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Wainer Apter won’t be confirmed before high court’s new session, Scutari says

June 30, 2021 4:53 pmJune 30, 2021 9:24 pm

New Jersey Supreme Court nominee Rachel Wainer Apter won’t be confirmed before the high court begins its new session in September, Senate Judiciary Chairman Nicholas Scutari (D-Linden) told the New Jersey Globe Wednesday. “It doesn’t appear that the nominee for...

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...

Murphy, Ciattarelli trade jabs over guns, SCOTUS expansion

April 15, 2021 4:50 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy’s campaign attacked Republican gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli on gun control as the challenger called for Murphy to denounce a House bill that would expand the number of seats on the U.S. Supreme Court. “While Governor Murphy has...

Murphy nominates Rachel Wainer Apter to state’s high court

March 15, 2021 9:43 amMarch 15, 2021 11:06 am

Gov. Phil Murphy announced he will nominate Rachel Wainer Apter, the 40-year-old director of the New Jersey Division of Civil Rights and a former American Civil Liberties Union staff attorney, to fill the state Supreme Court left vacant by the upcoming...

New Jersey’s newest senator in power position on Murphy Supreme Court pick

March 14, 2021 6:27 pmMarch 14, 2021 6:47 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy’s anticipated nomination of Rachel Wainer Apter to the New Jersey Supreme Court potentially makes Holly Schepisi (R-River Vale) an immediate powerhouse ten days before she’s due to be sworn into the New Jersey State Senate. Schepisi will...

Rachel Wainer Apter will be Murphy’s pick for New Jersey Supreme Court

March 14, 2021 5:45 pmMarch 14, 2021 6:24 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy will nominate Rachel Wainer Apter, a former law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, to serve as an Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court, the New Jersey Globe has learned. Murphy will...

Should Albin leave early to protect Supreme Court seat for Democrats?

February 15, 2021 12:01 amFebruary 15, 2021 6:43 pm

The winner of the 2021 race for governor will nominate a majority of justices to the New Jersey Supreme Court between 2022 and 2024, creating a Ruth Bader Ginsburg-like quandary for the senior member of the court. Associate Justice Barry...