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In confirmation fight, Booker wants all eyes on health care

October 12, 2020 4:27 pm

U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-Newark) is keeping focus on the Affordable Care Act as he and other Democrats in Congress’s upper chamber enter a confirmation fight for late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat that they will likely lose....

Two retired N.J. federal judges join bid to stop Senate from considering Trump court pick

September 22, 2020 12:52 pm

Two former federal judges from New Jersey have signed a letter urging the U.S. Senate to delay the confirmation of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s replacement until after the next presidential election. H. Lee Sarokin and Stephen Orlofsky were among ten...

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...

Mehta wants Senate to confirm Trump Supreme Court nominee

September 20, 2020 2:18 pmSeptember 20, 2020 11:58 pm

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Rik Mehta wants incumbent Cory Booker to let President Donald Trump fill Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat on the U.S. Supreme Court. “I wholeheartedly support the President nominating a new justice and the Senate majority leader calling...

Booker: ‘Our hearts are hurting today’

September 19, 2020 9:25 pmSeptember 20, 2020 7:21 pm

OPINION I know our hearts are hurting today. Ruth Bader Ginsburg was truly one of the giants of our nation. Last night’s news of her passing was deeply, deeply sad. She was a trailblazer and an extraordinary jurist who devoted...

Chiaravalloti on Ginsburg and Scalia

September 19, 2020 8:38 pm

OPINION Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg deserves every accolade bestowed on her. I am an unabashed admirer. However, there is one recurring complement that gnaws at me – her “unlikely” friendship with Justice Antonin Scalia. The fact that we are surprised...

Murphy orders flags lowered to honor Justice Ginsburg

September 19, 2020 12:41 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy has ordered flags to be flown at half-staff in recognition of the death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The United States and New Jersey flags will remain at half-staff at all state buildings and...