A lawsuit between a conservative group and the Jersey City teachers union will proceed after a judge denied the union’s bid to dismiss the suit on Friday. The legal spat focuses on “release time,” a provision in the union’s contract Read More
TRENTON — Michele Brown, Gov. Chris Christie’s longtime friend and adviser, has backed out of an opportunity to be a state Superior Court judge a day after it was first reported the governor planned to nominate her to the post. Read More
President Donald Trump will begin to leave his mark on the federal judiciary with 10 court nominees, many still in their 40s, in what the White House said will be the first wave of appointments. “The president followed the principles Read More
The political fiasco that unfolded last week as President Trump and the Republican House leadership failed to pass legislation repealing the Affordable Care Act, commonly called Obamacare, is attributable as much to the failure of politics as it is to Read More
President Trump said the federal judge’s order halting his revised extreme vetting policy was “an unprecedented judicial overreach,” as he rallied supporters in Tennessee Wednesday night. Mr. Trump said the law gives him the power to determine who is admitted Read More
The federal judge who who ruled President Trump’s immigration ban must be temporarily stopped Friday made national headlines last year when he declared “Black Lives Matter” from the bench. U.S. District Judge James Robart, a George W. Bush appointee, recited Read More
Trump senior adviser Kellyanne Conway said a New York judge’s attempt to block the federal government from deporting citizens from seven countries who were detained at airports following an executive order isn’t valid during an appearance on Fox News Sunday. Read More
NEWARK–Attorneys for two former Christie administration insiders convicted in the Bridgegate scandal say the judge erred when she ruled that prosecutors did not have to show that the scheme that shut down lanes at the George Washington Bridge in 2013 Read More
NEWARK — A federal judge ruled Monday that members of the New Jersey chapter of a nationwide militia group can discretely observe voters at the polls. The ruling denied a request by the New Jersey Democratic State Committee for a Read More
