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1 Ronald Chen, The New Jersey Constitution: A Tool of Good Governance, Not Partisan Politics 1 (2025)

handle is hein.brennan/njcstn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The New Jersey Constitution: A Tool of Good Governance, Not Partisan Politics I State Court Report rSTATECOURTREPORTJ NI JUDICI AL SELECTIONJ AND AD MINISTRATION JUDIC IAL INTERPRETATION SPEECH AN RELIGIONTIN REPRDUTIVE RIGHTS NA BL LAW The New Jersey Constitution: ATool of Good Governance, Not Partisan Politics A 1947 constitution offered a needed update for a state saddled with a weak executive and a court system out of Dickens. By Ronald Chen Published: August 8, 2025 New Jersey This essay is part of a 50-state series about the nation's constitutions. We've asked an expert from each state to dive into their constitution, narrate its history, identify its quirks, and summarize its most essential components for our readers. The adoption of the 1947 New Jersey Constitution was a watershed event in the political and economic development of the state. Two prior constitutions, adopted in https://statecourtreport.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/new-jersey-constitution-tool-good-governance-not-partisan-politics 1/15 8/8/25, 2:37 PM