Human Rights Alert Filed Proposed Issues for Confirmation Hearings of Elena Kagan.

May 26, 2010 - PRLog -- Washington DC, May 26 – Human Rights Alert, Los Angeles based NGO filed with members of the US Senate Committee on the Judiciary a series of subjects, which it proposed should be raised in the confirmation hearing of Elena Kagan. [1] The central theme of the issues listed by Human Rights Alert was the new practices of the US courts, founded in online public access and case management systems, and concerns about compromised integrity of the courts and Human Rights in the US, as a result.  The questions addressed subjects ranging from evidence of the holding of numerous inmates in Los Angeles County jails under false judicial records, to the evidence of false appearances of counsel, who were not authorized as counsel of record, in the US courts.  Many of the specific examples, demonstrating the various issues, were taken from cases involving the 70 year old, former US prosecutor Richard Fine, held since March 2009 in Los Angeles, under solitary confinement, with no valid judicial records to form the foundation for his arrest and jailing. [2]
Particular emphasis was given to issues related to the verification and authentication of court records in the new systems of the courts, and the failure of the courts to publish adequate Rules of Courts in this respect. Evidence was provided of the routine issuance by US district courts and courts of appeals of minutes, orders, and judgments, which were unsigned and/or unauthenticated.  Such papers could not possibly be deemed honest, valid, and effectual court records. Therefore, their service, particularly on pro se litigants, who were denied access to authentication records in the courts’ system (CM/ECF) could not possibly serve any purpose that was even remotely related to the furtherance of justice.
The final issue raised by Human Rights Alert was the apparent urgent need to subject the US courts online public access (PACER) and case management (CM/ECF) systems to publicly accountable validation.
Copies were forwarded to the US State Department and the United Nations, as part of the 2010 UPR (Universal Periodic Review) by the United Nations of Human Rights in the United States.  In April 2010 Human Rights Alert filed submission with the United Nations, as part of the 2010 UPR, centered on the role of PACER and CM/ECF in alleged large-scale violations of Human Rights by the United States courts.
LINKS:
[1]  May 26, 2010 –Human Rights filed with the US Senate Committee on the Judiciary proposed issues to be raised in the confirmation hearing of Elena Kagan.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/31986396/
[2] May 25, 2010 Richard-Fine: CNN Blog – Correction of Errors in CNN Reporting
http://www.scribd.com/doc/31908699/

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Human Rights Alert, a Los Angeles County, California, NGO, is committed to monitoring Human Rights violations by the US government, and reporting such violations, including, but not limited to the 2010 Universal Periodic Review of the US by the UN.