Merrick Garland Archives - New Jersey Globe

TD Bank to pay $3 billion fine for allowing money laundering

October 10, 2024 2:48 pm

The New Jersey-based TD Bank will pay more than $3 billion after pleading guilty to failing to combat money laundering networks that used the bank’s services to move “hundreds of millions of dollars.” Philip Sellinger, the U.S. Attorney for the...

Malinowski is tweeting like he’s still running against Kean

March 29, 2023 3:53 pmMarch 29, 2023 6:00 pm

Former Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-Ringoes) has been out of office for nearly three months, but you wouldn’t necessarily know it from his social media feed. On Twitter, the former swing-district congressman has maintained a steady presence praising Democratic accomplishments in...

Murphy has no opinion whether Breyer should retire

June 28, 2021 4:19 pm

For the first time since President Barack Obama nominated Merrick Garland, Gov. Phil Murphy has no opinion on the Supreme Court of the United States. He declined to say whether Associate Justice Stephen Breyer should retire before Republicans have a...

Menendez, Booker have little hope of blocking Supreme Court nominee

September 28, 2020 3:49 pm

New Jersey’s U.S. senators don’t have much hope they’ll stop Republicans from appointing a new Supreme Court justice, so they’re pointing incensed voters toward the ballot box. “We’re going to use every procedural tactic we can to try to stop...

Murphy won’t rule out barring judicial appointments in last year of gubernatorial terms

September 21, 2020 2:33 pmSeptember 21, 2020 3:48 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy did not rule out barring state judicial appointments in the final year of a governor’s term, saying he had not considered doing so, as national politicians prepare for what will surely be a bitter, partisan fight over...