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Murphy suggests he’ll keep state Supreme Court balanced if re-elected

February 17, 2021 3:09 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy suggested he would abide by a long-standing tradition of partisan balance on the state’s high court if he won a second term as governor. “I don’t have any comment about the future,” he said at Wednesday’s virus...

Pou, Scutari split on high court’s partisan balance

February 16, 2021 5:39 pmFebruary 16, 2021 5:40 pm

The chair and vice chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee are split on whether the state should continue to abide by its tradition of partisan balance on New Jersey’s Supreme Court. Since New Jersey adopted its 1947 State Constitution, governors...

Should Albin leave early to protect Supreme Court seat for Democrats?

February 15, 2021 12:01 amFebruary 15, 2021 6:43 pm

The winner of the 2021 race for governor will nominate a majority of justices to the New Jersey Supreme Court between 2022 and 2024, creating a Ruth Bader Ginsburg-like quandary for the senior member of the court. Associate Justice Barry...

State Supreme Court vacates conviction, orders new trial over ‘The Shining’ killer comparison

January 19, 2021 11:48 am

The New Jersey Supreme Court vacated a robbery conviction after finding a prosecutor’s likening the defendant to Jack Torrance, the murderous main character in Stephen King’s “The Shining,” denied him a fair trial. In 2014, Damon Williams entered a Merchantville...

N.J. Supreme Court: The Christie Court

June 7, 2020 10:12 pmJune 7, 2020 11:23 pm

The ninth governor of New Jersey to serve under the 1947 State Constitution was Republican Chris Christie, who became the first in history to refuse the reappointment of a sitting justice – he did it twice – and the first...

Sweeney looks forward to interviewing Pierre-Louis

June 5, 2020 1:34 pmJune 5, 2020 1:38 pm

Senate President Steve Sweeney today stopped short of indicating support or opposition to Gov. Phil Murphy’s nomination of Fabiana Pierre-Louis as an Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court. “I want to congratulate Ms. Pierre-Louis on her nomination to...

Murphy’s announcement is good news for Fernandez-Vina

June 5, 2020 11:05 am

Gov. Phil Murphy today effectively announced his intention to renominate Faustino J. Fernandez-Vina for another term on the New Jersey Supreme Court when his seat comes up on November 13. In his announcement that he is nominating Fabiana Pierre-Louis to...