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John Jay Hoffman, candidate for the Supreme Court of New Jersey, talks about his candidacy
John Jay Hoffman, a candidate for the Supreme Court of New Jersey, spoke at length about his candidacy.
While the state Senate president announced that the upper chamber will meet in August to interview and appoint a new associate justice for New Jersey’s highest court, a specific date has not yet been added to the calendar.
State Senate President Nick Scutari said in June he would coordinate with Republicans to set a date, and it would likely be in August, when the state Senate was scheduled to meet to consider Gov. Phil Murphy’s recent nominee for the New Jersey Supreme Court, John Jay Hoffman.
As the Senate’s final voting session ended, Scutari sat on the chamber’s podium and said he had his eye on August 8. However, that date has already passed and the Senate calendar has not been updated.
Scutari said at the time that the state Senate would likely meet for just one day, with a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in the morning and a full Senate voting session in the afternoon.
The Senate does not yet have a fall meeting schedule, but the Assembly announced this week that it will resume committee meetings on September 12.
The Senate Majority Office said that “no meetings are currently scheduled” for August.
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When was John Jay Hoffman nominated to the Supreme Court of New Jersey?
Hoffman was nominated by Governor Phil Murphy on June 10. Murphy expressed at the time his hope that Hoffman would be confirmed before the court resumes in the fall.
That panel will reconvene on Sept. 1, the court’s administrative office said. If confirmed, Hoffman would fill the seat of Judge Lee Solomon, whose last day of office is Aug. 16 as he reaches mandatory retirement age at 70.
Hoffman held the state’s top law enforcement post during the Christie administration from June 2013 to March 2016, although he was never formally nominated and only held the post as acting attorney general. He is now general counsel and senior vice president at Rutgers University, where he has worked since 2016.
Katie Sobko covers the New Jersey Statehouse. Email: [email protected]
