Episode 62: Campaign American Style

Tina and Hillary cover former New York Court of Appeals Judge Sol Wachtler and current South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg.

Tina’s Story
Sol Wachtler was first elected to the New York Court of Appeals in 1972 and was named Chief Judge in 1985. But, when a steamy love affair ends and harassment begins, this judge trades the bench for a jail cell.

Hillary’s Story
South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg has railed against stricter gun control, jail reform, and Biden’s election and more all in the name of justice. But, when he finds himself involved in a tragic accident, justice no longer seems to matter.

Tina's Sources
Wikipedia
Solomon “Sol” Wachtler

Historical Society of the New York Courts
Sol Wachtler

Buffalo News
OBSESSION SOL WACHTLER, JOY SILVERMAN AND THE LOVE THAT WENT AWRY--by Louise Continelli
THE JUDGE WHO BECAME A PRISONER OF LOVE--By CHARLES ANZALONE AND MICHAEL BEEBE, DAN HERBECK

New York Magazine
Sol’s Two Lives
The Man Who Had Everything--by Beth Landman

Case Text
Matter of Wachtler

The Public Relations Marketing Group
Client Press Release: FORMER NYS CHIEF JUSTICE SOL WACHTLER DISCUSSES “LAW AS IT IMPACTS THE CITIZEN” AT LIMBA

New York Times
A Prison Term Of 15 Months For Wachtler--by Diana Jean Schemo
How F.B.I. Closed In on Top New York Judge--By Craig Wolff
Judge and Heiress: The Rise and Fall of a Private Affair--By Catherine S. Manegold

Sun Sentinel
EX-N.Y. JUDGE ENTERS GUILTY PLEA IN KIDNAP THREAT--by N.R. KLEINFELD

The Wall Street Journal
Sol Wachtler Got His Law License Back--By Peter Lattman

The Baltimore Sun
Relationship of wife, self, lover said to veil judge's alleged affair--by New York Daily News

Chicago Tribune
JUDGE`S FALL A PAINFULLY PUBLIC TALE OF OBSESSION--by Lisa Anderson, Chicago Tribune

Washington Post
FORMER N.Y. CHIEF JUDGE INDICTED ON FIVE COUNTS--by Malcolm Gladwell

The Christian Science Monitor
Chief Judge of New York Resigns His Post Amid Scandal
--by Lucia Mouat

IMDB
Law & Order, Censure

The New Yorker
Mad Money--by Jeffrey Toobin

Slate
The Judge Who Coined “Indict a Ham Sandwich” Was Himself Indicted--BY JOSH LEVIN

UPI
Wachtler gets 15 months in jail--By GLENN McDONALD

Associated Press
New York’s Chief Judge Winds Up On Wrong Side Of The Bench--by LARRY MCSHANE

Tampa Bay Times
Chief judge of New York state resigns

New York Personal Injury Law Blog
New York’s Disgraced Ex-Chief Judge Wachtler Readmitted to Bar

Monsters & Critics
Socialite Joy Silverman’s stalking terror at hands of judge Sol Wachtler | Vanity Fair Confidential exclusive--by Julian Cheatle

S Wachtler Biography
King of the Mountain--by John M Caher

Newsweek
The Strange Case of Judge Wachtler--BY NEWSWEEK STAFF

Touro College
Sol Wachtler

Internet Archive
Campaign American Style, CBS News

Photos
Judge Sol Wachtler Portrait--via Historical Society of the New York Courts
Sol Wachtler, Law Professor--via Touro Law Center Facebook Page
Linda Wolfe’s Book about the Wachtler Silverman Incident--screenshot via Goodreads

Hillary's Sources
Washington Post
South Dakota AG pushed by critics to resign over new evidence in fatal car incident: 'He knew what he hit and he lied'--Andrea Salcedo

New York Times
South Dakota Attorney General Faces Impeachment and Calls to Resign Over Crash--by Christine Hauser

YouTube
South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg Avoids Felony Charges and Some Bad Popo!--by Robert Gruler, Esq

Wikipedia
Jason Ravnsborg

Rapid City Journal
SD Attorney General involved but uninjured in fatal East River crash--by Arielle Zionts

Jason for Ravnsborg
Homepage

Argus Leader
What we know about South Dakota AG Jason Ravnsborg's investigation--by Michael Klinski, Joe Sneve, and Shelly Conlon

USA Today
'His face was in your windshield': Police skeptical South Dakota AG didn't know he fatally struck a pedestrian--by Danielle Ferguson, Joe Sneve, and Jonathan Ellis

Photo:
Jason Ravnsborg Headshot--by Jason Ravnsborg via CC BY-SA 4.0
Jason Ravnsborg's Car after the Accident--from the South Dakota Department of Public Safety via Argus Leader