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THE CORRUPTION OF "MERIT SELECTION"
TO NEW YORK'S HIGHEST
STATE COURT:
ROBERT SMITH
[SEE also:
Searching for Champions-State-NY: Commission on Judicial
Nomination]
January 12, 2004: CJA's testimony
in opposition to New York State Senate confirmation of Robert S.
Smith to the New York Court of Appeals.
Relevant referred-to documents
(1) CJA's
October 16, 2000 report on the Commission on Judicial
Nomination's corruption of "merit selection" to the NY Court
of Appeals
SEE:
Judicial Selection - State - NY The
Corruption of "Merit
Selection" to NY's Highest State Court: Graffeo
(2) CJA's
November 13, 2000 report on the complicitous roles of
the bar associations in the corruption of "merit selection"
to the NY Court of Appeals
SEE:
Judicial Selection - State - NY The
Corruption of "Merit
Selection" to NY's Highest State Court: Graffeo
(3) CJA's
December 19, 2003 letter to NYS Senate Judiciary
Committee Chairman DeFrancisco -- "RE: Senate
confirmation of Robert S. Smith, Esq. to the New York Court
of Appeals; (1) Request for publicly-available documents;
(2) Request to testify in opposition"
(4) CJA's
December 6, 2003 letter to NY Governor Pataki. -- "RE:
Publicly-Available Materials Pertaining to Governor Pataki's
Appointment of Robert S. Smith, Esq., to the New York Court
of Appeals"
(5) CJA's
December 26, 2003 letter to Governor Pataki -- "RE:
Publicly-Available Materials Pertaining to Governor Pataki's
Appointment of Robert S. Smith, Esq., to the New York Court
of Appeals"
(6) CJA's
December 22, 2003 letter to NYS Comptroller -- "RE:
Request for Information & Documents Pertaining to the
State's Authorizations, Designations, and Payments to
Special Counsel and, in particular, to Robert S. Smith,
Esq."
(7) CJA's
January 2, 2004 letter to Local Governmental Assistance
Corporation -- "RE: Request for information, as well as
documents pursuant to F.O.I.L., pertaining to special
counsel representing the Local Government Assistance
Corporation in its lawsuit against the NYS Legislature"
Transcript Excerpt of January 12, 2004 Senate
Judiciary Committee Confirmation Hearing (see, in particular,
pages 66-67)
January
12, 2004 Senate Confirmation
Message from the Governor, Confirmation by the NYS Senate
FOIL CORRESPONDENCE:
Governor George Pataki:
CJA's
December 6, 2003 letter to Governor Pataki. -- "RE:
Publicly-Available Materials Pertaining to Governor Pataki's
Appointment of Robert S. Smith, Esq., to the New York Court
of Appeals"
Governor
Pataki's December 12, 2003 letter
CJA's
December 26, 2003 letter to Governor Pataki -- "RE:
Publicly-Available Materials Pertaining to Governor Pataki's
Appointment of Robert S. Smith, Esq., to the New York Court
of Appeals"
Governor
Pataki's December 15, 2004 letter
Comptroller Alan G. Hevesi:
CJA's
December 22, 2003 letter to Comptroller -- "RE:
Request for Information & Documents Pertaining to the
State's Authorizations, Designations, and Payments to
Special Counsel and, in particular, to Robert S. Smith,
Esq."
Comptroller's December 31, 2003 letter
NYS Local Government Assistance Corporation:
CJA's
January 2, 2004 letter to Local Governmental Assistance
Corporation -- "RE: Request for information, as well as
documents pursuant to F.O.I.L., pertaining to special
counsel representing the Local Government Assistance
Corporation in its lawsuit against the NYS Legislature"
NY
Local Government Assistance Corporation's January 12, 2003 letter
NY
Local Government Assistance Corporation's February 27, 2004 letter
NY
Local Government Assistance Corporation's March 25, 2004 letter
NY
Local Government Assistance Corporation's April 21, 2004 letter
Senate Judiciary Committee:
CJA's
January 13, 2004 letter to Chairman DeFrancisco -- "RE: Request for
stenographic transcript of the Senate Judiciary Committee's January 12, 2004
'hearing' to confirm Robert S. Smith to the New York Court of Appeals"
January 20, 2004 e-mail from Carole Luther, Chief of Staff
January 23, 2004 e-mail from Carole Luther, Chief of Staff
CJA's
January 23, 2004 letter to Chairman DeFrancisco -- "RE: Payment for the
transcript of the Senate Judiciary Committee's January 12, 2004 'hearing' to
confirm the appointment of Robert S. Smith to the New York Court of Appeals"
January 26,
2004 letter from Carole Luther, Chief of Staff
Secretary of the Senate:
CJA's
January 12, 2004 Request for Copies of Records
Secretary of the Senate Steven M. Boggess' January 20, 2004 letter
CJA's
January 20, 2004 letter to Secretary of the Senate Boggess -- "RE: Requested
Records Pertaining to Senate Confirmation of Robert S. Smith to the New York
Court of Appeals"
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CJA's January 26, 2004 memo to NYPIRG, Common Cause, and League of
Women Voters -- "RE: Vindicating the Public's Right to Know:
The Role of $ in 'Merit Selection' to the NY Court of Appeals"
League of Women Voters' January 26, 2004 e-mail
CASE STUDY
OF THE PRESS IN ACTION
THE NEW YORK
TIMES
January 13, 2004 Metro Briefing:
"Albany: Lawyer Appointed to Appeals Court" by Al Baker
CJA's
January 21, 2004 memo to Albany Bureau Chief James McKinley, Jr. --
"RE: In further support of a New York Times investigative expose of
'merit selection' to the New York Court of Appeals"
February 18, 2004
"A New Robe in New York State's Highest Court"
GANNETT
January
15, 2004 column "Smith's
approval exposes flaws in the review process" by Yancey Roy
ALBANY TIMES UNION
January 13, 2004 article
"Lawmakers sign off on Pataki's pick" by James
Odato
NEWSDAY
CJA's
December 31, 2003 e-mail to Dan Janison -- "Subject: Are Special Counsel
'for Sale' to Pataki Donors -- and How About Appointed Judgeships?"
CJA's
January 2, 2004 e-mail to Dan Janison -- "Subject: Follow-up to yr article,
'Pataki Donor Could Gain from City Bond Sale"
CJA's
January 14, 2004 e-mail to Dan Janison -- "Subject: Following the $: The
Payoff in 'Special Counsel' Assignments & Appointive Judgeships"
BUFFALO NEWS
CJA's
January 22, 2004 e-mail to Albany Bureau Chief Tom Precious -- "Subject:
Robert Smith's Confirmation to the NY Court of Appeals"
January 13, 2004 article
"Victim's
Sister Urges Death Penalty Revisions" by Tom Precious
THE
NEW YORK SUN
CJA's
January 20, 2004 letter to Stuart Marques, News Editor --
"RE: (1)
Supervisory oversight over the deficient, cover-up news reporting of William
F. Hammond, Jr., 'Senators Confirm Smith as Member Of Court of Appeals',
(NY Sun, 1/13/04) and his unprofessional, unaccountable conduct in
connection therewith;
(2) Proposal for a meeting to discuss the panoply of
groundbreaking, electorally-significant stories CJA has to offer on issues
of judicial selection and discipline -- all readily-verifiable and fully
documented"
CJA's January 20,
2004 letter to Bill Hammond
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
SUSAN P.
READ
2003
ROBERT S.
SMITH
2004
(you are here)
EUGENE F. PIGOTT, JR.
2006
THEODORE T. JONES, JR.
2007
JUDITH S. KAYE
2007
CARMEN
BEAUCHAMP CIPARICK
2007-reappointment
JONATHAN LIPPMAN
2009
JENNY RIVERA
2013
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