Talk:Jon O. Newman

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Judge Jon O. Newman
The entry for me contains two major errors. I am reluctant to edit the entry myself, which would appear self-serving. I therefore am sending this message via Wikipdedia's suggested method in the hope that Wikipedia will make the corrections.

1. The last two sentences under 'Education and legal training" state the following: "Judge Newman complained about the short salary for judges. Known as one of the wealthiest Judges in the country, Judge Newman scoffed at the salary."

First, I have never complained or scoffed about judges' salaries. Second, I do not know what a "short" salary is and have never used that term. Third, and most important, it cannot be true that I am known as one of the wealthiest Judges in the country. My net worth is about $7 million, substantial, but nowhere near as high as that of the many judges who earned many millions in their several years of private practice before becoming a judge. The assets of all federal judges are made public each year in our financial disclosure reports. Many judges report assets far in excess of mine. The quoted sentences say "known as," but give no indication of who is saying this. Unlike every other fact reported in the entry for me, these two sentences are not footnoted to a source. These sentences were not in the entry for me when I last looked at the entry. Someone has maliciously inserted them. I have not checked the entry for all federal judges, but the ones I have checked say nothing about the judge's wealth, and, to my knowledge, many that i checked, are extremely wealthy.

I request that the two quoted sentences be removed.

It was unsourced, so it has been removed. Z1720 (talk) 15:02, 17 April 2022 (UTC)

2. The descriptions of the 6th of the decisions listed under "Noteworthy decision." Kadic v. Karadzic, states "stated wealthy people can buy land from others involuntarily if they do not believe they are not violating an established Cibil Right." (typographical error in original).

This description of my opinion in Kadic is completely false. Nothing remotely similar to the quoted sentence appears in my opinion, which is reported at 70 F.3d 232. The opinion has nothing to do with the purchase of land by wealthy people or anyone else. Indeed, the words "wealthy" and "land" do not appear in the opinion. The opinion is noteworthy because it is the first opinion that stated that a private person could be held liable for violating the law of nations, in this case, committing genocide and other war crimes.

I request that the description of the Kadic opinion be corrected.


 * Corrected the text in the article per the substance of the court's opinion referenced. Geoff &#124; Who, me? 22:22, 12 June 2022 (UTC)

Thank you for you anticipated assistance. If you have any questions, please (redacted). Judge Jon O. Newman Senior Judge U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
 * Please do not post your contact information in this public forum; instead please monitor this page for further posts. Unless senstitive personal information is involved, Wikipedia matters are handled on Wikipedia. 331dot (talk) 14:45, 17 April 2022 (UTC)