Stuart Rabner
| Stuart Rabner | |
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| Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court | |
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Assumed office June 29, 2007 |
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| Appointed by | Jon Corzine |
| Preceded by | James Zazzali |
| 56th Attorney General of New Jersey | |
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In office September 26, 2006 – June 29, 2007 |
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| Governor | Jon Corzine |
| Preceded by | Anne Milgram (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Anne Milgram |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 30, 1960 |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Deborah Wiener |
| Alma mater |
Princeton University Harvard University |
| Religion | Judaism |
Stuart Jeff Rabner (born June 30, 1960) is the Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court. He has previously served as New Jersey Attorney General, Chief Counsel to Governor Jon Corzine, and as a federal prosecutor at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey.
Rabner grew up in Passaic, New Jersey. He graduated summa cum laude from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University in 1982 and cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1985. He is a resident of Caldwell. He was married in 1989 to Dr. Deborah Ann Wiener, and has three children: Erica, Carly, and Jack. In June 2007, he was named the most influential political personality in the state of New Jersey. In 2010, his name was proposed as a nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court to replace Associate Justice John Paul Stevens.
On June 4, 2007, Governor Corzine nominated Rabner to be the next Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court, replacing James R. Zazzali, who was nearing the mandatory retirement age.
Shortly after the nomination, two members of the New Jersey Senate from Essex County, where Rabner resides, blocked consideration of his confirmation by invoking "senatorial courtesy", a Senate tradition that allows home county legislators to intercede to prevent consideration of a nominee from the counties they represent. State Senator Ronald Rice had initially blocked the nomination, but relented on June 15, 2007, after a meeting with the governor. Senator Nia Gill dropped her block on June 19, 2007, but did not initially explain the nature of concerns. (Anonymous lawmakers cited in The New York Times indicated that the objection was due to Rabner's race and Governor Jon Corzine's failure to consider a minority candidate for the post.)
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