Merrick Garland Archives - New Jersey Globe

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...