Call to action: Write Sec. Blackwell and ask that he recuse himself

[Habibi]

please see this website:

http://www.stolenelection2004.com/alerts.html

for information and action suggestions. Blackwell should *not* be permitted to break any ties between Dems and Repubs over disputed ballots.

[eleny]

1. done

[dogtag]

2. Can I request that he go "Cheney" himself while I'm at it? (n/t)

[burn the bush]

3. done

[roseBudd]

4. Contact Judge Nathaniel Jones and ask for his help

Judge Jones and Blackwell are both from Cincinnati. What Blackwell is doing is antiethical to the civil rights movement.

I was at a Kids Voting Southwest Ohio charity function that both Blackwell and Judge Jones spoke at and Judge Jones blew us away with his tales of voting in other countries. He just spoke up against the people who were using homophobia as a reason to vote No on Issue 3, so though retired he is still active.

Here is his resume:

1700 PNC Center • 201 East Fifth Street • Cincinnati, OH 45202
[phone] Fax [phone]

Judge Nathaniel R. Jones (ret.)
[e-mail]

Practice Concentration
Judge Jones concentrates his practice in the areas of litigation and dispute resolution.


Professional Background
Blank Rome LLP

2002 - Present

Senior Partner, Commercial Litigation Practice Group

United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

1979 – 2002

U. S. Circuit Judge

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

1969 - 1979

General Counsel

National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (Kerner Commission)

1967 - 1968

Assistant General Counsel

Northern District of Ohio at Cleveland

1960 - 1967

Assistant United States Attorney

Appointed by Attorney General Robert Kennedy

Fair Employment Practices Commission, City of Youngstown, Ohio

1956 – 1959

Executive Director


Admitted To Practice
Ohio, 1957


Educational Background
Youngstown State University, A.B., 1951

Youngstown State University Law School, LL.B., 1956 (JD)


Professional Organizations

National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, Co-Chair Board of Directors – A project underway to build a National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati, Ohio by the year 2004

Toyota Motor Manufacturing North America, Inc., Diversity Advisory Board Member

Cincinnati Youth Collaborative, Executive Committee Member

KnowledgeWorks Foundation, Board of Trustees Member

Cincinnati Bar Association/Black Lawyers Association of Cincinnati, Co-Chairman of Round Table – the aim of which is to broaden the involvement of minorities in the legal profession

Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati, Board of Trustees Member

Truman Scholarship Foundation, Board Member

South Africa Legal Services and Legal Education Project (SALSLEP), Board of Trustees Member

Advisory Committee of the Urban Morgan International Human Rights Institute, Member

National Conference on Community & Justice/National Conference of Christians & Jews, Trustee

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Sixth Circuit Judicial Council, Lifetime Member

Potter Stewart Inn of Court, Master

American Bar Association, Member

ABA Africa Law Initiative Council, Chair

Judicial Clerkship Initiative, Chair, 1999 – 2000

Council on Racial and Ethnic Justice, Special Advisor Chair, 1994-1997

Criminal Section, Co-Chairman, 1971 – 1973

The American Bar Association Law School Accreditation Committee

Commission on Opportunities for Minorities in the Profession, Member

American Arbitration Association, Member

National Bar Association, Member

NBA Civil Rights Section, Chairman, 1976

Federal Bar Association, Member

Ohio State Bar Association, Member

Cincinnati Bar Association, Member

CBA Black Lawyers Association of Cincinnati, Member

Mahoning County Bar Association, Member

Houston Law Club, Member

Indiana University, Board of Visitors, Member

Metropolitan Club, Covington, Kentucky, Board of Trustees Member; Founding Director

Alpha Delta Boulĕ, Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity, Member, Former President

Buckeye Lodge, I.B.P.O.E., Member

Gothic Lodge #22, Member

King Solomon Consistory #20, Member

33rd Degree – United Supreme Council, Mason

Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Member

“Who’s Who in America”

“Who’s Who in Black America”

Committee on Codes of Conduct of the Judicial Conference of the United States, Former Member

Committee on International Judicial Relations, Judicial Conference of the United States, Former Member

Death Penalty Task Force, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, Former Coordinator

“Children, The Law and Repression in South Africa,” Washington, DC, Conference, Chair, 1989

Task Force on Administration of Military Justice, Department of Defense, Co-Chairman, 1972 - 1973

The Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights, Trustee, 1975 - 1979

Task Force on Veterans’ Benefits, Former Member

The Section of Legal Education, Standards of Review Committee, Former Member

Constitutional Rights Committee, Co-Chairman, 1969 – 1979

Northern Kentucky University, Salmon P. Chase College of Law, Board of Visitors, Former Member

Case Western Reserve University, School of Law in Cleveland, Back Bencher Society, Member; Board of Visitors, Former Member


Honorary Degrees
Youngstown State University, 1970

Syracuse University, 1972

University of Akron School of Law, 1988

Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis, 1990

Lesley College, 1991

William Mitchell College of Law, 1993

Nova University, 1993

College of Mount St. Joseph, 1995

University of Cincinnati, 1996

University of the District of Columbia, 1996

The City University of New York, School of Law at Queens College, 1997

Hebrew Union College, 1997

Cincinnati State Technical & Community College, 1998

Xavier University, 2000

Roger Williams University School of Law, 2001

Northeastern University School of Law, 2001

Equal Justice Award, National Bar Association, 1978

The Peace of the City Award, Jewish Community Relations Council, 1994

Frederick Douglass Award, National Association of Black Journalists

The Thomas More Medallion, Thomas More College, 1995

A. Philip Randolph Institute (APRI) Award, 1996

Haywood Burns Chair in Civil Rights, CUNY School of Law, 1996-1997

“Great Living Cincinnatians,” Chamber of Commerce, 1997

Lions Award, Urban League of Greater Cincinnati, 1997

Ben C. Green Visiting Scholar, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Cleveland, Ohio, 1997-1998

Visiting Professor of Law, Cleveland State University, 1998

Bishop William A. Hughes Award, Thomas More College, 1998

Millennium International Volunteer Award, United States Department of State, 2000

Distinguished Service Citation, National Conference for Community and Justice, 2000

Lincoln Award, Northern Kentucky University, 2001

Human Relations Award, American Jewish Committee, 2002

Professionalism Award for the Sixth Circuit, American Inns of Court, 2002

Thurgood Marshall Award, National Bar Association Judicial Council, 2002

Hall of Fame Inductee, National Bar Association, 2002

Thurgood Marshall Lifetime Achievement Award, A.E.A.O.N.M.S, 2002

Gridiron Award, Kids Voting, 2003

Caring Award, Visiting Nurse Association, 2003

“Fifty Most Influential Blacks in Cincinnati in the Last Half Century, Radio Station WCIN and The Fifth Third Bank, 2003

Ohio Bar Medal Award, Ohio State Bar Association, 2003


On February 20, 2003, the United States Congress passed H.J.Res.2, officially naming the Nathaniel R. Jones Federal Building and United States Courthouse in Youngstown, Ohio.


Publications

"Yearning to Breathe Free,” a report of the South African treason trial

“Strategies for Completing the Job of School Desegregation,” 19 Howard L.J. 82 (1975)

“Is ‘Brown’ Obsolete?,” 3 Integrated Educ. (1976)

“School and Divergent Perspectives: Changing Civil Rights Through Law – Can It Be Done?,” American Sociological Association (1977)

“Metropolitan Desegregation: Where Are the Courts Heading?,” Urban Rev. (1978)

“Equal Protection Clause,” Sw. L. Rev. Symposium (1979)

“Brown – 25 Years After Brown”, Crisis Magazine (1979)

“The Desegregation of Urban Schools 30 Years After Brown, Univ. Colo. L. Rev. 515 (1984)

“The 1964 Civil Rights Act, Twenty Years and Beyond,” Suffolk Univ. L. Rev. 613 (1984)

“The Justification For Race-Conscious Remedies,” Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy 71 (1986)

“Federal Powers As Used To Protect Minority Rights,” Brigham Young University L. Rev. 815 (1987)

“Remarks on the Bicentennial of The U.S. Constitution,”

The Harvard Blackletter Journal 12 (1988)

“Why Be A Minority Professor Of Law,” St. Louis Univ. Public L. Rev. 431 (1991)

“Milliken v. Bradley: Brown’s Troubled Journey North,” Fordham L. Rev. 49 (1992)

“The Bill of Rights – Then and Now – An Ever Present Challenge,” Ohio Northern Univ. L. Rev. 499 (1992)

Keynote Address, NBLSA Midwest Region, 2nd Annual Midwest Recruitment and Retention Conference: Focus on Retention – Strategies That Work, Northern Illinois Univ. L. Rev. 262 (1992)

Whither Goest Judicial Nominations, Brown or Plessy? Advice and Consent Revisited,” Southern Methodist University School of Law 735 (1992)

America's Counterrevolution -- Unlearned Lessons,” Cleveland State L. Rev. 205 (1993)

For Black Males and American Society The Unbalanced Scales of Justice: A Costly Disconnect, Capital L. Rev. Vol. 23 No. 1 (1994)

The Harlan Dissent: The Road Not Taken An American Tragedy,” 12 Georgia State Univ. L. Rev., 951 (1996)

The Sisyphean Impact on Houstonian Jurisprudence, University of Cincinnati Law Rev., Vol 69, No. 2 (Winter 2001)