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Originally Posted by SoCalCoug
There have been 500 amendments to the California Constitution. Compared to 27 amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
Does the U.S. Constitution allow for amendment by simple majority vote?
You're looking at the California amendment through a federal Constitutional lens.
I agree. The California amendment process sucks - it should be much more difficult to amend it. But that's how it is, and if it's that easy to amend it, why shouldn't it be more susceptible to review by the California Supreme Court?
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Here's the part which is weird for me. If the US Constitution is amended, the Supremes, to my knowledge, have not be involved much in reviewing the legitimacy of the Amendment, i.e., throwing it out or confirming, but in interpreting them.
Here the Cal Supremes are being ask to throw out the Amendment, that's plain weird. You are endowing the Justices with power not normally seen elsewhere. In reality, your Justices are far more powerful than any around. It's contrary to normal judicial experience.