who was required to retire on November 10, 2020. On August 24, 2020, the New Jersey Senate's Judiciary Committee voted 11–0 to advance her nomination to the full Senate, and on August 27, 2020, the Senate voted 39–0 to confirm her to the Court. Pierre-Louis assumed office on September 1, 2020. Also in June 2020, Governor Murphy announced his intention to nominate Justice Faustino Fernandez-Vina for tenure. On October 29, 2020, the Senate voted 34–0 to grant Fernandez-Vina tenure. On March 8, 2021, Justice Jaynee LaVecchia announced that she would retire on August 31, 2021, more than three years before her mandatory retirement date. A week later, Governor Murphy announced his intention to nominate Rachel Wainer Apter, the director of the New Jersey Division of Civil Rights, to replace LaVecchia. Apter was blocked for 18 months by Republican Senator Holly Schepisi by a process called senatorial consent (similar to the blue slip process for federal judgeships), and was only allowed to move forward after two more justices, Barry T. Albin and Faustino J. Fernandez-Vina, had reached retirement age in the interim and Gov. Murphy nominated Republican Douglas M. Fasciale to succeed Fernandez-Vina. Both were confirmed on October 17, 2022. Current Members Vacancies and pending nominations Important cases Constitutional law The principle of judicial review in New Jersey was the result of then Chief Justice David Brearley's opinion in Holmes v. Walton (1779 or 1780). While the case was decided against the plaintiff, the court's consideration of the matter asserted its ability to determine constitutionality. This was followed by the federal Supreme Court's case of Marbury v. Madison. In State v. Post and State v. Van Beuren 20 N.J.L. 368, decided together, the constitutionality of slavery in the state was challenged on the grounds that the first article of the first section of the newly passed (1844) state constitution ("All men are by nature free and independent...") precluded it. The court by two to one (with one absence), rejected this stating that "the constitution has not ... abolished slavery." Slavery was abolished nationwide by the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1865. Individual rights The Court has delivered many cases concerning the rights of individuals, in many cases reading them expansively: In its 1966 decision in Clover Hill Swimming Club, Inc. v. Robert F. Goldsboro and Division on Civil Rights (47 N.J. 25; 219 A.2d 161; 1966 N.J. LEXIS