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Recently, Governor Phil Murphy signed over 100 new bills into law on the first day of his second term, including S1020 and S2811.
A broad coalition of New Jersey racial and social justice organizations gathered today at the Trenton War Memorial to call on the Legislature to take meaningful action on stalled bills and other issues that disproportionately impact communities of color.
ACLU-NJ Senior Staff Attorney Karen Thompson, a leading civil rights attorney, received the honor of New Jersey Law Journal’s Attorney of the Year award, for her pioneering work to create justice and to confront racial inequity in the law.
ACLU-NJ looks forward to working with regulators to ensure that legalization is true to its promise of social justice.