Renee Marie Bumb Archives - New Jersey Globe

D.C. Dispatch: What N.J.’s members of Congress did in Washington this week

March 27, 2026 5:46 pm

Thanks to collaboration between the White House and the federal judiciary, New Jersey at last has a lawfully appointed U.S. Attorney again, bringing to an end a battle that’s been hounding the state for more than a year. But another...

How federal judges and the White House came together to pick a new U.S. Attorney

March 26, 2026 1:19 pmMarch 27, 2026 12:24 am

The March 23 announcement that New Jersey’s District Court judges had appointed Robert Frazer as the next U.S. Attorney took almost everyone by surprise, but it followed several days of negotiations between the state’s top federal judge and a leading...

Platkin files emergency motion to stay ruling that blocked concealed carry law

May 23, 2023 11:06 am

Following last week’s federal court ruling that blocked much of New Jersey’s new concealed carry law, New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin filed an emergency motion today requesting an immediate stay of the ruling pending appeal. “A stay is urgently...

After adverse ruling, Scutari says he still believes concealed carry law is ‘solid and constitutional’

May 22, 2023 2:47 pm

Following a federal ruling last week that blocked large portions of New Jersey’s new concealed carry law, Senate President Nick Scutari (D-Linden) – the law’s sponsor in the Senate – said today that he still believes the law is constitutionally...

N.J. concealed carry law again partly blocked by federal judge

May 16, 2023 6:32 pm

A concealed carry law that Gov. Phil Murphy signed last December was dealt another legal setback today, with a federal judge blocking large portions of the law from being enforced while litigation is ongoing. U.S. District Judge Renée Marie Bumb’s...

N.J. can’t enforce parts of new concealed carry law, federal judge says

January 9, 2023 3:39 pmJanuary 9, 2023 3:49 pm

A federal judge has temporarily blocked New Jersey from enforcing certain provisions of a sweeping concealed-carry law, less than a month after the law was signed by Gov. Phil Murphy in the first place. United States District Court Judge Renée...