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Brennan Center for Justice
(at New York University School of Law)
1998
CJA's
September 8, 1998 letter to E. Joshua Rosenkranz,
Executive Director -- "RE: Re-evaluation of the Brennan Center's
legislative advocacy; request for amicus support for the cert
petition in Sassower v. Mangano, et al, S.Ct. #98-106"
Ex A: "Without
Merit: The Empty Promise of Judicial Discipline", Long Term View
(Massachusetts School of Law) summer 1997
Ex. B:
4/16/98 letter to Congress opposing HR 1252, signed by coalition of
organizations
Ex. C:
Alliance for Justice: opposition to HR 1252
Ex. D-1: "Where
Do You Go When Judges Break the Law?", CJA's $16,770 ad, NYT, 10/26/94
Ex. D-2: "Restraining
'Liars in the Courtroom' and on the Public Payroll", CJA's
$3,077 ad, NYLJ,
8/27/98
SEE:
Test Cases-Federal (Mangano)
2001
CJA's January 25, 2001 letter
to Deborah Goldberg, Deputy Director, Democracy Program/Judicial Independence
Project -- "RE: Amicus and other assistance in the appeal of the public
interest Article 78 proceeding, Elena Ruth Sassower, Coordinator of
the Center for Judicial Accountability, Inc., acting pro bono publico,
against Commission on Judicial Conduct of the State of New York (NY
Co. #108551/99; Appellate Division, First Dept. Cal #2000-5434)
SEE: Test
Cases-State (Commission)
Deborah Goldberg's January
30, 2001 letter -- "RE: Sassower v. Commission on Judicial
Conduct"
Deborah Goldberg's February
8, 2001 letter -- "RE: Sassower v. Commission on Judicial Conduct"
CJA's February 21, 2001 letter
to Burt Neuborne, Legal Director -- "RE: Meaningfully Advancing Judicial
Independence: CJA's request for amicus and other assistance in
the appeal of the public interest Article 78 proceeding, Elena Ruth
Sassower, Coordinator of the Center for Judicial Accountability, Inc.,
acting pro bono publico, against Commission on Judicial Conduct of the
State of New York (NY Co. #108551/99; Appellate Division, First
Dept. Cal #2000-5434)
Ex. B: CJA's
January 10, 2001 letter to A.G.
Spitzer
CJA's May 23, 2001 letter
to Burt Neuborne -- "RE: Meaningfully Advancing Judicial Independence:
Evidentiary materials in further support of CJA's request for
amicus and other assistance in the appeal of the public interest
Article 78 proceeding, Elena Ruth Sassower, Coordinator of the Center
for Judicial Accountability, Inc., acting pro bono publico, against
Commission on Judicial Conduct of the State of New York (NY Co.
#108551/99; Appellate Division, First Dept: September 2001 Term)
(cc
to Burt Neuborne) CJA's June 1, 2001 letter to Professor Yaroshefsky
2003
CJA's
March 5, 2003 e-mail questions for the Brennan Center's program on
"Ethical Issues and the Practice of Public Interest Law"
CJA's
September 16, 2003 memo to Deborah Goldberg -- "RE: Advancing
Long-Overdue Non-Partisan, Good-Government Reform of Federal Judicial
Selection/Confirmation, etc."
SEE:
Paper Trail
to Jail in "Disruption of Congress" case
CJA's September 18, 2003 letter
to Burt Neuborne -- "RE: Advancing Long-Overdue Non-Partisan,
Good-Government Reform of Federal Judicial Selection/Confirmation, etc."
December 2003 handwritten note from Tom
Gerety, Executive Director
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 -- "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 Ralph
Nader & established/establishment
organizations -- "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" Case
(6/28/05 appellant's brief & supplemental fact statement)
May
27, 2005 e-mail acknowledgment from Deborah Goldberg
CJA's
August 23, 2005 memo to
Ralph Nader & established/establishment
organizations
-- "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 20, 2007 memo to Justice at Stake Campaign Partners -- "RE: Championing Judicial Independence
at the U.S. Supreme Court by Amicus Curiae Support for Cert
Petition in 'Disruption of Congress Case"
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"
June 22, 2007 e-mail from James Sample, Counsel -- "Subject: 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 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"
Elena Sassower'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"
2008
CJA's
April 3, 2008 memo to Michael Waldman, Executive Director; Burt Neuborne, Legal
Counsel; Deborah Goldberg (Director-Democracy Program/Fair Courts
Project); James Sample, Counsel --"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; (4) Resolution to Impeach U.S.
District Judge Manuel Real"
CJA's April 22, 2008 memo to Michael Waldman, Burt Neuborne, Deborah
Goldberg, James Sample -- "Additional Query on Federal Judicial
Discipline"
CJA's Law Day-May 1, 2008 memo to Michael Waldman, Burt Neuborne,
Deborah Goldberg, James Sample -- "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 memo to Michael Waldman, Burt Neuborne, Deborah
Goldberg, James Sample -- "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
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