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14 U.N.H. L. Rev. 1 (2015-2016)

handle is hein.journals/plr14 and id is 1 raw text is: Claremont I and II-Were They Rightly Decided, and Where Have They Left Us? JOHN M. LEWIS AND STEPHEN E. BOROFSKY* CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ........................2...... .....................2 I. CLAREMONT I AND CLAREMONTI ............. ..................... 7 1. Background ........................................ 7 a. In New Hampshire: The History Leading Up to the Filing of the Litigation .......................7..... .............7 b. Elsewhere ...................................... 13 2. The Early Proceedings ....................... ......... 16 a. The Issues and Relief Sought ................. ........ 16 b. Motion to Dismiss and Superior Court Order ...... ........ 17 c. The Claremont I Decision. ................. .......... 20 3. The Superior Court Trial and Decision ........... ......... 24 a. The Claims .......................................... 24 b. The Trial ............................................ 26 c. The Superior Court Decision ........ ................. 32 i. The Education Equity/Adequacy Count........................ 32 ii. The Equity/Adequacy Funding Count ............ ..... 37 iii. The Equal Protection Count....................... 39 iv. The Tax Count ..................................... 41 v. The Superior Court Concluding Remarks ...... ......... 43 4. Claremont II...................................... 43 a. The Arguments ................................... 43 b. The Majority Decision .............................. 44 c. The Dissent. ............................ ......... 50 II. DEFENSIBILITY ......................................... ....... 52 1. ClaremontI ............................. .......... 53 a. The Meaning of Article 83 .................. ......... 53 b. Separation of Powers Concerns. .......... ............. 62 2. Claremont II...................................... 75 a. The Defensibility of the Tax Ruling ........... ......... 75 b. The Defensibility of its Major Education Pronouncements.......... 79 c. Its Other Difficulties.......................... 81 III. WHERE WE ARE WITH THE CLAREMONT MANDATES . ............... 84 1. Definition ........................................ 84 2. Accountability/Assessment ............................ 85 a. Accountability Mechanisms .................. ........ 85 b. Assessment Results............................. 91