Sixteen state courts found school finance systems unconstitutional after the federal door closed

Evidence

Although Rodriguez precluded further challenges under the federal Constitution, it did not end school finance litigation. Over the next few decades, 16 state supreme courts ruled that the school finance systems in their states violated the state constitution. … Let us look at the transformation of school finance litigation and its consequences. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 3275

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: State courts protect rights the federal Constitution does not guarantee — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 3371; Variation in judges’ role conceptions, not state law, explains divergent school finance rulings. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 3302