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1. New Jersey’s school-funding battle could use a dose of reality
(Opinion/Commentary)

...  The more important question is whether the state had any choice? It’s up to the Supreme Court to determine that. Once again it’s hard to imagine how the justices can conclude the state had a choice. ...

2. Judge rules on N.J. Abbott case but where's the money?
(Opinion/Commentary)

... that Judge Doyne and other justices believe. And, even if it did, like I said, where the heck are we going to get that money? The Supreme Court won’t tackle that one, but hopefully our so-called “leaders” ...

3. Gov. Christie could channel Andrew Jackson when it comes to dealing with courts
(Opinion/Commentary)

... deficit and enact a budget which met the Constitutional imperative of being balanced. Previous Governors and legislatures, when confronted by a Supreme Court order to correct what the justices ruled ...

4. N.J. Supreme Court Justice Rivera-Soto pressured to resign by Senate Democrats
(N.J./State)

... that Judge Sterns' vote will affect the outcome of the case? Will it be during conferences, when the Justices' discuss substantive issues on cases argued before them and the Justices' draft opinions are ...

5. A functioning N.J. Supreme Court should decide definition of marriage
(Opinion/Commentary)

... obligation to the people of New Jersey and restore the Court to its full complement of legally appointed and affirmed justices. Personally, I have no idea what the nominee's views are on the issue of ...

6. Funding for New Jersey’s legislative campaigns will continue to stutter without outside help
(Opinion/Commentary)

... antigay-marriage groups poured more than $1 million, most of it raised out-of-state, into a targeted campaign to remove three justices because they joined in a 2009 unanimous ruling that the State Constitution ...

7. N.J. Supreme Court Justice Roberto Rivera-Soto to resign
(N.J./State)

... functioning with five members for six months beginning Sept. 1 when Rivera-Soto will leave the bench. Justices serve seven-year terms, after which they can be renominated to receive tenure and serve ...

8. A baseball injustice: Why isn't Ron Santo in the Hall of Fame?
(Sports/Professional)

... he so deeply deserved and desired. In fact, his not making the Hall of Fame is one of baseball's historic injustices. Ron Santo made the All-Star team nine times and won five Gold Gloves. What rational ...

9. N.J. Supreme Court Justice Rivera-Soto abstaining from decisions in protest
(N.J./State)

... substantial workload and meet the needs of the public." Justices Virginia Long, Jaynee LaVecchia and Barry T. Albin agree with Rabner, while Justice Helen Hoens raised concerns with both arguments. Hoens ...

10. Chanukah battle for freedom of religion continues
(Life/Style)

... near a popular symbol of the season and the liberty sign. The Justices dissected the displays and the majority ruled that the menorah display was "not a simultaneous endorsement of both the Christian and ...

11. Jon Corzine gets married to Sharon Elghanayan in Hoboken
(N.J./State)

... onetime Corzine aide who was named to his current post by Corzine. But because Supreme Court justices cannot make official marriage licenses, another former top Corzine aide, Superior Court Judge Ed McBride, ...

12. Anna Little-Frank Pallone race a bellwether for nation
(Opinion/Commentary)

... and his colleagues in the Congress as well as Supreme Court Justices and the President of the United States have sworn to uphold) authorizes only four cabinet departments --- Justice, State, Treasury, ...

13. How the recession has affected divorces
(Money/Economy)

... up your sleeves and use common sense." As for Pashman Stein, two former New Jersey Supreme Court Justices, the late Morris Pashman along with Gary Stein, who remains active at the firm, joined the firm's ...

14. Christie vetoes a state authority's hiring and paying of Hackensack law firm Pashman Stein P.C.
(N.J./State)

... Michael Stein, the sons of former state Supreme court justices the late Morris Pashman and Gary S. Stein. Pashman Stein describes itself as one of New Jersey's leading commercial law firms with a statewide ...

15. Christie's office wants Anne Patterson considered in fall
(N.J./State)

... change to the court. If nothing changes, the nine-member court will operate with eight justices for 19 months. "From nomination by President Obama to Senate confirmation yesterday (Thursday), it ...

16. Convicted murderer Sean Kenney denied new trial
(N.J./State)

... 1996 jury trial of Sean P. Kenney showed "no accumulation of errors warranting a reversal." The justices rejected arguments that Kenney — who has changed his name from Richard Feaster while in prison ...

17. N.J. Supreme Court declines to hear gay marriage case
(N.J./State)

... provided for same-sex marriage. The Supreme Court decision was 3 to 3, with Rabner, Justices Robert Rivera-Soto and Helen Hoens voting not to hear the case and Justices Virginia Long, Jaynee LaVecchia ...

18. A conservative, but not a movement conservative – And that is a Christie asset
(Opinion/Commentary)

... hard cap on property tax increases; and 3) appointment of strict constructionist Supreme Court justices who will refrain from legislating from the bench. These three objectives together constitute the ...

19. Retired N.J. Supreme Court justices to take part in symposium on judicial independence
(N.J./State)

Event to be held in New Brunswick, open to public At least two retired state Supreme Court justices will take part in a free symposium Tuesday in New Brunswick to examine what organizers describe as ...

20. Shocked by $9M Horizon CEO salary? N.J. Chiropractors Association has own Horizon horror stories
(Opinion/Commentary)

... rectify various injustices visited upon chiropractors in New Jersey and their patients by Horizon. For example, on May 25, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois upheld ...