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...