California Chief Judge Slams Direct Democracy

[AyatollahGondola]

Calif. top justice slams state referendum process

The widespread use of referendums to change state laws and constitutions hampers legislators, gives special interests too much power and burdens the judicial branch, Chief Justice Ronald M. George said in a speech delivered in Cambridge, Mass.

http://www.sacbee.com/state_wire/story/2244937.html

[AyatollahGondola]

I should ask everyone....
Were you aware that you were a "special interest"?

[joazinha]

With all the court activism it would seem logical to assume that the judiciary is a special interest group!