California constitutional amendment initiatives require 598,105 valid signatures to reach the ballot, however, causing Sen. McCHntock's effort to stall for lack of the more than $1 million needed to qualify a measure in the state of 37 million people. Government agencies will no doubt battle Proposition 90 to the bitter end, using taxpayer funded lawsuits until its twin defense of property rights is ruled unconstitutional.
As the nation lurches back toward well-founded suspicion of big gov- ernment, the ruling elites are putting the pedal to the metal against the moral foundations. In a matter of months, three liberal federal judges struck down California's constitutional marriage amendment, the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), and the military's law barring homosexuality. Why mess around with legislators when federal judges can create havoc with the stroke of a pen?
EDITOR'S NOTE: TABOR has saved Colorado from a California-style economic crisis. The Gazette's sister paper, the Orange County Register, looks at a similar proposal in California. Anti-tax groups propose a new spending limitation for California government via a constitutional amendment that also would require any surplus revenue be used to pay down the state's burgeoning debt. We believe California voters will choose wisely and cap spending.
I know the consequences of these cuts are not just dollars," the governor continued. "I see the faces behind those dollars. I see the children whose teacher will be laid-off. I see the Alzheimer's' patients losing some of their In-Home Support Services. I see the firefighters and police officers who will lose their jobs...It's an awful feeling. But we have no choice. Our wallet is empty. State Sen. Mark DeSaulnier (D-Concord) introduced legislation, currently in committee, calling for a constitutional convention. "The initiative process in California- while important to government for the people and by the people- has created a Winchester House of budget constraints that don't connect," he says on his website. "Meanwhile we've allowed the legislative minority to wield a position of po...
... way to put a California constitutional amendment before voters," he says. "A convention takes more ...
National recognition for same-sex marriage took a giant step forward Wednesday when, in a decision that some are comparing to Roe v. Wade, a federal judge overturned Proposition 8, California's voter-approved constitutional amendment on traditional marriage. In the first federal ruling on a state marriage amendment, one that has the potential to become a Supreme Court case that would strike down every state's marriage law and make gay marriage a national fact, Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker ruled that Proposition 8, by defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman, violated the due process and equal protection clauses of the Constitution.
For many politicians, judges are constitutionally authorized nuisances (unless the decisions are useful for a political agenda). Shrewd officials and candidates respond to or utilize court actions to their advantage. We examine the impact of three recent controversial decisions: Last week, a federal judge in San Francisco overturned Proposition 8, a state constitutional amendment that banned same- sex marriages in California. Many LDS members in Utah contributed to the 2008 Prop. 8 election campaign, which generated tremendous controversy. Will a court decision in California impact elections in Utah?
The people -- of some states, anyway -- have spoken: What they had to say was pretty uncharitable, considering that a couple of influential churches played ventriloquist. In California, a state constitutional amendment was passed Nov. 4 to ban same-sex marriages. Voters in Arizona and Florida approved similar measures.
California voters, by a big margin, recently passed Proposition 14 -- The Top Two Primaries Act. This constitutional amendment was referred to voters by the California State Assembly. It requires all candidates to run in a single primary election open to all registered voters. Starting in 2012, voters will receive one primary ballot with all party candidates and independents. The two candidates in each office with the highest vote totals will advance to the general election. Politicos are now debating the merits of the system, and whether Utah should follow California. Is the wide-open, top-two primary system the start of a trend in American politics, or is it just another failed California experiment?
Although Obama opposes gay marriage, he supports civil union and gay equality. He is on record stating his belief that "gay couples should be able to visit each other in the hospital and share health care benefits... . They should be treated with dignity and have their privacy respected by the federal government." Obama opposed the constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage in California and received overwhelming support from the LGBT community.
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