Partisanship Roils State Supreme Courts. Not in New Jersey

New Jersey’s Supreme Court is back in session, with Democrats again clinging to a one-seat majority.

Thanks to one of the most unusual fairness provisions for appointments in any state, a 4-3 partisan split among the justices is the norm. You’d never know it looking at their opinions.

In the last two years, the seven-member court has issued 88 decisions; all but 12 were unanimous, without a concurrence or dissent. Only twice did those divided opinions fall along political lines. The previous two years were much of the same.

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