Posted on 01/20/2009 3:47:14 AM PST by J. E. Quidam
On December 1, 2008, a California voter filed a federal lawsuit, charging that the population of California legislative districts (the lower house in particular) is so vast, that Californians do not have true representation in either house of their state legislature. The lawsuit is filed in federal court and argues that the U.S. Constitution protects the ability of ordinary voters to have meaningful representation. It argues that given the 475,000 population of California Assembly districts, there is no real representation.
For those of you interested in learning about the litigation to end the legislative oligarchy in California, watch this interview of Michael Warnken at YouTube and for more information visit CommonWealth.com
Glad to see someone join the party.
Of course, the blackrobes will have to slap this one down hard and fast - if it moves forward, voters at the federal level will start to get ideas...
bttt
Do you know if there is a California ping list?
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