What does this mean for the long-haul?
So far it means for the people and by the people loses to a couple of Judges or politicians.
Millions of votes of the people compared to a politician and a few judges means nothing right now in California.
Wonder how long it will be till these judges and politicians get the people revolting in some kind of revolution?
Somewhere in modern times our representatives went from working for people to putting their own views over the voters and that’s not right.
There’s a saying that the judges read the news, and if the landslide on the right is as predicted, judges know that the legislature has power to impeach them, and has power to reduce their staffs and their staffs’ pay and perks, though they can’t reduce judges’ salaries— but they don’t have to increase them at all, ever. The judges will have to lay low while waiting to see if the commies can make a comeback, and the most feeble of the heinous judges will try to be kept alive by machines so they can be unplugged at the appropriate time to insure a “progressive and suitably diverse successor.”
In the shorter run, this also could be very interesting. Jerry Brown, the attorney general of California is the official who should initiate the appeal, but apparently doesn’t intend to. He happens to be running for governor out there. He probably won’t benefit electorally by having taken a position counter to the expressed wishes of the people. He has a formidable opponent who has no reason to ignore his malfeasance. Brown may lose hugely enough to simply disappear as a political factor in the state or the nation. Wouldn’t that be excellent?
Arnold Schwarznegger could also initiate the appeal; I don’t think he can order the attorney general to do it, but he could have it done through private firms engaged for that purpose or volunteering pro bono, and they don’t have to come from within the state, either. The fact that Arnold has not done this means he’s probably now also a goner in California politics, and will be roundly booed at the Republican convention, and his counsel and advice will not be welcome any more in Republican circles. His best bet is to go judge beauty contests and talent shows.
It means Proposition 8 is for all intents and purposes dead.
It was ruled to be unConstitutional. No appeal being made, that ruling stands.
This is exactly what happened to Proposition 187. In those days Gray Davis’ team thumbed their nose at the will of the people. Now Arnold is doing the same thing.
We should have voted no on the recall. I was dead wrong.