Publications

Due to the public health emergency, the State House Annex remains closed to visitors. The public may not attend the Committee meeting in person but may view and participate in the meeting via the New Jersey Legislature home page at https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/.… Read more

On November 3, 2020, New Jersey voters passed a constitutional referendum to legalize adult use marijuana under state law (it remains illegal under federal law).… Read more

As state and local authorities scrambled in March and April 2020 to respond to COVID-19, a disease caused by the novel coronavirus, it became hard to explain to the public why houses of worship had restrictions that other places did not. In Louisville, Kentucky, drive-through liquor stores could operate, but drive-in churches could not. In Kansas, religious gatherings were limited to 10 congregants with an unlimited number of clerics, musical performers, and others leading a service, while detoxification centers, hotels, and libraries had no restrictions on the number of people who could gather. In Illinois, religious gatherings were limited to 10 people total, but large warehouses and stores selling recreational cannabis were not.… Read more

When a person dies, who has the authority to make decisions about funeral arrangements and the disposition of remains?… Read more

In New Jersey, the Attorney General's Office is required to investigate "[w]henever a person's death occurs during an encounter with a police officer . . . or while the decedent was in custody."… Read more

In mid-June 2020, the Attorney General of New Jersey issued two important police transparency directives, both of which have been challenged and were before the Appellate Division this week.… Read more

As the country remains in the grip of an unprecedented pandemic, low interest rates continue at near historical lows and values of assets such as securities and real estate are generally depressed.… Read more

Like millions of others who are enraged by the latest police killings of Black people, I believe policing in America must be transformed. Access to records of police misconduct is a necessary starting point, as we must be able to identify problems in policing before we can demand change. Many are surprised to learn how little transparency exists in New Jersey when it comes to records about police misconduct.… Read more

As the country remains in the grip of an unprecedented pandemic, low interest rates continue at near historical lows and values of assets such as securities and real estate are generally depressed.… Read more