Judicial Activism = when the court does something we don't like.
I thought judicial activism was making law/rights where there was none.
This sounds like it was another attempt at "Robin Hood" financing. Having well off districts give money to poorer districts. Take from the rich, give to the poor. From each according to ability, to each according to need.
Maybe the opponents should be frank and call it Marxist Financing.
That's about the size of it. Ever-more centralizing authority and ever less freedom as the Big Mommy State doles out little sops to social conservatives, big sops to Leftists, and gradually enslaves us all. . .
No - judicial activism is when the courts make law. Determining whether a law passed by the legislature is unconstitutional or not (which is what the Texas Supremes did) is one of the true duties of the judiciary.