found that the State's disapproval of the school board's busing remedy was an aggravation of the very racial injury in which the State itself was complicit." (157) But just as the state in Schuette took a position in defense of the anti-affirmative action
voter initiative, the state in Seattle acted in defense of the anti-busing voter-initiative.
lawmaking by the people through the
voter initiative. (104)
decision as in the standard
voter initiative case--and accords the
California was not the first state to allow for
voter initiatives. In the 1880's and '90's a strong populist movement emerged in the country, particularly in the West and Midwest, and with it a push for direct democracy or direct legislation by the people.
initiatives could, as John Adams foretold, subject the
voter initiativeMuch of this constitutional and statutory structure has been brought about not by legislative fact-gathering and deliberation, but rather by the approval of
voter initiative measures, often funded by special interests.
Fiscal effects of the
voter initiative in the first half of the 20th century.
This whole issue should have been redressed in a simple manner by the state legislature, rather than by a
voter initiative.
The
voter initiative process historically has addressed taxes and financial bonds, but increasingly in recent years voters have used the initiative process to express their will on social issues, such as drug and justice policy reform, treatment of minority groups, and human services delivery.
Only two states, she said, have passed laws regulating the insurance cycle: California (which did so by
voter initiative) and Illinois, but the latter also passed a cap on damages at the same time.
Immigration has mobilized Hispanic voters in the past, most notably in California after the 1994 passage of Proposition 187, a
voter initiative to cut off public services for illegal immigrants.
For example, the bill could preempt California's Proposition 65, a
voter initiative that requires businesses to warn consumers and workers before exposing them to contaminants that the state has identified as either a carcinogen or reproductive toxicant.
