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Originally Posted by cnredd
Don't bother ducking...the sarcasm whizzed WAY over you...
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Sarcasm in text is soooo easily interpreted...
Usually why I include some comment to make it so clear...
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Originally Posted by cnredd
The fact that this was done today proves that California is stupid...
What they SHOULD'VE done was to see if the proposition was constitutional BEFORE putting it on the ballot...
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Yeah. How often does that ACTUALLY get done cnredd?
The miscegenation laws were on the books in the vast majority of states. (Possibly every state).
Ballot measures typically get challenged AFTER they have already been approved. If it gets challenged before, it's typically because of some logistic technique (like some state constitutions evidently require state amendments to only deal with one specific issue).
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Originally Posted by cnredd
Imagine how much money (especially in lawyer fees) could've been saved had the constitutionality of the proposition been answered before putting it up for the peoples' will...
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More like California doing business like every other state in the union.
Can you name me any state that does business like you discuss?
Any state that struck down a law as "unconstitutional" BEFORE it was actually approved by vote?
Your criticism applies to all 50 states. Not just "california"...
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Originally Posted by saltwn
This will be an interesting case as it goes before the SC.
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I agree.
At the moment, I'm questioning the grounds by which somebody would appeal it to SCOTUS in the first place.
We're talking about making the jump from a state decision, to the federal government saying that it can't recognize a specific issue as a "right".
State / Federal rights are obviously invoked...
Wasn't there already an attempt to do this with Massachusetts that got shot down?