education legal-terms
What does &quot;carte&quot; mean in this context?
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  <p>Neither position carried the day. On the one hand, this Court rejected the view that the IDEA gives “courts <strong>carte</strong> various judgments indicate should be imposed.” Rowley, 458 U. S., at 190, n. 11. </p>
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<p>Source: <a href="https://www.creativeleadership.net/blog/2017/4/2/special-education-services-just-got-easier-and-harder-the-endrew-f-supreme-court-decision-in-the-courts-own-words" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.creativeleadership.net/blog/2017/4/2/special-education-services-just-got-easier-and-harder-the-endrew-f-supreme-court-decision-in-the-courts-own-words</a></p>

<p>What does <em>carte</em> mean in this context?  What does the part in double quotes mean?  I tried two legal dictionaries and didn't find it.</p>

<p>It's supposed to be <em>carte blanche</em>, i.e. "blank check".  The quotation has left out several words.  You can find the full decision at <a href="https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/458/176/case.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/458/176/case.html</a>.  The complete sentence is:</p>

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  <p>It thus seems that the dissent would give the courts carte blanche to impose upon the States whatever burden their various judgments indicate should be imposed.</p>
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