Peter P. Garibaldi, an affable onetime union bricklayer who became the first Republican to win a State Senate seat in 54 years when he ousted a Democratic incumbent in 1983, died on August 20 after a short fight with late-stage...
Nicholas R. Felice, a likeable and diligent lawmaker who served in the New Jersey State Assembly for nearly 20 years, died on Tuesday. He was 94. A former Assembly Speaker Pro-Tempore, Felice was known for his sponsorship of a law...
Gov. Christine Todd Whitman resigned in February 2001 to join President George W. Bush’s cabinet as administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Senate President Donald DiFrancesco succeeded her as governor, but no seats on the New Jersey Supreme Court...
By the time Tom Kean left office in January 1989, the oldest member of the New Jersey Supreme Court was Robert Clifford, who would not reach the mandatory retirement age of 70 until 1994. With no unanticipated vacancies, Gov. Jim...
Brendan Byrne’s Supreme Court makeover — a Chief Justice and three younger than usual Associate Justices — plus William Cahill’s pick of 49-year-old Robert Clifford — meant that Gov. Thomas Kean would get to name only two Supreme Court Justices...
Gov. Brendan Byrne’s first opportunity to nominate a Supreme Court Justice came in early 1975 when Associate Justice Nathan Jacobs turned 70. He asked former Chief Justice Joseph Weintraub to vet candidates for the post. His pick was Sidney Schreiber,...