The idea of adding justices to the Supreme Court got traction last year during the Democratic presidential primary. The number of lifetime seats on the bench is set to nine by federal law but the Constitution does not prescribe any limit.
Sen. Bob Menendez says a growing number of Republican lawmakers are joining a bipartisan push to allocate billions to New Jersey and other hard hit areas in the nation.
NJ mayors are throwing their support behind a proposal by Sen. Menendez to give $500B to state and local governments to address a fiscal crisis mounting due to their coronavirus revenue losses.
While it’s not clear how much of the $2T federal stimulus package responding to the novel coronavirus will come directly into NJ, Gov. Murphy is pleased with the details.
Booker pushing for $2,000 per person this quarter and, if the economy is still ravaged, another $1,500 next quarter, and another $1,000 for each quarter beyond.
Sen. Bob Menendez stressed he is not calling for a ban on beach umbrellas — “but something is wrong when any consumer product can so easily take off and kill someone.”