Michael Shipp Archives - New Jersey Globe

New Jersey man who ran for Congress in Hawaii, Oregon pleads guilty to threatening judges, others

May 17, 2022 8:04 pm

Eric Hafner, a Toms River medical marijuana advocate who lost a Republican primary for Congress in Hawaii in 2016 and a Democratic primary for Congress in Oregon in 2018, admitted to threatening judges, New Jersey state officials, law enforcement officers,...

Federal judge tosses Trump lawsuit challenging Murphy VBM order

October 22, 2020 4:32 pmOctober 22, 2020 6:46 pm

A federal judge today dismissed a lawsuit filed by Donald Trump’s re-election campaign challenging the constitutionality of Gov. Phil Murphy’s executive order to hold a general election almost entirely through vote-by-mail ballots. “The court has carefully considered the parties submissions...

Trump moved to stop N.J. from early ballot counting, accepting late votes

September 16, 2020 2:39 pmSeptember 16, 2020 2:46 pm

President Donald Trump’s re-campaign today filed an order to show cause to determine why a federal judge should not stop New Jersey from early counting of general election ballots and permitting mail-in ballots with no postmark to be accepted up...

Report: Judge tells Trump campaign to move election suit quickly

September 8, 2020 3:40 pm

A U.S. District Court judge on Tuesday told the Trump campaign to move forward with their slow-moving lawsuit to invalidate Gov. Phil Murphy’s order for a primarily vote-by-mail election, Politico New Jersey reported. “It needs to proceed a lot quicker...

DCCC will seek to join Trump v. Murphy vote-by-mail lawsuit

August 23, 2020 7:40 pmAugust 24, 2020 3:41 pm

Updated at 3:30 PM: The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee will be represented by Angelo Genova and Raj Parikh of Genova Burns and Mark Elias of Perkins Coie. Click here to view their filing. Updated at 12:13 PM: “New Jersey voters...

Judge assigned to hear Trump v. Murphy is Obama appointee

August 19, 2020 2:47 pmAugust 19, 2020 2:50 pm

The federal judge assigned to hear a legal challenge to vote-by-mail elections filed by Donald Trump’s campaign last night is a registered Democrat who worked under three Democratic governors and was nominated to the bench by President Barack Obama. U.S....