Star-Ledger reports:
TRENTON — Former Attorney General Paula Dow’s half year of waiting for a Superior Court judgeship evaporated in a matter of hours today: With little fanfare or fuss, the Senate approved her nomination to join the bench in Burlington County.
A Democrat first nominated by Gov. Chris Christie to the bench in Essex County, Dow faced only a few questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee about her residency and a civil lawsuit against her.
The committee took up her nomination in eight minutes, with the chairman, Sen. Nicholas Scutari (D-Union) the only one of the pose any questions to the former Essex County prosecutor and assistant U.S. attorney. It cleared the full Senate hours later.
And Sen. Raymond Lesniak (D-Union) told Dow he thought she should have gotten a bigger nomination from Republican Christie.
"I certainly have no doubts about your independence and integrity. I do have some questions that I’ve asked myself: Why did you step down as attorney general from a constitutionally protected position to go to the Superior Court, when in my opinion, you should be nominated to the Supreme Court?" he said.
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