Thanks for the interesting insight on the NJ judicial system.
My highly negative impression of the NJ system was formed by its blatant flouting of the law in permitting Lautenberg to take the place on the ballot of the disgraced Robert Torricelli.
As I said, they are still liberal and that is the problem. There is also corruption and incompetence, but NJ has a pretty strong system in place and judges do get reprimanded or removed for misconduct. It'sa good system similar to the federal judiciary, and obviously there are problems at the federal level at well. But there is a lot to be said for a professional judiciary as opposed to the zoo atmosphere existing in many state courts.