New Jersey Senate president fights Gov. Christie's Supreme Court nominee

Not a single presidential candidate was in the top 10 Twitter trending topics Tuesday night, but New Jersey governor Chris Christie was the most-tweeted name for the majority of Super Tuesday night. The governor told a reporter "permission denied" when he sought to ask about something unrelated to the nomination of a state judge to the top court.

Murray said Wednesday that Sweeney "is clearly on defense and flailing" about why he is once again refusing to give Bauman a hearing, "offering four different excuses in 24 hours for why he is abandoning his constitutional duty, including this canard".

The current makeup of the court includes four justices appointed by Republican governors, two appointed by Democrats and a temporary judge, who was appointed to the bench by a Republican. The fight was ignited in May 2010, when Christie refused to renominate Associate Justice John Wallace, the court's second African-American, a Democrat and a personal friend of Sweeney's.

But Sweeney held his ground, issuing a statement yesterday that said there's a big difference.

Whitman served as the national finance co-chair for Christie's campaign.

Sweeney said Monmouth County Judge David Bauman, a Republican, would throw off the political balance of the bench.

Many U.S. states have slowly recovered from the recession, and most have tried to bolster their public pensions either by moving new employees into 401(k)-style plans, reducing future benefits or raising retirement ages.

"With a Republican governor in office, the Senate president now reverses himself, fabricates history, and makes dishonest arguments of political convenience to justify the unjustifiable and excuse the inexcusable", said Christie spokesman Kevin Roberts.

"This unprecedented disservice to the people must stop now", said Kean Jr., the son of the former governor. The state of New Jersey's Supreme Court ruled past year that the state is compelled to pay individual retirees their pensions.

On Monday, Christie said that if Senate Democrats were to block Bauman's nomination, it would be because of partisan politics at play. "This is what the constitution requires of him".

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