Interesting. This very same court dealt with this very same satute a year ago and did not find anything vague about the statute whatsoever. They even went so far as to say that the court must enforce the law (this very same statute) in full and could not supplant their own opinion because it was the job of the legislature to set deadlines, etc.
Of course last year it was a Rebublican making the request, so that makes all of the difference in the worls.
"Of course last year it was a Rebublican making the request, so that makes all of the difference in the world."
It surely does with the highly politicized NJ Supreme Court. I just don't read the statute as mandatory. It gives them wriggle room. NJ's Todd-Whitman even appointed some *democrat* judges to NJ Supreme Court a while ago. This is what we've harvested.
I'm not saying it doesn't suck. I'm not saying it does reek to high heaven. I'm saying a legal challenge won't work here, as matter of legal craft. I regret my conclusion.