Government
Feb. 24, 2004
Wal-Mart Initiative Subverts Democracy
Forum Column - By Erwin Chemerinsky - California's initiative process has been the subject of scrutiny in recent years because many have come to wonder whether the endless stream of ballot measures is advancing democracy or eroding it. There is no question that the initiative and accompanying reforms have often served their original purpose of counterbalancing corruption by government or big business.
Erwin Chemerinsky
Dean and Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law UC Berkeley School of Law
Erwin's most recent book is "Worse Than Nothing: The Dangerous Fallacy of Originalism." He is also the author of "Closing the Courthouse," (Yale University Press 2017).
By Erwin Chemerinsky
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