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California Supreme Court Blocks Proposal to Split State Into Three From November Ballot

posted by takyon on Tuesday July 24 2018, @11:00AM   
from the fault-lines dept.

realDonaldTrump writes:

California Supreme Court blocks proposal to split state in 3 from November ballot

The California Supreme Court on Wednesday blocked a proposal that would split the state into three from the November ballot.

The court wrote that it took the step "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."

Last week, an environmental group sued to have the measure removed from the ballot. To substantially alter the state's governance under the California constitution, the group argued, a constitutional convention would need to be called -- and that requires a supermajority of both houses of the state's legislature. A ballot initiative, the group said, was constitutionally insufficient.

See also: Billionaire Tim Draper Abandons Push to Split California Into Three

Asked if he would continue fighting for the measure, Draper said in an email to Bloomberg News that "the same six lawyers are going to make the decision. What would be the point? They have just proven that California has a runaway government and the people have no say."

Draper, a venture capitalist, sought the initiative because he said the world's fifth-largest economy is "nearly ungovernable" under the current system. Asked if there was anything else he planned to do to make the government more accountable, he said he was "still recovering from the shock."

Previously: Proposal to Divide California Into Three States Could Land on the November Ballot
Ballot Measure to Split California Into Three States Will Appear on the November 2018 Ballot

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• Re:meh Re:meh (Score: 5, Insightful) by theluggage on Tuesday July 24 2018, @12:47PM (1 child)

  by theluggage (1797) on Tuesday July 24 2018, @12:47PM (#711685)

  Solution: Pick up arms and kill the judges and legislatures.

  Problem: your new revolutionary council overloads turn out to be just as human and corruptable as the old lot, except they can now openly use, well, force to force their interests on the majorities.

  Remember folks - you don't have to be a psychopath to want to rule but - hell, who are we kidding, of course you do! Choosing a government is always about finding the least bad candidate, not the best. Even if you find the perfect benevolent dictator for life, they'll have kids. Or get assassinated (probably by their kids). Even imperfect democracy at least gives you a fighting chance of getting rid of a bad leader without letting the dogs out.

  People are a problem.

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• Re:meh (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday July 24 2018, @02:37PM

  by Runaway1956 (2926) on Tuesday July 24 2018, @02:37PM (#711732) Journal

  Cry 'Havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war;
  That this foul deed shall smell above the earth
  With carrion men, groaning for burial.

  Written by some shakey old dude, long ago.

  Who let the dogs out?
  Who, who, who, who, who?
  Who let the dogs out?
  Who, who, who, who, who?

  Sung by some shakey younger dudes, more recently

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