New Jersey Supreme Court

John Celock

Chris Christie Accuses Statehouse Dems Of 'Political Assassination'

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 05.31.2012

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Saying that Democratic New Jersey state senators conducted a "political assassination" while making "a mockery of the process," Gov. Chris Christie (R...

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John Celock

Dems Deal Blow To Christie's Gay, Black Nominee

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 05.31.2012

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Democratic state senators in New Jersey denied the nation's first gay, black, Republican mayor a chance to sit on the state's highest court, questioni...

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Chris Christie Shut Down By State Democrats Again

AP | ANGELA DELLI SANTI | Posted 05.31.2012

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TRENTON, N.J. -- New Jersey Democrats have rejected Gov. Chris Christie's nomination of a gay black Republican mayor to the state Supreme Court. Morr...

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Amanda Terkel

Chris Christie Nominates Openly Gay African-American Man To State Supreme Court

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 01.24.2012

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WASHINGTON -- New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) made two historic nominations to the New Jersey State Supreme Court on Monday, continuing his push to...

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NJ High Court Weighs Mexican Telephone Testimony

AP | WAYNE PARRY | Posted 03.19.2012

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TRENTON, N.J. — A man deported from the New Jersey shore for fathering two children with a 15-year-old girl can probably try to overturn his con...

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How Montana Is Revolutionizing The Movement For End-Of-Life Choice

Barbara Coombs Lee | Posted 11.15.2011

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Barbara Coombs Lee

The Montana experience is ongoing, with aid in dying governed by standards of practice and the same regulatory procedures as all medical care. Its impact will likely reach across our nation.

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N.J. Supreme Court Orders Changes To Use Of Eyewitness Evidence

AP | BETH DeFALCO | Posted 10.24.2011

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TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey's highest court ordered changes Wednesday to the way eyewitness identifications are used, saying the current system i...

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Should Courts Make Education Policy?

Bob Bowdon | Posted 05.31.2011

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Bob Bowdon

Because on the matter of whether courts can usurp the role of a governor and legislature, just in case there were still any doubt, New Jersey Superior Court Judge Peter Doyne has removed all.

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Metro Republicans Strong-Arm Weakness, and Is it Gillibrand 2012?

John R. Bohrer | Posted 05.25.2011

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John R. Bohrer

Though the New Jersey state Supreme Court has taken progressive strides, the latest from Governor Christie this week was not an act of ideology -- it was an act of power.

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Justice John E. Wallace OUSTED: Anne M. Patterson Picked To Replace Only Black Justice On NJ Supreme Court By Chris Christie

Huffington Post/AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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TRENTON, N.J. (Associated Press) - New Jersey's new Republican governor has made his first move to reshape the state Supreme Court, ousting the only b...

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