Drive through almost any American suburb now and there is a good chance a Flock Safety camera is reading your license plate before you reach the next stop sign. The cameras have spread to thousands of towns, homeowners associations and police departments, and the question residents keep asking is simple: is this legal? The honest … Read more
Governor Mikie Sherrill signed S4384 on August 28, 2026, four days before the COVID-era rules were set to expire. The law took effect immediately. The sealed margarita you have been picking up with your takeout since 2020 is now a permanent fixture of New Jersey law rather than an emergency measure on a countdown. The headlines all … Read more
The data center backlash has gone national, and it is moving faster than the law that governs it. Trackers count hundreds of local pauses and prohibitions across dozens of states. San Marcos, Texas removed data centers from its list of allowed uses in June. Lysander, New York approved a six month pause. In New Jersey, East Orange introduced an ordinance barring … Read more
On July 17, 2026, a federal appeals court held that New Jersey’s ban on semi-automatic rifles and its ban on magazines holding more than ten rounds both violate the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The en banc Third Circuit decision came down 10 to 5, and the opinions run to roughly 192 pages. Both laws are … Read more
This insight was originally published by Slate under the title The Trump Immunity Deal Is Neither a Deal Nor Does It Provide Immunity. A single sheet of paper sits somewhere in the files of the Justice Department announcing, in capital letters, that the United States is “FOREVER BARRED and PRECLUDED” from pursuing any claims against … Read more
New Jersey has enacted one of the most aggressive data broker statutes in the country, and it did so in seventy-two hours. Assembly Bill A5328 was introduced on June 28, 2026, amended and passed by both houses on June 30 and signed by Governor Sherrill the same day as P.L.2026, c.25. For any business that buys, sells … Read more
Understanding what you qualify for and how to apply. If you’re a New Jersey homeowner or renter feeling the weight of property taxes, you’re not alone. The Garden State consistently ranks among the highest in the nation for property tax burdens, which is why the state has created several relief programs to help ease that … Read more
On July 4, 2026 the federal government launched Trump Accounts, a new tax-advantaged investment account for children created by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. If you have a baby born between January 1, 2025 and December 31, 2028, the Treasury will deposit $1,000 into your child’s account. If you have older children, they can … Read more
The United States is regulating artificial intelligence the hard way. Congress has enacted exactly one AI-specific statute, the TAKE IT DOWN Act on nonconsensual intimate deepfakes, and comprehensive federal legislation remains stalled. Into that vacuum the states have poured roughly 1,200 AI bills, with 38 states adopting more than 100 AI laws in 2025 alone. January 1, … Read more
Two of the most consequential statements on artificial intelligence issued in the past year came from leaders who could not be more different in temperament, constituency or institutional authority. One governs the most powerful nation on earth. The other leads the world’s oldest continuously operating institution. Together, Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical Magnifica Humanitas and President Trump’s Executive Order … Read more
When prosecutorial authority is wielded as a political tool rather than an impartial mechanism of law enforcement, the foundations of democratic governance begin to crack. Politicized prosecution threatens impartial justice and erodes public trust in legal institutions. I draw on historical and contemporary examples, and show how selective or retaliatory prosecutions corrupt perceptions of fairness … Read more
A class-action lawsuit filed on April 1, 2026, by Hector Rodriguez, an attorney, former Franklin Township judge, and member of the Rutgers Class of 1975, alleges that the university has squandered public funds by running its athletic department at a deficit exceeding half a billion dollars since joining the Big Ten in 2014. Filed in Middlesex County Superior Court, … Read more