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California has turned itself into something of a joke over the years in large part because of their Rule by Referendum mentality. A sufficiently large group of people – and really not all that many – can get just about any idea that crosses their minds onto the ballot and have it enacted into law with a slick enough sales campaign. There are in excess of 100 of these proposals facing left coast voters this year, and one of them – Proposition 46 – seems to be pitting doctors against lawyers.

<p>SACRAMENTO (AP) - When voters backed Proposition 46 in 2002, supporters told them it would boost an ailing economy, build an abundance of subsidized housing without raising taxes, keep children in school, senior citizens out of nursing homes and stop battered women from being turned away at domestic violence shelters.</p>