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NJ Supreme Court

INCUMBENT
	Party	Democratic
	Name	Democratic Party Control
	Won	08/15/2022
	Votes	4 (57.14%)
	Margin	1 (+14.29%)
	Term	09/01/2022 - 09/01/3000

Chief Justice
	Chief Justice	Stuart Jeff Rabner	1	+65.71%
Justices
	Associate Justice 1	Fabiana Pierre-Louis	1	+100.00%
	Associate Justice 2	John Jay Hoffman	1	+100.00%
	Associate Justice 3	Anne Patterson	2	+93.55%
	Associate Justice 4	Rachel Wainer Apter	0	+24.32%
	Associate Justice 5	Douglas M. Fasciale	1	+100.00%
	Associate Justice 6	Michael Noriega	0	+100.00%

Supreme Court DETAILS

Parents

> United States > New Jersey

Website

http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/supreme/index.htm

Established

00, 0000

Disbanded

Still Active

Contributor

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Last Modified

WSNJ January 30, 2021 10:31am

Description

New Jersey's judiciary has two appellate courts--the Supreme Court and the
Appellate Division of the Superior Court, and three trial courts--the Superior
Court, the Tax Court, and the Municipal Court. The Superior Court is the court
of general jurisdiction. The Governor, with the approval of the Senate, chooses
all judges in New Jersey. Judges stand for reappointment after seven years in
office, and once reappointed, they serve until they reach the age of 70.

There are two interesting features of judicial selection in New Jersey.
***The first is the practice of senatorial courtesy. NJ's Constitution of 1844
deliberately mirrored the judicial appointment process of the U.S. government.
Like U.S. Senators, New Jersey's Senators have veto-like powers over judicial
appointees from their home districts. As a professional courtesy, other Senators
will not proceed with confirmation of a judicial candidate unless the Senators
from the home district have signed off.

***New Jersey's Supreme Court also has a tradition of political balance.
Governors, regardless of their party, have generally followed a policy of replacing
outgoing judges with someone of the same party or philosophy. The traditional
balance is three Democrats and three Republicans, with the Chief Justice
belonging to the party of the appointing Governor. (Note: Governor James E.
McGreevey broke with tradition when he nominated Democrat Barry T. Albin to
succeed Republican Gary Stein and when he renominated Poritz, a Republican,
as Chief Justice.)

HISTORY