On Amending and Revising the Constitution: The Issues behind the Challenge to Proposition 8

Joseph R. Grodin, University of California, Hastings College of the Law

Abstract

The principal question before the California Supreme Court is whether the state constitution can be modified through an initiative measure when that modification would take away from an identifiable group rights that the state Supreme Court has deemed to be "fundamental." A subsidiary issue, which would arise only if Proposition 8 is upheld, is whether that measure operates to invalidate marriages conducted before its passage.

Recommended Citation

Grodin, Joseph R. (2009) "On Amending and Revising the Constitution: The Issues behind the Challenge to Proposition 8," California Journal of Politics and Policy: Vol. 1 : Iss. 1, Article 13.
DOI: 10.2202/1944-4370.1015
Available at: http://www.bepress.com/cjpp/vol1/iss1/13

 
 
 
 

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