{"id":32354,"date":"2011-03-05T13:14:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-05T13:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/gov-christie-appoints-marijuana-reform-advocate-to-state-superior-court\/"},"modified":"2011-03-05T13:14:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-05T13:14:00","slug":"gov-christie-appoints-marijuana-reform-advocate-to-state-superior-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/libertarian\/gov-christie-appoints-marijuana-reform-advocate-to-state-superior-court.php","title":{"rendered":"Gov. Christie appoints Marijuana Reform advocate to State Superior Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-J98T7YTLtYM\/TXI5buM1JZI\/AAAAAAAARIk\/jls6CKMRGoA\/s1600\/NJCarroll.bmp\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/91c30_NJCarroll.bmp\" border=\"0\"><\/a><strong>\"Staunch Conservative\" with an obvious libertarian streak<\/strong><\/p><p>From Eric Dondero:<\/p><p>Libertarian-conservative New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has a very mixed record on marijuana decriminalization.  But his latest move may send a wave of cheers among the libertarian wing of the GOP.  <\/p><p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nj.com\/news\/index.ssf\/2011\/03\/christie_nominates_nj_assembly.html\">NJ.com<\/a> \"Christie nominates N.J. Assemblyman Carroll to be superior court judge\":<\/p><blockquote><p>Gov. Chris Christie has nominated Assemblyman Michael Patrick Carroll, a Morris County Republican and one of the most conservative lawmakers in New Jersey, to be a judge on the state Superior Court.<\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-0G_EEnRcNYs\/TXI5o99vrBI\/AAAAAAAARIs\/6IZerVa-hWI\/s1600\/new-jersey-map.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/91c30_new-jersey-map.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a>Christie spokesman Kevin Roberts said today the nomination had been approved, but that it would not be official until Thursday.<\/p><p>\"The governor feels he&rsquo;s qualified and will be a great judge for the Superior Court,\" Roberts said.<\/p><p>Carroll has a long history with the Republican Party that dates back to President Richard Nixon&rsquo;s re-election campaign in 1972. He&rsquo;s known as a staunch conservative, but has also pushed for medical-marijuana legislation and tax incentives for electric cars.<\/p><\/blockquote><p>In a great irony, Carroll actually defeated Christie a few years ago, in the Republican primary for the Assembly seat that he holds.  They have since become friends.<\/p><div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/91c30_7828681836623105417-4575215303848131872?l=www.libertarianrepublican.net\" alt=\"\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\"Staunch Conservative\" with an obvious libertarian streakFrom Eric Dondero:Libertarian-conservative New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has a very mixed record on marijuana decriminalization. But his latest move may send a wave of cheers among the libertarian wing of the GOP. From &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/libertarian\/gov-christie-appoints-marijuana-reform-advocate-to-state-superior-court.php\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"limit_modified_date":"","last_modified_date":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-libertarian"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32354"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32354\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}