Yet again, Christie tries to defy the Supreme Court

Chris Christie has spent most of his time in office being obstructionist on affordable housing.

For years, his administration tried to gut the rules that require towns to build homes for lower-income people - the diner waiters, school bus drivers and child care workers that every community depends on. These people need safe neighborhoods with decent schools, too.

But Christie's officials simply refused to do their jobs and make sure towns accommodated them, prompting an epic showdown with the state Supreme Court in March 2015. Its justices couldn't have been clearer: Christie is not emperor, and can't just ignore the landmark Mount Laurel decision that required towns to provide a fair share of affordable housing.

Yet now, less than two years later, Christie's people are back in court, arguing that towns that did nothing to provide affordable housing during this period of state dysfunction shouldn't have to do anything to make up for their inactivity - or their active efforts to keep lower income people out.

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