At one point, Burdick disputed Bradbury’s statement that the state’s school facilities lawsuit ended when lawyers were called to a meeting in the Supreme Court’s basement and told “it’s over,” without any written order or decision - and despite an earlier ruling that the state’s school funding system is unconstitutional. “It is abject malarkey and nonsense,” Burdick said, adding that the basement meeting was a scheduling conference on another, related case. “I’m not going to say it’s a lie, but it’s darn close to it,” Burdick said. Bradbury responded, “If you want to know what happened in the basement of the Supreme Court, talk to the players who were there.” His description matches that given at the time by former Idaho Supreme Court Justice Robert Huntley, attorney for a group of school districts that sued over the the state’s system for funding school construction, and Deputy Attorney General Michael Gilmore/Betsy Russell, SR. More here. (SR Photo/Betsy Russell: Judge John Bradbury, left, and Roger Burdick)

Question: Do you believe the Idaho Supreme Court handled properly the conclusion to a long-running lawsuit in which dozens of school districts tried to force the Legislature to properly fund education?