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Court says gym owner, who lost everything, is due nothing from NJ

Jared McClain of NCLA and Gov. Phil Murphy (Photos via iStock, NCLA, Getty) Gov. Phil Murphy’s executive order allowing security deposits to be used towards rent is constitutional, a New Jersey appeals court ruled Tuesday. Executive Order No. 128, which Murphy signed in April 2020, aims to help tenants struggling to pay rent during the pandemic. Under the order, tenants can use their security deposit to pay rent, a practice that some property owners said has forced them to pay out-of-pocket for thousands of dollars’ worth of damage that tenants left behind. Nonprofit group New Civil Liber...

Credit: (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File) A state appeals court has backed Gov. Phil Murphy in a lawsuit challenging his executive powers during the pandemic. An appeals court on Tuesday defended Gov. Phil Murphy’s use of an executive order to allow tenants hit by the COVID-19 pandemic to use their security deposits to help pay rent. The appellate judges rejected an appeal by five landlords and three businesses who argued that the order, issued last April, exceeded Murphy’s authority and violated their constitutional rights. The court determined that Murphy was authorized under state law t...

What they did Thursday should never have happened. Despite what they’ll say, I believe they know it. And don’t care.

A bill that would place 14-day limits on Gov. Phil Murphy’s executive orders was tabled for a second time by Senate Democrats on Thursday. Under the bill, S-2482, which was sponsored by the entire state Senate Republican delegation, an executive order related to a state of emergency would automatically expire unless the legislature gave its approval. If approval was not sought or granted Murphy could not reissue the same or similar order. "That's important because he hasn't shared any real information with legislators to justify his orders that have impacted the lives and livelihoods of eve...