Deborah Poritz Archives - New Jersey Globe

N.J. passed abortion parental notification law 20 years ago, but Supreme Court struck it down

September 2, 2021 3:02 pmSeptember 3, 2021 10:01 am

New Jersey’s bid to pass a law to require pregnant teenagers from obtaining an abortion unless their parents were notified was a big issue in state politics two decades ago and ended with the intervention of the courts. This was...

With five days left to pick congressional redistricting tiebreaker, just three options remain

August 5, 2021 1:30 pmAugust 5, 2021 3:27 pm

The New Jersey Supreme Court has just five days to decide who will serve as tiebreaker on the Congressional Redistricting Commission that will draw House districts for the next decade. The panel was unable to agree on a consensus candidate...

No consensus on congressional redistricting tiebreaker, parties say

August 1, 2021 4:02 pmAugust 2, 2021 8:44 am

Counsel for the Democratic and Republican members of the New Jersey Congressional Redistricting Commission told Chief Justice Stuart Rabner on Friday that they can’t help the Supreme Court avoid taking sides in the race for tiebreaker. “There were communications between...

Still no meeting set for both parties to discuss congressional redistricting tiebreaker

July 30, 2021 3:22 pmAugust 1, 2021 4:02 pm

Hours before a deadline imposed by Chief Justice Stuart Rabner, the New Jersey Congressional Redistricting Commission has no meeting scheduled for today to discuss a resolution to a logjam on tiebreakers. That could change, but at 3:15 PM no meetings...

Steinhardt blast Democrats for maneuvers surrounding congressional redistricting tiebreaker

July 28, 2021 7:12 pmJuly 29, 2021 8:51 am

A bid by Chief Justice Stuart Rabner to get Democrats and Republicans to agree on a tiebreaker for congressional redistricting is blowing up into a fight before the process to draw new districts has even started. Doug Steinhardt, the GOP...

Democrats add Poritz to list of congressional redistricting tiebreakers

July 26, 2021 12:17 amJuly 26, 2021 11:36 am

Democrats on the New Jersey Congressional Redistricting Commission have added a second option to their list of candidates for tiebreaker, but the new candidate – former Chief Justice Deborah Poritz – is hardly an acceptable pick for Republicans. In a...

Wainer Apter won’t be confirmed before high court’s new session, Scutari says

June 30, 2021 4:53 pmJune 30, 2021 9:24 pm

New Jersey Supreme Court nominee Rachel Wainer Apter won’t be confirmed before the high court begins its new session in September, Senate Judiciary Chairman Nicholas Scutari (D-Linden) told the New Jersey Globe Wednesday. “It doesn’t appear that the nominee for...