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Article #231Re: Vote NO on Prop Eight
From: Ian B MacLure
Date: Sun, 02 Nov 2008 18:30
Date: Sun, 02 Nov 2008 18:30
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"A Browne" <Rpalino@mailandnews..com> wrote in
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>> Let's not forget forget this measure
>> would not have been necessary if the court had respected
>> the will of the people in the first place.
>
> The "will of the people" is not the final sole arbiter.
Sure is. In fact if the people decide not to allow
Courts jurisdiction the Courts get not opinion.
> Civil Rights are not up for popular vote.
>
> If the majority of "the people" decided to re-institute slavery, it
> would not be valid, because the consitution doesn't allow it.
In this case the CA Constitution is being changed.
Are you planning on appealing on the basis of the US
Constitution?
IBM
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