If you think Republicans are going to kill the TJ lottery....

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Lottery systems are an absolute staple at charter schools, many of whom rank extremely highly in US News and World Report rankings.

Republicans are generally strongly in favor of charter schools because they draw away from public schools and offer "school choice" to their constituents.

I know for sure the democrats won't kill it. They are the author of this proposal.

TJ is not a charter school. It is a school for gifted students.

Yep, but it is a Governor's school. It is a public school. And so, by classification, are charters - they receive government funding just like magnet schools do.

A court cannot strike down TJ's merit lottery system without creating MAJOR problems for school choice across the country.

You are missing the cause and effect. R doesn't like public schools hence R likes charter school. It has nothing to do with the love of lottery. On the other hand, democrats created this lottery proposal.

This proposal will be strike down in my opinion. I am not a lawyer but learned something here called "disparate effect". Fairfax democrats wants to address racial makeup of TJ. So the proposal has everything to do with race. And this proposal will dramatically cut down Asians' representation from 70% to 30% while the whites' representation doubles.

So you learned a term, but clearly have no idea how it is actually applied?

I just explained my understanding of it. You offered nothing. This proposal is about race. It is not race neutral. The existing application process which is holistic is actually race neutral.

You did a great job explaining your understanding. More than I can say for posters keep repeating the same thing that the proposal is race neutral when they know it is not. Just ask Brabrand and his supporting documents. He dug his own grave. Too funny.

I'm not sure how many times it needs to be explained to you that, if a lottery plan were to be struck down by a court, the court would not force FCPS to keep operating TJ as a Governor's School. The lines have been drawn. In that scenario, FCPS just turns TJ back into a regular high school.

Maybe you want that, if you can't have your preferred version of TJ. But TJ as it exists today is not going to exist in four years, whether Brabrand presides over the change or not.

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Anonymous wrote:Think again.

Lottery systems are an absolute staple at charter schools, many of whom rank extremely highly in US News and World Report rankings.

Republicans are generally strongly in favor of charter schools because they draw away from public schools and offer "school choice" to their constituents.

I know for sure the democrats won't kill it. They are the author of this proposal.

TJ is not a charter school. It is a school for gifted students.

Yep, but it is a Governor's school. It is a public school. And so, by classification, are charters - they receive government funding just like magnet schools do.

A court cannot strike down TJ's merit lottery system without creating MAJOR problems for school choice across the country.

You are missing the cause and effect. R doesn't like public schools hence R likes charter school. It has nothing to do with the love of lottery. On the other hand, democrats created this lottery proposal.

This proposal will be strike down in my opinion. I am not a lawyer but learned something here called "disparate effect". Fairfax democrats wants to address racial makeup of TJ. So the proposal has everything to do with race. And this proposal will dramatically cut down Asians' representation from 70% to 30% while the whites' representation doubles.

So you learned a term, but clearly have no idea how it is actually applied?

I just explained my understanding of it. You offered nothing. This proposal is about race. It is not race neutral. The existing application process which is holistic is actually race neutral.

You did a great job explaining your understanding. More than I can say for posters keep repeating the same thing that the proposal is race neutral when they know it is not. Just ask Brabrand and his supporting documents. He dug his own grave. Too funny.

I'm not sure how many times it needs to be explained to you that, if a lottery plan were to be struck down by a court, the court would not force FCPS to keep operating TJ as a Governor's School. The lines have been drawn. In that scenario, FCPS just turns TJ back into a regular high school.

Maybe you want that, if you can't have your preferred version of TJ. But TJ as it exists today is not going to exist in four years, whether Brabrand presides over the change or not.

I disagree so we shall see but things are looking bad for your repeated argument with the 6-9 ultra conservative super majority Supreme Court.

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Anonymous wrote:Think again.

Lottery systems are an absolute staple at charter schools, many of whom rank extremely highly in US News and World Report rankings.

Republicans are generally strongly in favor of charter schools because they draw away from public schools and offer "school choice" to their constituents.

I know for sure the democrats won't kill it. They are the author of this proposal.

TJ is not a charter school. It is a school for gifted students.

Yep, but it is a Governor's school. It is a public school. And so, by classification, are charters - they receive government funding just like magnet schools do.

A court cannot strike down TJ's merit lottery system without creating MAJOR problems for school choice across the country.

You are missing the cause and effect. R doesn't like public schools hence R likes charter school. It has nothing to do with the love of lottery. On the other hand, democrats created this lottery proposal.

This proposal will be strike down in my opinion. I am not a lawyer but learned something here called "disparate effect". Fairfax democrats wants to address racial makeup of TJ. So the proposal has everything to do with race. And this proposal will dramatically cut down Asians' representation from 70% to 30% while the whites' representation doubles.

So you learned a term, but clearly have no idea how it is actually applied?

I just explained my understanding of it. You offered nothing. This proposal is about race. It is not race neutral. The existing application process which is holistic is actually race neutral.

You did a great job explaining your understanding. More than I can say for posters keep repeating the same thing that the proposal is race neutral when they know it is not. Just ask Brabrand and his supporting documents. He dug his own grave. Too funny.

I'm not sure how many times it needs to be explained to you that, if a lottery plan were to be struck down by a court, the court would not force FCPS to keep operating TJ as a Governor's School. The lines have been drawn. In that scenario, FCPS just turns TJ back into a regular high school.

Maybe you want that, if you can't have your preferred version of TJ. But TJ as it exists today is not going to exist in four years, whether Brabrand presides over the change or not.

I disagree so we shall see but things are looking bad for your repeated argument with the 6-9 ultra conservative super majority Supreme Court.

Feel free to gloat about the prospect of a 6-3 Supreme Court weighted in favor of conservatives.

You might have a problem, however, showing that any Supreme Court has found fault with a lottery system like the one proposed by Brabrand (if so, it would invalidate a host of charters) and, of course, you have no response if the Democrats win the Presidency and both houses of Congress and decide to expand the Supreme Court - whose membership has varied over time - to 13 to secure a majority again. You won't find anything in the Constitution that prohibits them from doing that or fixes a specific number of seats on the Supreme Court.

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Anonymous wrote:Think again.

Lottery systems are an absolute staple at charter schools, many of whom rank extremely highly in US News and World Report rankings.

Republicans are generally strongly in favor of charter schools because they draw away from public schools and offer "school choice" to their constituents.

I know for sure the democrats won't kill it. They are the author of this proposal.

TJ is not a charter school. It is a school for gifted students.

Yep, but it is a Governor's school. It is a public school. And so, by classification, are charters - they receive government funding just like magnet schools do.

A court cannot strike down TJ's merit lottery system without creating MAJOR problems for school choice across the country.

You are missing the cause and effect. R doesn't like public schools hence R likes charter school. It has nothing to do with the love of lottery. On the other hand, democrats created this lottery proposal.

This proposal will be strike down in my opinion. I am not a lawyer but learned something here called "disparate effect". Fairfax democrats wants to address racial makeup of TJ. So the proposal has everything to do with race. And this proposal will dramatically cut down Asians' representation from 70% to 30% while the whites' representation doubles.

So you learned a term, but clearly have no idea how it is actually applied?

I just explained my understanding of it. You offered nothing. This proposal is about race. It is not race neutral. The existing application process which is holistic is actually race neutral.

You did a great job explaining your understanding. More than I can say for posters keep repeating the same thing that the proposal is race neutral when they know it is not. Just ask Brabrand and his supporting documents. He dug his own grave. Too funny.

I'm not sure how many times it needs to be explained to you that, if a lottery plan were to be struck down by a court, the court would not force FCPS to keep operating TJ as a Governor's School. The lines have been drawn. In that scenario, FCPS just turns TJ back into a regular high school.

Maybe you want that, if you can't have your preferred version of TJ. But TJ as it exists today is not going to exist in four years, whether Brabrand presides over the change or not.

I disagree so we shall see but things are looking bad for your repeated argument with the 6-9 ultra conservative super majority Supreme Court.

Feel free to gloat about the prospect of a 6-3 Supreme Court weighted in favor of conservatives.

You might have a problem, however, showing that any Supreme Court has found fault with a lottery system like the one proposed by Brabrand (if so, it would invalidate a host of charters) and, of course, you have no response if the Democrats win the Presidency and both houses of Congress and decide to expand the Supreme Court - whose membership has varied over time - to 13 to secure a majority again. You won't find anything in the Constitution that prohibits them from doing that or fixes a specific number of seats on the Supreme Court.

Democrats don’t have the balls to pack the Supreme Court I am certain and if they do so in the unlikely event, Republicans will add few more once they have the control so that process will continue indefinitely.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Think again.

Lottery systems are an absolute staple at charter schools, many of whom rank extremely highly in US News and World Report rankings.

Republicans are generally strongly in favor of charter schools because they draw away from public schools and offer "school choice" to their constituents.

I know for sure the democrats won't kill it. They are the author of this proposal.

TJ is not a charter school. It is a school for gifted students.

Yep, but it is a Governor's school. It is a public school. And so, by classification, are charters - they receive government funding just like magnet schools do.

A court cannot strike down TJ's merit lottery system without creating MAJOR problems for school choice across the country.

You are missing the cause and effect. R doesn't like public schools hence R likes charter school. It has nothing to do with the love of lottery. On the other hand, democrats created this lottery proposal.

This proposal will be strike down in my opinion. I am not a lawyer but learned something here called "disparate effect". Fairfax democrats wants to address racial makeup of TJ. So the proposal has everything to do with race. And this proposal will dramatically cut down Asians' representation from 70% to 30% while the whites' representation doubles.

So you learned a term, but clearly have no idea how it is actually applied?

I just explained my understanding of it. You offered nothing. This proposal is about race. It is not race neutral. The existing application process which is holistic is actually race neutral.

You did a great job explaining your understanding. More than I can say for posters keep repeating the same thing that the proposal is race neutral when they know it is not. Just ask Brabrand and his supporting documents. He dug his own grave. Too funny.

I'm not sure how many times it needs to be explained to you that, if a lottery plan were to be struck down by a court, the court would not force FCPS to keep operating TJ as a Governor's School. The lines have been drawn. In that scenario, FCPS just turns TJ back into a regular high school.

Maybe you want that, if you can't have your preferred version of TJ. But TJ as it exists today is not going to exist in four years, whether Brabrand presides over the change or not.

I disagree so we shall see but things are looking bad for your repeated argument with the 6-9 ultra conservative super majority Supreme Court.

The old refrain of can you cite to a single case that indicates any judge, let alone a conservative judge has ever struck down a race blind lottery?

[Anonymous]

The current admissions process is race blind. The new one aims to use geographic quotas as a proxy for race. It also has no clear standards for what will be reviewed for an applicant to make it into the lottery pool. 3.5 gpa, some unspecified performance on an essay test. That’s it. I am sure they plan to use race as a +1 without announcing it. It will have a disparate impact on Asian Americans not to mention a primary beneficiary of white students.

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Anonymous wrote:Think again.

Lottery systems are an absolute staple at charter schools, many of whom rank extremely highly in US News and World Report rankings.

Republicans are generally strongly in favor of charter schools because they draw away from public schools and offer "school choice" to their constituents.

I know for sure the democrats won't kill it. They are the author of this proposal.

TJ is not a charter school. It is a school for gifted students.

Yep, but it is a Governor's school. It is a public school. And so, by classification, are charters - they receive government funding just like magnet schools do.

A court cannot strike down TJ's merit lottery system without creating MAJOR problems for school choice across the country.

You are missing the cause and effect. R doesn't like public schools hence R likes charter school. It has nothing to do with the love of lottery. On the other hand, democrats created this lottery proposal.

This proposal will be strike down in my opinion. I am not a lawyer but learned something here called "disparate effect". Fairfax democrats wants to address racial makeup of TJ. So the proposal has everything to do with race. And this proposal will dramatically cut down Asians' representation from 70% to 30% while the whites' representation doubles.

So you learned a term, but clearly have no idea how it is actually applied?

I just explained my understanding of it. You offered nothing. This proposal is about race. It is not race neutral. The existing application process which is holistic is actually race neutral.

You did a great job explaining your understanding. More than I can say for posters keep repeating the same thing that the proposal is race neutral when they know it is not. Just ask Brabrand and his supporting documents. He dug his own grave. Too funny.

I'm not sure how many times it needs to be explained to you that, if a lottery plan were to be struck down by a court, the court would not force FCPS to keep operating TJ as a Governor's School. The lines have been drawn. In that scenario, FCPS just turns TJ back into a regular high school.

Maybe you want that, if you can't have your preferred version of TJ. But TJ as it exists today is not going to exist in four years, whether Brabrand presides over the change or not.

I disagree so we shall see but things are looking bad for your repeated argument with the 6-9 ultra conservative super majority Supreme Court.

The old refrain of can you cite to a single case that indicates any judge, let alone a conservative judge has ever struck down a race blind lottery?

It is not race blind. The current system is race blind.

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Anonymous wrote:Think again.

Lottery systems are an absolute staple at charter schools, many of whom rank extremely highly in US News and World Report rankings.

Republicans are generally strongly in favor of charter schools because they draw away from public schools and offer "school choice" to their constituents.

I know for sure the democrats won't kill it. They are the author of this proposal.

TJ is not a charter school. It is a school for gifted students.

Yep, but it is a Governor's school. It is a public school. And so, by classification, are charters - they receive government funding just like magnet schools do.

A court cannot strike down TJ's merit lottery system without creating MAJOR problems for school choice across the country.

You are missing the cause and effect. R doesn't like public schools hence R likes charter school. It has nothing to do with the love of lottery. On the other hand, democrats created this lottery proposal.

This proposal will be strike down in my opinion. I am not a lawyer but learned something here called "disparate effect". Fairfax democrats wants to address racial makeup of TJ. So the proposal has everything to do with race. And this proposal will dramatically cut down Asians' representation from 70% to 30% while the whites' representation doubles.

So you learned a term, but clearly have no idea how it is actually applied?

I just explained my understanding of it. You offered nothing. This proposal is about race. It is not race neutral. The existing application process which is holistic is actually race neutral.

You did a great job explaining your understanding. More than I can say for posters keep repeating the same thing that the proposal is race neutral when they know it is not. Just ask Brabrand and his supporting documents. He dug his own grave. Too funny.

I'm not sure how many times it needs to be explained to you that, if a lottery plan were to be struck down by a court, the court would not force FCPS to keep operating TJ as a Governor's School. The lines have been drawn. In that scenario, FCPS just turns TJ back into a regular high school.

Maybe you want that, if you can't have your preferred version of TJ. But TJ as it exists today is not going to exist in four years, whether Brabrand presides over the change or not.

I disagree so we shall see but things are looking bad for your repeated argument with the 6-9 ultra conservative super majority Supreme Court.

Feel free to gloat about the prospect of a 6-3 Supreme Court weighted in favor of conservatives.

You might have a problem, however, showing that any Supreme Court has found fault with a lottery system like the one proposed by Brabrand (if so, it would invalidate a host of charters) and, of course, you have no response if the Democrats win the Presidency and both houses of Congress and decide to expand the Supreme Court - whose membership has varied over time - to 13 to secure a majority again. You won't find anything in the Constitution that prohibits them from doing that or fixes a specific number of seats on the Supreme Court.

Democrats don’t have the balls to pack the Supreme Court I am certain and if they do so in the unlikely event, Republicans will add few more once they have the control so that process will continue indefinitely.

Said by some of the same people who said a local School Board would never have the balls to take on TJ admissions. Your batting average isn’t great.

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Anonymous wrote:Think again.

Lottery systems are an absolute staple at charter schools, many of whom rank extremely highly in US News and World Report rankings.

Republicans are generally strongly in favor of charter schools because they draw away from public schools and offer "school choice" to their constituents.

I know for sure the democrats won't kill it. They are the author of this proposal.

TJ is not a charter school. It is a school for gifted students.

Yep, but it is a Governor's school. It is a public school. And so, by classification, are charters - they receive government funding just like magnet schools do.

A court cannot strike down TJ's merit lottery system without creating MAJOR problems for school choice across the country.

You are missing the cause and effect. R doesn't like public schools hence R likes charter school. It has nothing to do with the love of lottery. On the other hand, democrats created this lottery proposal.

This proposal will be strike down in my opinion. I am not a lawyer but learned something here called "disparate effect". Fairfax democrats wants to address racial makeup of TJ. So the proposal has everything to do with race. And this proposal will dramatically cut down Asians' representation from 70% to 30% while the whites' representation doubles.

So you learned a term, but clearly have no idea how it is actually applied?

I just explained my understanding of it. You offered nothing. This proposal is about race. It is not race neutral. The existing application process which is holistic is actually race neutral.

You did a great job explaining your understanding. More than I can say for posters keep repeating the same thing that the proposal is race neutral when they know it is not. Just ask Brabrand and his supporting documents. He dug his own grave. Too funny.

I'm not sure how many times it needs to be explained to you that, if a lottery plan were to be struck down by a court, the court would not force FCPS to keep operating TJ as a Governor's School. The lines have been drawn. In that scenario, FCPS just turns TJ back into a regular high school.

Maybe you want that, if you can't have your preferred version of TJ. But TJ as it exists today is not going to exist in four years, whether Brabrand presides over the change or not.

I disagree so we shall see but things are looking bad for your repeated argument with the 6-9 ultra conservative super majority Supreme Court.

Feel free to gloat about the prospect of a 6-3 Supreme Court weighted in favor of conservatives.

You might have a problem, however, showing that any Supreme Court has found fault with a lottery system like the one proposed by Brabrand (if so, it would invalidate a host of charters) and, of course, you have no response if the Democrats win the Presidency and both houses of Congress and decide to expand the Supreme Court - whose membership has varied over time - to 13 to secure a majority again. You won't find anything in the Constitution that prohibits them from doing that or fixes a specific number of seats on the Supreme Court.

Democrats don’t have the balls to pack the Supreme Court I am certain and if they do so in the unlikely event, Republicans will add few more once they have the control so that process will continue indefinitely.

Said by some of the same people who said a local School Board would never have the balls to take on TJ admissions. Your batting average isn’t great.

The proposal appears to have great obstacles now and the chances of it surviving a legal challenge appears to be slim to none so don’t feel too bad. Haha.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Think again.

Lottery systems are an absolute staple at charter schools, many of whom rank extremely highly in US News and World Report rankings.

Republicans are generally strongly in favor of charter schools because they draw away from public schools and offer "school choice" to their constituents.

I know for sure the democrats won't kill it. They are the author of this proposal.

TJ is not a charter school. It is a school for gifted students.

Yep, but it is a Governor's school. It is a public school. And so, by classification, are charters - they receive government funding just like magnet schools do.

A court cannot strike down TJ's merit lottery system without creating MAJOR problems for school choice across the country.

You are missing the cause and effect. R doesn't like public schools hence R likes charter school. It has nothing to do with the love of lottery. On the other hand, democrats created this lottery proposal.

This proposal will be strike down in my opinion. I am not a lawyer but learned something here called "disparate effect". Fairfax democrats wants to address racial makeup of TJ. So the proposal has everything to do with race. And this proposal will dramatically cut down Asians' representation from 70% to 30% while the whites' representation doubles.

Except that isn’t how common law works in the US- invalidate one lottery and any similar lottery is now in question

Your racism is not very subtle. Who is talking about laws in foreign countries?

Invalidate this lottery could possibly bring down AA. It is in the black and white this lottery is designed to change racial makeup. Charter schools are fine because their lotteries are actually race neutral.

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Anonymous wrote:Think again.

Lottery systems are an absolute staple at charter schools, many of whom rank extremely highly in US News and World Report rankings.

Republicans are generally strongly in favor of charter schools because they draw away from public schools and offer "school choice" to their constituents.

I know for sure the democrats won't kill it. They are the author of this proposal.

TJ is not a charter school. It is a school for gifted students.

Yep, but it is a Governor's school. It is a public school. And so, by classification, are charters - they receive government funding just like magnet schools do.

A court cannot strike down TJ's merit lottery system without creating MAJOR problems for school choice across the country.

You are missing the cause and effect. R doesn't like public schools hence R likes charter school. It has nothing to do with the love of lottery. On the other hand, democrats created this lottery proposal.

This proposal will be strike down in my opinion. I am not a lawyer but learned something here called "disparate effect". Fairfax democrats wants to address racial makeup of TJ. So the proposal has everything to do with race. And this proposal will dramatically cut down Asians' representation from 70% to 30% while the whites' representation doubles.

So you learned a term, but clearly have no idea how it is actually applied?

I just explained my understanding of it. You offered nothing. This proposal is about race. It is not race neutral. The existing application process which is holistic is actually race neutral.

You did a great job explaining your understanding. More than I can say for posters keep repeating the same thing that the proposal is race neutral when they know it is not. Just ask Brabrand and his supporting documents. He dug his own grave. Too funny.

I'm not sure how many times it needs to be explained to you that, if a lottery plan were to be struck down by a court, the court would not force FCPS to keep operating TJ as a Governor's School. The lines have been drawn. In that scenario, FCPS just turns TJ back into a regular high school.

Maybe you want that, if you can't have your preferred version of TJ. But TJ as it exists today is not going to exist in four years, whether Brabrand presides over the change or not.

I disagree so we shall see but things are looking bad for your repeated argument with the 6-9 ultra conservative super majority Supreme Court.

Feel free to gloat about the prospect of a 6-3 Supreme Court weighted in favor of conservatives.

You might have a problem, however, showing that any Supreme Court has found fault with a lottery system like the one proposed by Brabrand (if so, it would invalidate a host of charters) and, of course, you have no response if the Democrats win the Presidency and both houses of Congress and decide to expand the Supreme Court - whose membership has varied over time - to 13 to secure a majority again. You won't find anything in the Constitution that prohibits them from doing that or fixes a specific number of seats on the Supreme Court.

Democrats don’t have the balls to pack the Supreme Court I am certain and if they do so in the unlikely event, Republicans will add few more once they have the control so that process will continue indefinitely.

Said by some of the same people who said a local School Board would never have the balls to take on TJ admissions. Your batting average isn’t great.

The proposal appears to have great obstacles now and the chances of it surviving a legal challenge appears to be slim to none so don’t feel too bad. Haha.

Literally no basis in reality to the above reply. A lot of people seem to be shouting it out hoping that it will do something but it won’t.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Think again.

Lottery systems are an absolute staple at charter schools, many of whom rank extremely highly in US News and World Report rankings.

Republicans are generally strongly in favor of charter schools because they draw away from public schools and offer "school choice" to their constituents.

I know for sure the democrats won't kill it. They are the author of this proposal.

TJ is not a charter school. It is a school for gifted students.

Yep, but it is a Governor's school. It is a public school. And so, by classification, are charters - they receive government funding just like magnet schools do.

A court cannot strike down TJ's merit lottery system without creating MAJOR problems for school choice across the country.

You are missing the cause and effect. R doesn't like public schools hence R likes charter school. It has nothing to do with the love of lottery. On the other hand, democrats created this lottery proposal.

This proposal will be strike down in my opinion. I am not a lawyer but learned something here called "disparate effect". Fairfax democrats wants to address racial makeup of TJ. So the proposal has everything to do with race. And this proposal will dramatically cut down Asians' representation from 70% to 30% while the whites' representation doubles.

So you learned a term, but clearly have no idea how it is actually applied?

I just explained my understanding of it. You offered nothing. This proposal is about race. It is not race neutral. The existing application process which is holistic is actually race neutral.

You did a great job explaining your understanding. More than I can say for posters keep repeating the same thing that the proposal is race neutral when they know it is not. Just ask Brabrand and his supporting documents. He dug his own grave. Too funny.

I'm not sure how many times it needs to be explained to you that, if a lottery plan were to be struck down by a court, the court would not force FCPS to keep operating TJ as a Governor's School. The lines have been drawn. In that scenario, FCPS just turns TJ back into a regular high school.

Maybe you want that, if you can't have your preferred version of TJ. But TJ as it exists today is not going to exist in four years, whether Brabrand presides over the change or not.

I disagree so we shall see but things are looking bad for your repeated argument with the 6-9 ultra conservative super majority Supreme Court.

Feel free to gloat about the prospect of a 6-3 Supreme Court weighted in favor of conservatives.

You might have a problem, however, showing that any Supreme Court has found fault with a lottery system like the one proposed by Brabrand (if so, it would invalidate a host of charters) and, of course, you have no response if the Democrats win the Presidency and both houses of Congress and decide to expand the Supreme Court - whose membership has varied over time - to 13 to secure a majority again. You won't find anything in the Constitution that prohibits them from doing that or fixes a specific number of seats on the Supreme Court.

Democrats don’t have the balls to pack the Supreme Court I am certain and if they do so in the unlikely event, Republicans will add few more once they have the control so that process will continue indefinitely.

Said by some of the same people who said a local School Board would never have the balls to take on TJ admissions. Your batting average isn’t great.

The proposal appears to have great obstacles now and the chances of it surviving a legal challenge appears to be slim to none so don’t feel too bad. Haha.

Literally no basis in reality to the above reply. A lot of people seem to be shouting it out hoping that it will do something but it won’t.

True. Not that there may not be flaws with the proposal, but the legal risk isn’t really one of them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh my god. Basically no one agrees with you people.

Wrong.

-NP.

[Anonymous]

I’m confused as to why OO this is this is a “Republican thing”

[Anonymous]

The people who think the Supreme Court will strikes this down are not lawyers. Nothing is more race blind than a lottery,