California Supreme Court
Apr. 21, 2009
Taking Initiative
The California Supreme Court should not determine the fate of Proposition 8 with a decision that treats ballot initiatives as sacrosanct.
Jon B. Eisenberg
Email: jon@eisenbergappeals.com
Jon is a retired appellate attorney and the author of California Practice Guide: Civil Appeals and Writs.
Is it time for the California Supreme Court to rein in California's initiative process? I say yes - and Proposition 8, which would constitutionalize marriage discrimination against same-sex couples, is the place to do it.
As a native Californian, my earliest memory of the initiative process is Proposition 14, a 1964 ballot initiative intended to overturn the Rumford Fair Housing Act - legislation that prohibited racial discrimination in housing sales and rentals - by enshrining su...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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