The A.P. reports here
(ignore the title involving "Redneck shirts"!) that the Supreme Court has
denied cert. in Board of Education of the Township of Branchburg v. Board
of Education of the Borough of Somerville, 02-1302. This is the case involving
the right of non-resident parents to proportional representation on school
boards where their children go to high school. The Third Circuit had upheld
a New Jersey law that gave the parents no more than one seat on the school
board, even in a case where their students made up 50& of the school board's
students. I had commented about the case earlier here
and here,
expressing doubts about the idea that non-residents should have the
right to "one person, one vote" representation in local elections.
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Rick Hasen
Professor of Law and William M. Rains Fellow
Loyola Law School
919 South Albany Street
Los Angeles, CA 90015-1211
(213)736-1466
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rick.hasen@lls.edu
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