US Con Art One Section 10.
The States have no authority to make anything other than Silver and Gold a tender in payment of debts.
A State can choose to accept other formats of payment, but can not require them.
It has actually been hashed out... with several people going to prison.
Same with this...
The State may not mandate any expense upon a local subdivision - even a public school - so the requirement to provide an adequate education is a State financial responsibility.
That is why they lost the current two rounds of traditional public school funding lawsuits.
Now we wait for the NHSC. Should they concur with the Superior Court, then it is up to the Legislature.
The Legislature can balk; and stall to an election year.
That is what they did the last time.
Or they can get to it during this session, and have something placed into law so that come election time they can say they upheld their constitutional duty.
I'm betting on the first.
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