Hany Mawla Archives - New Jersey Globe

Noriega formally unveiled as Murphy’s Supreme Court pick

May 15, 2023 1:40 pmMay 16, 2023 2:44 am

At a ceremony today in the Statehouse’s newly reopened rotunda, Gov. Phil Murphy formally announced his nomination of Michael Noriega, an immigration and criminal lawyer and a former public defender, to the New Jersey Supreme Court. Noriega’s impending nomination was...

Fungible deadlines are on trial as judge mulls Burlington commissioner issue

May 23, 2022 12:01 amMay 22, 2022 11:48 pm

A Superior Court Judge will decide whether Burlington County Democrats can fill a county commissioner vacancy even though they missed the statutory deadline to do so. Increasingly, judges have faced criticism for allowing campaign deadlines to become fungible at a...

You can’t make this up, even in New Jersey

April 26, 2022 5:55 pmApril 27, 2022 10:03 am

In a mystifying punt of two ballot access lawsuits, a New Jersey appellate court judge will allow primary elections to be held on June 7 with the intention of deciding the eligibility of candidates after Election Day. Appellate Judge Hany...

Judge orders Union County to stop printing ballots

April 22, 2022 7:11 pm

A state appellate court judge has ordered Union County to halt the printing and mailing of ballots for the June primary election until at least next week after agreeing to hear an appeal filed by three off-the-line candidates for Union...

Murphy’s Supreme Court pick comes next year and he could name first black woman

April 24, 2019 12:01 amApril 24, 2019 10:59 am

Gov. Phil Murphy will get to make his first appointment to the New Jersey Supreme Court later next year when Justice Walter F. Timpone reaches the mandatory retirement age of 70 and there is a decent chance he will use...

Appellate court says Dover ballots should be bi-lingual

April 8, 2019 10:48 amApril 9, 2019 12:15 pm

A state appellate court has ruled Morris County Clerk Ann Grossi should print bi-lingual ballots in Dover, overturning a ruling last June by Superior Court Judge Stuart Minkowitz. Grossi had refused to bring vote-by-mail and machine ballots in Spanish last...

NJ judges still mulling Hispanic voting rights case

April 7, 2019 9:53 pmApril 8, 2019 12:19 am

The wheels of justice grind exceedingly slowly. Morris County Clerk Ann Grossi declined to print bi-lingual ballots in Dover during the 2018 primary even though U.S. Census figures show a 69.4% Hispanic population – one of thirteen New Jersey municipalities...