Nearly 40 years ago, the New Jersey Senate took a courageous step and refused to allow one of its members to indefinitely block the reappointment of an eminently qualified Superior Court jurist.

The New Jersey legal community that continues to venerate the late Hon. Sylvia B. Pressler, for her brilliant legal opinions and tireless work in respect of the Rules Governing the Court, was at the time horrified by the spectacle that resulted when her home-county senator, Gerald Cardinale, attempted to misuse the unwritten custom known as senatorial courtesy. This tradition appears to directly conflict with the plain words in our State Constitution which invests “the Senate,” not one particular senator, with the authority to “advise and consent” with the governor’s nominations and appointments. N.J. Const. Art. 6, sec. 6, para. 1.

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