East Brunswick, NJ asked in Criminal Law for New Jersey

Q: Did the Attorney General of NJ violate his Oath by ordering all Law Enforcement Officers not to cooperate with ICE?

The Attorney General of the State of NJ recently ordered all NJ Law Enforcement Officers (who also took the same Oath as do all Attorneys) not to cooperate with ICE and not to enforce the US Immigration Laws. Did the Governor of NJ also violate his Oath by not removing and replacing the Attorney General?

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H. Scott Aalsberg
H. Scott Aalsberg
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  • Criminal Law Lawyer
  • East Brunswick, NJ
  • Licensed in New Jersey

A: Depends on who you ask, if you ask my opinion yes, if you ask another lawyer they will tell you no, ultimately it is up to a judge and then that will be determined according to Trump on who appointed them.

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