Opinion ID: 2169441
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Heading: constitutionality of judicial review over pti

Text: The constitutionality of the enabling court rule provides the essential foundation for mandating judicial review of determinations made pursuant to that rule. As we stated in Leonardis, authority to engage in rule-making also includes the power to interpret and enforce court rules. 71 N.J. at 108-09. See also, State v. Rush, 46 N.J. 399 (1966); In re Mattera, 34 N.J. 259 (1961); John S. Westervelt's Sons v. Regency, Inc., 3 N.J. 472 (1950). We therefore reaffirm our holding in Leonardis that our powers of enforcement under ... [ N.J. Const. (1947) Art. VI, § II, par. 3] also include the power to review the operation of court initiated procedures and to review the legal determinations made pursuant to these procedures. Our failure to do so would be an abdication of the rule-making authority with which we have been entrusted.