Agenda setting trades detailed policymaking for years of ongoing judicial oversight.

Evidence

Agenda setting was attractive to state courts because it kept them from getting bogged down in the details of education policymaking. But it also involved them in ongoing oversight of legislative efforts to meet constitutional requirements. For example, in 1971 the New Jersey Supreme Court announced its initial ruling in Robinson v. Cahill (Robinson 1), but it did not issue its final ruling in the case until 1976 (Robinson VII).! Judicial agenda setting also did not guarantee prompt and effective reform of public education. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 3321

Categorization

• XREF: Robinson v. Cahill’s seven-phase litigation is a canonical case example of judicial retention of jurisdiction.