Disgraced Ex-Chief Judge Wachtler Regains Law License...(CLICK HERE FOR FULL STORY)

The New York Law Journal reports that New York's former top judge got his law license back. How fitting that he received it one day before the United States Supreme Court would hear oral arguments on New York's fraudulent elections.   And perhaps even more fitting is Sol Wachtler's license reinstatement the day following the official birth of Tammy Two (Tammany Hall II)...MORE...

As Cindy Adams says, "only in New York..." We remind you to pass out the cigars for the birth of Tammany Hall II - As we announced late Sunday night, the official birth of Tammany Two is Monday, October 1, 2007. Not a very proud day, but surely necessary.  The corruption within and around the New York State court system, and the startling lack of oversight and accountability, has given official birth to a corruption scandal that would make Boss Tweed blush.

Here's The New York Law Journal article:

Disgraced Ex-Chief Judge Is Readmitted to NY Bar

October 3, 2007
By Mark Fass
New York Law Journal

Sol Wachtler, the former chief judge of the Court of Appeals, has been reinstated to practice law in New York by a unanimous Appellate Division, Second Department, panel.

"I'm delighted," Sol Wachtler said after his license was reinstated Tuesday. The former judge had told the panel he hoped to do legal work for poor and mentally ill clients.

In a simple, one-page decision, the panel granted the motion filed by Mr. Wachtler, 77, who served on the Court of Appeals from 1972 until three days after his arrest in 1992 for harassing his ex-girlfriend, Joy Silverman. The former chief judge later admitted engaging in a 13-month campaign of hang-up calls and anonymous, obscene letters intended to force Ms. Silverman to turn to him for help. According to news reports, he suffered from drug-induced bipolar disorder.

He ultimately pleaded guilty in New Jersey federal court and resigned from the bar. The Second Department accepted the resignation, disbarring him on Aug. 5, 1993.

In 2003, a Second Department panel rejected his first application for reinstatement.

In a decision made public yesterday, his second application was granted.

Mr. Wachtler's attorney, whose name is under seal, along with other material related to the application for reinstatement, did not return a call for comment.

Presently, Mr. Wachtler serves as an adjunct professor at Touro Law School.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.