front-page picture of Judge Read at confirmation
hearing, captioned, "Smooth Sailing"
CJA's March 14, 2003 letter
& e-mail to Kris Fischer -- "RE: The New York Law Journal's
'Service' to the Legal Community"
ASSOCIATED PRESS
CJA's January 22, 2003 e-mail to Mike Gormley, Joel Stashenko
-- "RE: CJA testimony in opposition to Read Confirmation"
-- transmitting
CJA's testimony in opposition to
confirmation of Susan Read for the NY Court of Appeals
CJA's January 25, 2003 letter to Rick Stevens
(News Editor/NYS)
-- "RE: Endorsing and Authorizing an Associated Press expose of the New
York State Senate Judiciary Committee"
CJA's February 12, 2003 letter to Rick Stevens (News Editor/NYS) --
"RE: Endorsing and Authorizing an Associated Press expose of the New
York State Senate Judiciary Committee"
LEGISLATIVE GAZETTE
CJA's January 28, 2003 letter
to James Gormley, Assistant Managing Editor -- "RE: Proposal for Professor
Chartock's 'Publisher's Corner', etc."
CJA's
February 12, 2003 letter to Alan Chartock, Publisher & Project Director
-- "RE: Proposal for your 'Publisher's Corner', etc."
CJA's January 22, 2003 e-mail to Gannett, Newsday, NY Post,
NY Daily News
CJA's January 28, 2003 to Syracuse Post-Standard/Editorial
OTHER "MERIT SELECTION" COURT OF APPEALS APPOINTMENTS
HOWARD A. LEVINE
1993
CARMEN BEAUCHAMP CIPARICK
1993-initial appointment
ALBERT
M. ROSENBLATT
1998
VICTORIA A.
GRAFFEO
2000
ROBERT S.
SMITH
2004
EUGENE F. PIGOTT, JR.
2006
THEODORE T. JONES, JR.
2007
JUDITH S. KAYE
2007
CARMEN
BEAUCHAMP CIPARICK
2007-reappointment
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