Constitutional Crisis in the Garden State

(By Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Journal Online) - Chris Christie is looking to shake up the liberal activist judiciary in New Jersey, but he's having trouble making it happen, as chaos breaks out not just around but in the state supreme court there.

Christie refused to reappoint Jersey supreme court justice John E. Wallace. It is totally within his rights as governor not to reappoint a justice, but it has never previously happened in New Jersey history.