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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...

A primer on the selection of redistricting tiebreakers in New Jersey

June 16, 2021 1:33 pmJuly 9, 2021 9:38 am

The next step in the redistricting process is the appointment of independent members – some call them tiebreakers – hugely important players in the production of final maps for congressional and legislative districts. While the tiebreakers may ultimately play the...

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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...

N.J. Supreme Court: The Whitman Court

June 7, 2020 10:08 pmJune 7, 2020 11:19 pm

By the time Tom Kean left office in January 1989, the oldest member of the New Jersey Supreme Court was Robert Clifford, who would not reach the mandatory retirement age of 70 until 1994. With no unanticipated vacancies, Gov. Jim...

N.J. Supreme Court: The Kean Court

June 7, 2020 10:05 pmJune 7, 2020 11:02 pm

Brendan Byrne’s Supreme Court makeover — a Chief Justice and three younger than usual Associate Justices — plus William Cahill’s pick of 49-year-old Robert Clifford — meant that Gov. Thomas Kean would get to name only two Supreme Court Justices...

Murphy, Menendez to speak at Latino conference

February 1, 2019 6:41 amFebruary 1, 2019 9:19 am

Gov. Phil Murphy and U.S. Senator Bob Menendez will speak at the Latino Action Network legislative conference tomorrow in Newark, the group said. State Sen. Nellie Pou (D-Paterson), Bergen County freeholder Germaine Ortiz, Perth Amboy Mayor Wilda Diaz, former state...

Law firm representing Assembly was Murphy transition ethics counsel

December 6, 2018 4:34 pmDecember 6, 2018 10:27 pm

One of the law firms serving as co-counsel to the Legislature’s Select Oversight Committee investigating the hiring of Al Alvarez also served as ethics counsel to Gov. Phil Murphy’s transition team. Joseph Hayden, one of the state’s most respected criminal...