Lawsuit Challenges Law That Shields Home Addresses of Judges, Law Enforcement

By Sophie Nieto-Munoz, the New Jersey Monitor, July13, 2023, 

A New Jersey law that shields the home addresses of judges and law enforcement officers from the public is unconstitutional when applied to journalists seeking to report on public officials, the American Civil Liberties of New Jersey argues in a new lawsuit targeting New Brunswick officials.

The statute, known as Daniel’s Law, makes it more difficult for journalists to ascertain the addresses of public officials, and in some cases “creates a chilling fear of criminal and civil prosecution,” the ACLU said in a brief in the case, filed Wednesday in state Superior Court in Middlesex County.