Senatorial courtesy New Jersey Senate
senatorial courtesy senate tradition allows home county legislators intercede prevent consideration of local resident nominated governor position requires senate confirmation. of senators nominee s home county can invoke senatorial courtesy block nomination, temporarily or permanently, without obligation justify basis of actions.
governor corzine nominated stuart rabner on june 4, 2007, next chief justice of new jersey supreme court, replacing james r. zazzali, nearing mandatory retirement age. shortly after nomination, 2 members of senate essex county, rabner resides, blocked consideration of confirmation invoking senatorial courtesy. state senator ronald rice had blocked nomination, relented on june 15, 2007, after meeting governor. nia gill dropped block on june 19, 2007, did not explain nature of concerns, though anonymous lawmakers cited in new york times indicated objection due rabner s race , governor corzine s failure consider minority candidate post.
also in june 2007, loretta weinberg used senatorial courtesy privileges hold consideration of new term in office bergen county prosecutor john molinelli.
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