State Supreme Court removes measure to split California into three states from November ballot

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Source: LA Times

In a brief order, the court said it acted “because significant questions have been raised regarding the proposition’s validity and because we conclude that the potential harm in permitting the measure to remain on the ballot outweighs the potential harm in delaying the proposition to a future election.”

The court, meeting in closed session, also agreed to rule eventually on the measure’s constitutionality, a ruling that is likely to go against the initiative.

“They would not have removed it from the ballot unless it was their considered judgment that it is very likely not a valid measure that can go to the voters,” said University of Illinois law school Dean Vikram Amar.

The environmental group contended in its challenge that the measure amounted to a proposed revision of the state Constitution, which can be placed on the ballot only if two-thirds of both houses of the Legislature approve.

“Proposition 9 fundamentally conflicts with the Constitution and proposes instead to disregard and abolish California’s current governmental structure, including the Constitution’s declared freedoms,” the group said in written arguments to the court.


Read more: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-three-state-court-20180718-story.html

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