Edward Kiel Archives - New Jersey Globe

Justice Department defends legitimacy of Habba appointment in legal filing

July 29, 2025 1:02 pmJuly 29, 2025 4:17 pm

One day after a New Jersey defendant filed a motion arguing that allowing acting U.S. Attorney Alina Habba to prosecute his case would be a violation of his due process rights, the Justice Department has submitted a 28-page brief laying...

New Jersey defendant files challenge against Habba’s appointment as acting U.S. Attorney

July 28, 2025 11:57 amJuly 28, 2025 1:45 pm

A defendant soon to go to trial in the District of New Jersey has filed a challenge to acting U.S. Attorney Alina Habba’s authority, potentially opening a new front in the ongoing battle over who ultimately gets to pick New...

How N.J.’s congressional delegation voted in March

April 2, 2024 12:58 pm

March 2024 may best be remembered as the month that Congress finally funded the federal government, passing two big packages of appropriations bills that were initially supposed to be approved back in September of last year. But the House and...

D.C. Dispatch: What N.J.’s members of Congress did in Washington this week

March 22, 2024 1:20 pm

The government will probably keep the lights on! House Speaker Mike Johnson is under threat of losing his job! The first-ever Muslim federal appeals court nominee, a New Jerseyan, may not make it through the Senate! It was an eventful...

Kiel confirmed to federal judgeship, becoming Biden’s 10th N.J. judge

March 20, 2024 3:30 pm

Edward Sunyol Kiel was confirmed to a seat on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey today, with the U.S. Senate approving his nomination on a 50-49 vote. New Jersey Senators Cory Booker and Bob Menendez, naturally,...

D.C. Dispatch: What N.J.’s members of Congress did in Washington this week

March 15, 2024 5:08 pm

Will TikTok be banned? Will a judicial nominee from New Jersey make it through the Senate? Will House members force a vote on a foreign aid bill that Republican leaders oppose? All of these questions and more were confronted by...

Mangi nomination approved by Judiciary Committee after another fraught meeting

January 18, 2024 12:51 pmJanuary 18, 2024 8:40 pm

Adeel Mangi, a North Jersey attorney and President Joe Biden’s nominee to a seat on the United States Third Circuit Court of Appeals, was approved today by the Senate Judiciary Committee on a party-line vote – but only after another...