Barry Albin Archives

Who will the Supreme Court pick as the congressional redistricting tiebreaker? 15 questions — and answers — about what comes next

July 16, 2021 3:05 amJuly 16, 2021 3:50 pm

The New Jersey Supreme Court inherited a political hot potato on Thursday after Democratic and Republican commissioners on the Congressional Redistricting Commission failed to agree on a consensus candidate to serve as the independent 13th member of the panel. The...

Pou, Scutari split on high court’s partisan balance

February 16, 2021 5:39 pmFebruary 16, 2021 5:40 pm

The chair and vice chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee are split on whether the state should continue to abide by its tradition of partisan balance on New Jersey’s Supreme Court. Since New Jersey adopted its 1947 State Constitution, governors...

Should Albin leave early to protect Supreme Court seat for Democrats?

February 15, 2021 12:01 amFebruary 15, 2021 6:43 pm

The winner of the 2021 race for governor will nominate a majority of justices to the New Jersey Supreme Court between 2022 and 2024, creating a Ruth Bader Ginsburg-like quandary for the senior member of the court. Associate Justice Barry...

Jim McGreevey, Photo by Kevin Sanders for New Jersey Globe

N.J. Supreme Court: The McGreevey and Corzine Courts

June 7, 2020 10:11 pmJune 7, 2020 11:20 pm

Gov. Christine Todd Whitman resigned in February 2001 to join President George W. Bush’s cabinet as administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Senate President Donald DiFrancesco succeeded her as governor, but no seats on the New Jersey Supreme Court...

Murphy’s announcement is good news for Fernandez-Vina

June 5, 2020 11:05 am

Gov. Phil Murphy today effectively announced his intention to renominate Faustino J. Fernandez-Vina for another term on the New Jersey Supreme Court when his seat comes up on November 13. In his announcement that he is nominating Fabiana Pierre-Louis to...

ACJC rules out removal of Carlia Brady

March 19, 2020 8:28 pmMarch 19, 2020 9:12 pm

The Advisory Council on Judicial Conduct won’t drop a case against a Middlesex County Judge accused of not calling police on her live-in boyfriend after authorities informed her that he was wanted for robbing a pharmacy, but it won’t recommend...

Biden may have forced Murphy’s hand on Supreme Court pick

March 17, 2020 12:01 amMarch 17, 2020 12:15 pm

Joe Biden may have boxed in Gov. Phil Murphy on his first appointment to the New Jersey Supreme Court. Biden pledge to appoint the first black woman to the U.S. Supreme Court during a presidential debate on Sunday night could...