State judges lack the policy expertise and taxing power needed to run schools.

Evidence

But could state supreme courts meet that responsibility? State judges had no special expertise in education policy. They could not raise reve- nues to guarantee adequate funding for poorer districts, and they were ill-equipped to supervise the implementation of policy. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 3306

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the countermajoritarian/competence critique of judicial policymaking in judicial review debates.