Deborah Poritz Archives - New Jersey Globe

Sherrill expands judicial advisory panel, removes three ex-Supreme Court justices

August 31, 2026 4:07 pmSeptember 1, 2026 12:26 am

Gov. Mikie Sherrill has expanded the state’s Judicial Advisory Panel from seven members to eight and replaced four former judges appointed by former Gov. Phil Murphy. Sherrill signed Executive Order 22 Monday, continuing the panel, which advises the governor on...

Ex-Chief Justices, attorneys general endorse Platkin for AG

February 3, 2022 4:37 pmFebruary 4, 2022 9:30 am

In a vast display of support from the state’s legal elite, a group of former Supreme Court Chief Justices and state attorneys general have today endorsed Gov. Phil Murphy’s nomination of Matt Platkin as the next Attorney General of New...

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...