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California chief justice criticizes initiative process

Los Angeles : CA : USA | about 1 month ago  
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George laments the ease with which a ballot initiative can be used to amend the California Constitution and says the system has created a "dysfunctional state government." George notes in prepared remarks to be delivered in Cambridge, Mass., that the same day that California voters approved Proposition...
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  • News Source: Daily Breeze | about 1 month ago
    The chief justice of the California Supreme Court criticized the state's reliance on the referendum process Saturday, saying it has "rendered our state government dysfunctional." The use of referenda to change state laws and the constitution hampers...
  • News Source: Los Angeles Times | about 1 month ago
    George, in a speech before the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, says the ease by which Californians can make new laws at the ballot box has "rendered our state government dysfunctional." George, who spoke Saturday in Cambridge, Mass., used the...
  • News Source: Androscoggin News | about 1 month ago
    In a rare public rebuke of state government and polices delivered by a sitting judge, the chief justice of the California Supreme Court scathingly criticized the state’s reliance on the referendum process, arguing that it has “rendered our state...
  • News Source: Sacramento Bee | about 1 month ago
    George laments the ease with which a ballot initiative can be used to amend the California Constitution and says the system has created a "dysfunctional state government." George notes in prepared remarks to be delivered in Cambridge, Mass., that the...
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  • Blog Source: law.trakkrz.com
    "California chief justice criticizes initiative process; The moderate Republican says it has made 'state government dysfunctional'; he signals a sense of urgency and willingness to push for reforms": Maura Dolan of The Los Angeles Times ...
  • Blog Source: reactionradio.net
    The moderate Republican says it has made 'state government dysfunctional'; he signals a sense of urgency and willingness to push for reforms.
  • Blog Source: lltnh.wordpress.com
    California Chief Justice Criticizes Initiative Process. October 10, 2009 Tom Leave a comment Go to comments. The Los Angeles times quotes Chief Justice Ronald M. George as saying in a speech that the easy by which Californians can make ...
  • Blog Source: www.kennethinthe212.com
    Via NYT: In a rare public rebuke of state government and policies delivered by a sitting judge, the chief justice of the California Supreme Court scathingly criticized the state's reliance on the referendum process, arguing that it has ... Citing a
  • Blog Source: shermenator.wordpress.com
    Instead she allows for Ronald M. George, the chief justice of California's supreme court, to show his scorn for what has become of the Californian Government. The largest issue that George has with his state's government process is the fact that it
  • Blog Source: goldenstategoldstein.blogspot.com
    In a rare public censure of state government and policies delivered by a sitting judge, the Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court used the occasion of his induction to criticize the initiative process and call for reform. ...
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