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• January 15, 2026

  Murphy's Legacy: NJ Gov. Leaves Historic Mark On Judiciary

  After eight years in office, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy made a lasting impact on the state court system with his bench appointments and bail reform efforts, while leaving behind a mixed legacy over a fiercely contested judicial privacy statute.

• January 14, 2026

  Groups Seek Records On ICE 'Ankle Monitoring For All' Policy

  Two immigrant legal groups have sued U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in North Carolina federal court Wednesday to pry loose records about the agency's purported blanket use of ankle monitors in its Alternatives to Detention program, which they said is intended to induce self-deportation.

• January 14, 2026

  NJ High Court Says Inmate Record Ban Violates Constitution

  The New Jersey Supreme Court said in a reversal Wednesday that the state's parole board cannot bar the disclosure to inmates of medical, psychiatric and psychological records used to determine their parole eligibility, finding that withholding this information from them is unconstitutional and against state law.

• January 12, 2026

  10th Circ. Vacates Sex Rap Over Native American Status

  A New Mexico man sentenced to 30 years in prison for sexually abusing an American Indian girl had his conviction vacated Monday by a Tenth Circuit panel that determined prosecutors failed to prove the man was not himself Native American, a key element under the statute invoked in his case.

• January 09, 2026

  4th Circ. Frees Man Convicted For Speech After 9/11

  A lecturer and scholar of Islam convicted of inducing others to levy war against the U.S. after Sept. 11, 2001, was freed from serving his remaining sentence Friday, when a unanimous Fourth Circuit panel ruled that his speech was protected under the First Amendment.

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