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State Supreme Court peppers lawyers with questions about $785 million Leandro spending order

The N.C. Supreme Court will decide in the days ahead whether a judge can order the state to spend an additional $785 million for education-related items. Justices also will decide whether the courts can bypass the General Assembly and order the money transferred out of the state treasury. Those are the key questions in the latest stage of the long-running Leandro school funding case. The case that dates back to 1994 returned to the state’s highest court Wednesday for oral arguments. ....

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Key Leandro argument would place time limit on separation of powers

There’s no expiration date for the separation of powers in government. If a power belongs to the executive branch, the executive faces no obligation to use it or lose it. The same holds true for powers allotted to the legislative and judicial branches. When one branch chooses to use its legitimate powers in ways that ....

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Judge hears arguments over court-ordered $1.7 billion for public schools as Leandro case heads to court

The North Carolina Supreme Court has asked Judge Michael Robinson to decide how the recent state budget affects a prior court ruling that ordered the state to set aside $1.7 billion for a plan to improve inequities in public schools. ....

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