I am glad that the NC Supreme Court has put the Leandro case to bed with finality. It has been lingering literally for three decades.
This is an object lesson on the effects of bad constitutional language. The state constitution’s requirement for a “general and uniform system of free public schools… wherein equal opportunities shall be provided for all students” is impossible if there are going to be variations among school districts, as the constitution allows. The state constitution is therefore self-contradictory.
The education establishment seized upon the language favorable to their cause., and pursued having the courts force the General Assembly to provide more funding. The most deprived rural counties could lay a claim to all the bells and whistles offered in the more affluent counties.
The case is dead, but the constitution has not been fixed.
Good riddance to bad garbage.
Yes, these suits WERE garbage, Fred.
And just a side note– Anita Earls, the socialist justice who is running for re-election this year, was an attorney on this case for the Leandro plaintiffs a number of years ago. And yet, she refused to recuse herself from the case. A huge conflict of interest.