In In re Plan for the Abolition of the Council on Affordable Housing, 424 N.J. Super. 410 (App. Div. 2012), the Appellate Division held that Governor Christie could not unilaterally abolish the Council on Affordable Housing, which had been created ...
The Supreme Court announced this morning that it has granted certification in State v. Heine, 424 N.J. Super. 48 (App. Div. 2012). The Appellate Division’s decision is discussed here. The question presented, as phrased by the Supreme Court Clerk’s Office, ...
In Abbott v. Burke, the long-running saga regarding school funding that began with what is now known as Abbott I, 100 N.J. 269 (1985), and continues today, the Supreme Court has issued more than twenty decisions. As a result, the odds ...
National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius, 132 S.Ct. 2566 (2012). Today, the Supreme Court of the United States voted 5-4 to uphold the constitutionality of the so-called “individual mandate,” a centerpiece of the Affordable Care Act, on the grounds that it ...
Mazdabrook Commons Homewoners Ass’n v. Khan, 210 N.J. 482 (2012). “The question in this appeal is whether a homeowners’ association can prohibit residents from posting political signs in the windows of their own homes.” That was how Chief Justice Rabner began his opinion ...
Florence v. Burlington Cty. Freeholder Bd., 132 U.S. 1510 (2012). When a New Jersey case reaches the Supreme Court of the United States, it often seems to turn into a landmark. This case is another example. Albert Florence was arrested during a ...
The third day of oral arguments on the Affordable Care Act was something of an anticlimax. There were two issues. The first was whether, if the “individual mandate” (the requirement that all persons have health insurance) is struck down as unconstitutional, all, ...
Today was the day that the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral argument about the “individual mandate.” That is the provision that requires everyone to have health insurance. The United States argued first, and the Chief Justice and ...
Today was the first of three days of oral arguments, totaling six hours, on the Affordable Care Act, a/k/a “Obamacare,” before the Supreme Court of the United States. The issue today was whether the “penalty” imposed by the statute for ...
The oral argument in the Supreme Court of the United States today about the Affordable Care Act, a/k/a “Obamacare,” has drawn so much attention that it has overshadowed the nearly two-hour oral argument, which also began at 10 A.M. today, ...