DeRolph v. State

I concur in the judgment of the majority. I write to make just three points.

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Justice Resnick’s dissent herein seems to preclude consideration in mediation of the issues of overreliance on local property taxes and a complete systematic overhaul of our state’s school-funding system. I do not agree, and in fact I voted for reconsideration so that these very issues could be raised in yet another forum in an attempt to make right what has, for so long now, been wrong. As the majority opinion makes clear, “the court refers to a master commissioner the issues raised in defendants-appellants’ motion…