Following yesterdays’ 11-2 Senate Judiciary Committee vote in favor of the reappointment of Chief Justice Rabner, the Judiciary Committee held a one-hour hearing on Governor Christie’s nomination of Judge Lee Solomon to fill another Supreme Court seat. The hearing was ...
The Senate Judiciary Committee this afternoon voted 11-2 to recommend to the full Senate that Chief Justice Rabner be granted tenure on the Supreme Court. The only negative votes came from Senators Michael Doherty (R-Warren) and Joseph Kyrillos (R-Monmouth). The vote followed three ...
Senator Nicholas Scutari (D-Union), the Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, has announced that the Judiciary Committee will hold hearings on Governor Christie’s nominations of Chief Justice Rabner for tenure and Judge Lee Solomon for an initial term on the ...
At a press conference that just concluded, Governor Christie announced that he will renominate Chief Justice Rabner to the Supreme Court. The Chief Justice’s initial term expires next month. Senate President Stephen Sweeney was present at the press conference as ...
State v. Buckner, 437 N.J. Super. 8 (App. Div. 2014). The issue of whether mandatory retirement of judges at age 70 is constitutional was discussed here. (As an aside, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, which thereafter addressed that very issue in that ...
In an Order published yesterday afternoon, Chief Justice Rabner announced that Judges Carol Higbee, Thomas Manahan, and Thomas Sumners, Jr., are being temporarily assigned to the Appellate Division. The re-assignments become effective on April 14 and will run through June 20. ...
According to a report on nj.com today, Governor Christie is withdrawing his nomination of Robert Hanna to the Supreme Court. Hanna and Governor Christie’s other Supreme Court nominee, Monmouth County Superior Court Judge David Bauman, both of whom were nominated ...
Chief Justice Rabner announced today that Judges Garry S. Rothstadt and Amy O’Connor will be elevated to the Appellate Division effective December 16, 2013. Judge Rothstadt is a graduate of Rutgers College and Rutgers-Newark Law School. He was appointed to ...
Earlier today, the full Senate voted 38-0 to confirm Judge Fernandez-Vina to take the Supreme Court seat that had been occupied by Justice Hoens. The Supreme Court then announced that Justice Fernandez-Vina will be sworn in in a private ceremony ...
Today was the day that the Senate Judiciary Committee held its hearing on the nomination to the Supreme Court of Camden County Superior Court Judge Fausto Fernandez-Vina. The hearing featured extensive questioning of the nominee. The Judiciary Committee then voted ...