So libs what if this judge goes activist

Newsmax is reporting that a NYC woman is asking a judge to rule that she be granted $26,000 per year to send her two children to a private school. She points out that taxpayers dole out $13,000 per year per student for public education that is substandard. (Actually I have shown sources it is closer to $15,000)

The article shows events leading to her line of reasoning:

' A judge has ruled that city public school students were being deprived of a "sound basic education,” and last year said an additional $5.6 billion a year was needed to solve the problem.

Gov. George Pataki appealed the ruling, and the budget he recently proposed fell short of the court’s demand.

"My children can’t wait,” Payne told the Post.

"To assure that my kids get a good education and a fair chance in life, they need to attend a private school.” '

The logic here is flawed. The billions the judge ruled for and Pataki appealed will not solve the problem. Only school choice and obliteration of the teacher's union and the NEA will solve the problem.

Her request, though, is in essence asking the judge to rule for her to receive a school voucher bypassing the legislature that has turned down school choice. Now I ask how liberals would react if the judge would rule using the same logic the Massachussets Supreme Court used to force gay marriage on the state? The logic being 1) There is a situation that is "unjust" 2) The legislature won't fix it so 3) I will legislate from the bench. Liberals in NYC would blow a gasket at such a move, yet liberals never mind or protest when a liberal activist court bypasses the legislature to force something they want.

I am not holding my breath on this lady's chances, but hopefully the issue of school choice will get some attention.