Nicholas Scutari, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said over the years seasoned judges have approached him about a novel idea: They wanted to keep working as full-time judges past the mandatory retirement age of 70 in New Jersey, and they wondered if there was anything the Legislature could do.

Scutari, D-Union, who is Majority Whip (meaning he is among the tight leadership group of Senate President Steve Sweeney, D-Gloucester), along with colleague Sen. Christopher “Kip” Bateman. R-Somerset, answered last Thursday by introducing SCR-47, a proposed constitutional amendment, and bill S-1064, to allow judges to work past 70 without having to be renominated by the governor.

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