Holly Schepisi Archives - New Jersey Globe

Senate confirms Wainer Apter, Fasciale, bringing N.J. Supreme Court to near-full strength

October 17, 2022 3:58 pmOctober 17, 2022 4:16 pm

New Jersey Division on Civil Rights director Rachel Wainer Apter and Superior Court Judge Douglas Faciale were confirmed today by the State Senate for seven-year terms on the New Jersey Supreme Court, at last addressing a vacancy crisis on the...

With Doherty departing, jockeying for his Senate Judiciary seat will soon begin

October 6, 2022 5:09 pm

State Sen. Michael Doherty (R-Oxford) will likely be leaving the State Senate early next year to become Warren County Surrogate, depriving the chamber of its most stalwart conservative – and leaving a spot on the Senate Judiciary Committee, among the...

Matt Platkin is New Jersey’s 56th attorney general

September 29, 2022 2:43 pmSeptember 30, 2022 10:49 am

Matt Platkin was confirmed by the State Senate as attorney general today, eight months after Gov. Phil Murphy nominated him to the role. The 24-10 vote fell largely along partisan lines, with most Republican senators voting against his confirmation. The...

Murphy picks Fasciale for N.J. Supreme Court

September 14, 2022 4:12 pmSeptember 14, 2022 6:19 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy announced today that he will nominate Superior Court Judge Douglas Fasciale to an open seat on the New Jersey Supreme Court, a development months in the making that may finally break the state’s persistent impasse over Supreme...

Senate will change schedule to speed up Fasciale Supreme Court nomination

September 2, 2022 2:13 pmSeptember 2, 2022 3:40 pm

The New Jersey Senate is expected to adjust its meeting schedule this month to fast track the expected nomination of Douglas M. Fasciale to the New Jersey Supreme Court, the New Jersey Globe has confirmed. Gov. Phil Murphy plans to...

Schepisi releases nomination of Wainer Apter to N.J. Supreme Court; Murphy will nominate Fasciale

September 2, 2022 12:30 pmSeptember 5, 2022 11:36 pm

Rachel Wainer Apter’s nomination as an associate justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court will move forward, with State Sen. Holly Schepisi (R-River Edge) agreeing to sign off on the nomination, the New Jersey Globe has confirmed. Murphy will also...

Murphy still has no N.J. Supreme Court news on first day of judicial session

September 1, 2022 2:56 pmSeptember 7, 2022 12:39 am

It’s December 2023. President Joe Biden isn’t running for re-election, and New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy is one of 26 Democrats running to succeed him. On a debate stage in South Carolina, moderator Steve Kornacki tees up the question Murphy’s...