The article analyzes the constitutional amendment process that gave birth to Proposition 8 in California and proposes the reformation of the state's Constitution. The proposal aims to adopt a much rigorous process of amending state's basic government charter to ensure federal constitutional standards. ...
“The Board ‘is bound by the due process clause of the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution to give the parties before it a fair and open hearing.’ The right to such a hearing is one of ‘the rudiments of fair play’ [citation] assured to every ...
The California Constitution may also be amended or revised by the State Legislature, as well as by the electorate. While the voters can approve a constitutional initiative on the statewide ballot, the Legislature can place a constitutional amendment on the Constitution. This process is allowed pursua...
The California Assembly approved a proposed Constitutional amendment on Friday by a vote of 54-8. Voters must still approve the amendment before it can become law. At least 17 states and the District of Columbia already allow 17-year-olds to vote in primary or special elections if they will...
California’s Supreme Court overturned a ban on same-sex marriage in May 2008, though opponents vowed to battle the ruling with a constitutional amendment. About one-third of Californians belong to churches, a proportion far below the national average. However, California has the highest ...
The dean of state constitutional law Professor Robert Williams presents: State Constitutions & The Limits of Criminal Punishments Symposium Click here to register! October 24, 2024 8:30 am – 6:15 pm Rutgers Camden Campus Center – Multipurpose Room This symposium will engage with the growing leg...
WHEREAS, Winner-take-all statutes may be repealed in the same way they were enacted; namely, through each state’s process for enacting and repealing state laws. Therefore, a federal constitutional amendment is not necessary to change the state-by-state, winner-take-all method of awarding ele...
Proposition 13 was an amendment of the Constitution of California enacted during 1978, by means of the initiative process. It was approved by California voters on June 6, 1978. It was declared constitutional by the United States Supreme Court in the case of Nordlinger v. Hahn, 505 U.S. 1...
SAFETY ON: The backlash has been swift for Assemblymember Rick Chavez Zbur and his proposal to make California an anti-stand-your-ground state. The Los Angeles Democrat is continuing to play defense on his less-than-week-old bill to narrow the definition of “justifiable homicide” by ...
In a blog post from March 2016, Marinelli interpreted the Supreme Court's opinion to mean that California could propose a constitutional amendment allowing it to secede. If that was then approved by two-thirds of both houses of Congress, and ratified by 38 states, California could become indepe...