Education advocates beware of characterizations of court rulings on school funding as “activist” rather than appropriate and necessary interpretations of constitutional provisions on public education. We also note education spending is called “unnecessary” by Kobach.

“Kobach characterized the issue of balancing the state budget — which he noted was dominated by spending on public schools — as being as much about the judiciary as the legislature’s allocations. ‘Activist’ judges have twisted the meaning of the constitution to force the legislature to spend an unnecessary amount on education, he said. If Republicans want to address the budget issues, they’ll need to change the way judges are appointed in the state.

“’If we want to get to the core of the problem on spending, we have to get to the core of the problem on the judiciary,’ he said. ‘And this is a true activist judiciary. This is a judiciary that will change the meaning of the constitution, will change the meaning of the law.’”

Read more here: http://pvpost.com/2015/08/05/first-election-fraud-cases-coming-next-month-kobach-tells-nejc-conservatives-41487