Mushrooming judicial vacancies are exacting a heavy toll on New Jersey’s court system. The price: Justice delayed or denied for thousands of residents. Almost a fifth of all trial court positions are expected to go unfilled by year’s end. Even the New Jersey Supreme Court will be down three justices after the retirement of Justice Barry Albin on July 6, a day before he reaches the judicial retirement age of 70. The crisis of an overburdened, understaffed Judiciary will mean an interrupted summer recess for the state Senate. Even after a new state budget is approved this week as expected, the 4…
