Fabiana Pierre-Louis. Archives

N.J. Supreme Court orders release of Sundiata Acoli, who killed state trooper in 1973

May 10, 2022 12:03 pm

On a 3-2 vote, the New Jersey Supreme Court today ordered the release on parole of Sundiata Acoli, a former Black Panther who infamously killed New Jersey State Trooper Werner Foerster in 1973. The decision comes after a long process...

Statements on the nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court

February 25, 2022 11:41 amFebruary 25, 2022 3:06 pm

U.S. SENATOR BOB MENENDEZ “Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is an eminently qualified jurist with impeccable credentials, profound integrity, and sound judgment. Throughout her career, Judge Jackson has excelled as a practitioner, including as a former assistant federal public defender, and...

Breyer will retire, clearing way for first Biden Supreme Court nomination

January 26, 2022 1:33 pmJanuary 27, 2022 9:49 am

It was reported this morning that Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Stephen Breyer will retire, ending more than a year of speculation over whether the 83-year-old jurist would leave his post while Democrats still held Congress and the presidency....

Trailblazer: Justice Fabiana Pierre-Louis

January 17, 2022 12:15 amJanuary 16, 2022 10:17 pm

Fabiana Pierre-Louis is the first Black woman to serve on the New Jersey Supreme Court. Gov. Phil Murphy nominated Pierre-Louis as an Associate Justice of the state’s top court in 2020. She was unanimously confirmed by the Senate and replaced...

N.J. Judiciary lacks diversity at highest levels, where 80% of appellate court judges are white

January 17, 2022 12:02 amFebruary 9, 2022 4:42 pm

The upcoming retirement of one of the state’s highest-ranking Black jurists puts Chief Justice Stuart Rabner’s record of promoting mostly white judges on display at a time when Black and Hispanic leaders are upset that the state’s top three posts...

Murphy hints that he may appoint a Latina to the Supreme Court

November 22, 2021 4:05 pmNovember 22, 2021 4:05 pm

Asked at a press briefing today whether he’d commit to nominating the state’s first-ever Latina Supreme Court justice, Gov. Phil Murphy implied that he may, though he stopped well short of committing to any nomination in particular. “Without making specific...

Lack of judicial diversity is ‘unacceptable,’ Murphy says

November 15, 2021 4:01 pm

Responding today to a New Jersey Globe report that around 80% of the state’s judiciary is white, Gov. Phil Murphy said that the lack of diversity is unacceptable and is a status quo that needs to be changed. “That’s a...