Ronald K. Chen

Ronald Chen (left) and Henry Hsiao (right). Following her election victory, incoming Gov. Mikie Sherrill is rightly focused on the economy, property taxes and education. But as the next occupant of Drumthwacket, she will also inherit a powerful authority: the ability to shape New Jersey’s judiciary. Relevant here is a promise the governor-elect made on the campaign trail – to uphold the important yet unwritten practice of maintaining a “partisan balance” on the New Jersey Supreme Court.