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AIER Files Amicus Briefs in NH School Finance Cases (ConVal and Rand)

by Steve MacDonald

Almost everyone in New Hampshire knows about The Claremont Decisions. The courts decided they were legislators and could determine what adequate school funding was about. More recently, they’ve been at it again. The ConVal ruling (Contoocook Valley School District v. State of New Hampshire) tells the legislature to amp up school funding despite the absence … Read more

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NHGOP Elites/Establishment Are Normalizing Autocracy

by Ed Mosca

“Conservative media” in New Hampshire … Mikey Graham’s NH-NeverTrump Journal, Jack Heath’s radio show, Drew Cline’s radio show, etc., etc. … are primarily shills for the NHGOP elites (which they are a part of) and the NHGOP Establishment (of which they are also a part).

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The NHGOP Fiddles … While New Hampshire Burns

by Ed Mosca

Over at NH-NeverTrump Journal … the voice (some would say brain) of the NHGOP-Establishment …  the obsession with a historical marker honoring a dead Communist continues. We have much, much, much bigger problems in New Hampshire than a historical marker for some Commie. The saying Nero fiddles while Rome burns applies … the NHGOP is … Read more

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BREAKING: U.S. Supreme Court Finds “Right To An Adequate National Defense” … Biden To Send Troops To Ukraine

by Ed Mosca

In a unanimous decision earlier today the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the general welfare clause … Article 1, Section 8 … of the constitution guarantees an adequate national defense. The Supreme Court added that, while “in the first instance it is up to Congress to define the parameters of an adequate national defense, the … Read more

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The ConVal Education Funding Trial … What The NHGOP Should Do, But Won’t, Because The NHGOP Is Controlled Opposition

by Ed Mosca

This is the third in a series of posts on the ConVal education-funding trial. For your ease of reference, the first was THE CONVAL EDUCATION FUNDING LAWSUIT … ATTORNEY GENERAL JOHNNY-WOKE TELLS THE COURT: THE STATE IS ONLY A LITTLE BIT PREGNANT and the second, HEY PATHETIC NHGOP … CONVAL IS AN ACTUAL ATTACK ON OUR … Read more

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Hey Pathetic NHGOP … ConVal Is An Actual Attack On Our Democracy … And You Are AWOL

by Ed Mosca

So, dear NHGOP, let me pose the following question to you: HOW MUCH DOES AN “ADEQUATE” TEACHER COST? And now, dear NHGOP, a follow-up question: IS DETERMINING THE COST OF AN “ADEQUATE” TEACHER A LEGAL QUESTION OR A POLITICAL QUESTION?

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The ConVal Education Funding Lawsuit … Attorney General Johnny-Woke Tells The Court: The State Is Only A Little Bit Pregnant

by Ed Mosca

According to Attorney General Johnny-Woke, courts can AND SHOULD determine whether “the State” is “fully funding” an “adequate education,” as long as they don’t try to determine how much it costs to “fully fund” an “adequate education.” I kid you not … from New Hampshire Business Review: Attorney General Formella’s team is not seeking to … Read more

The ConVal Education Funding Decision … or How Chris Sununu Wasted Three Supreme Court Nominations

by Ed Mosca

Here is the most important (and remarkable) part of the decision that was issued on March 23rd, but I have not had the time to comment on it until now.

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Exposing Compromised Elected Officials Who Defend NH Public School Monopolies

by Steve MacDonald

The Sununu administration, led by its able and innovative Commissioner of Education, Frank Edelblut, has made great strides. By enacting legislation that promises to allow parents to choose educational options that best meet the needs of their children (despite bitter opposition from public school administrators and their teacher union fellow travelers.) SB 8 (2017), “the … Read more

If Public Schools Were Subject to Consumer Protection Laws, They’d All be Under Investigation

by Steve MacDonald

Courts and Education funding have a sketchy history in New Hampshire. Just say the word ‘Claremont,’ and the left’s eyes glow with adoration. You might even see a tear of joy. But not enough joy. So, the Left is at it again. Both in the legislature and the courts.

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Opportunity is Knocking. Will Chris Sununu Answer the Door?

by Ed Mosca

So ConVal School District has sued over education funding. A copy of the lawsuit can be found in this New Hampshire Public Radio article. Essentially, ConVal urges the State Supreme Court to reprise its ongoing role as State Supreme School Board and order that the State has to use ConVal’s formula to determine the “cost … Read more

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