Gov Christie offends libs again, does not reappoint judge!

[The Village Idiot]

I like this guy more and more.

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/05/gov_chris_christie_draws_sharp.html

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Gov. Chris Christie sparked a political firestorm Monday with his unprecedented decision to jettison a sitting New Jersey Supreme Court justice, inciting harsh criticism from political opponents and reshaping the relationship between the governor’s office and the state’s highest court.

The governor nominated Anne Patterson, a Morris County lawyer, to replace Justice John Wallace, the only African-American on the court, setting the stage for a vicious fight with Senate Democrats opposed to his ouster.

"I have no intention of putting her up for a hearing," said Senate President Stephen Sweeney (D-Gloucester), an ally of Wallace. "It would be doing an injustice to the entire court system to have a hearing on this nominee at this time."

Christie said dropping Wallace was a necessary step in his push to remake the Supreme Court, the final arbiter on state law and the state constitution.

"The court over the course of the last three decades has gotten out of control," he said. "The only way to change the court is to change its members."

Conservatives have long criticized the court for decisions on school funding and affordable housing that influenced decades of public policy. But Democrats and some legal experts said Christie was infringing upon the New Jersey court system’s independence by not renominating a sitting justice, imposing his political will and breaking more than six decades of tradition in state government

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[Lord Undies]

There's a lot of dirty liberal underwear in New Jersey today.

[thundley4]

This is the same court that allowed Demonrats to violate election rules and remove Bob Torricelli from the ballot and replace him with Frank Lautenberg , IIRC.

[DumbAss Tanker]

Also the same court that knocked down something like 32 death sentences in a row over increasingly far-fetched and made-up reasons, and colloquially referred to by NJ prosecutors as 'The Seven Dwarves.'

[njpines]

Luv ya, guv!!! 

[Hawkgirl]

 

[littlelamb]

  Great job now lets watch their head explode in 5....4....3

[YoungGOP]

I like this guy more and more.

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/05/gov_chris_christie_draws_sharp.html

excerpt
Gov. Chris Christie sparked a political firestorm Monday with his unprecedented decision to jettison a sitting New Jersey Supreme Court justice, inciting harsh criticism from political opponents and reshaping the relationship between the governor’s office and the state’s highest court.

The governor nominated Anne Patterson, a Morris County lawyer, to replace Justice John Wallace, the only African-American on the court, setting the stage for a vicious fight with Senate Democrats opposed to his ouster.

"I have no intention of putting her up for a hearing," said Senate President Stephen Sweeney (D-Gloucester), an ally of Wallace. "It would be doing an injustice to the entire court system to have a hearing on this nominee at this time."

Christie said dropping Wallace was a necessary step in his push to remake the Supreme Court, the final arbiter on state law and the state constitution.

"The court over the course of the last three decades has gotten out of control," he said. "The only way to change the court is to change its members."

Conservatives have long criticized the court for decisions on school funding and affordable housing that influenced decades of public policy. But Democrats and some legal experts said Christie was infringing upon the New Jersey court system’s independence by not renominating a sitting justice, imposing his political will and breaking more than six decades of tradition in state government

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I worked for Chris Christie during his gubernatorial campaign because I knew he was a reformer. Everyday, I see that I, like the voters of New Jersey, were right.

[The Village Idiot]

good job

[camaraderie]

Downright Presidential!!

[njpines]

I worked for Chris Christie during his gubernatorial campaign because I knew he was a reformer. Everyday, I see that I, like the voters of New Jersey, were right.

You deserve a big hand, then    We haven't had a decent gov. since Tom Kean.  I have to laugh at the NJEA commercials that have started to run -- the theme is basically "Wah, Wah, Chris Christie is being mean to us so we can't take care of YOUR CHILDREN. Chris Christie HATES your kids!"  One of the fattest sacred cows in NJ is having the screws put to it and it's about time.  We're bankrupt here!

[Happy Fun Ball]

Every time a liberal gets offended, an angel stands up and applauds.

[Peter3_1]

Imagine that, a politician doing what he promised! Thanks Chris!