Legal Opinion
Schweisinger v. Jones
California Court of Appeal
Decided December 31, 1998No. C028957PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
MORRISON, J.
The People, acting through their reserved initiative powers, enacted the Political Reform Act of 1990, by passing Proposition 140 at the November 1990 General Election. Proposition 140 included a term limit for specified state officers, and was largely upheld by the California Supreme C ourt.
Members of the Assembly are limited by Proposition 140 to three terms: “The Assembly has a membership of 80 members elected for 2-year terms. No member of the Assembly may serve more than 3 terms.” (Cal. Const., art. IV, § 2, subd. (a).)
The trial court in this case concluded that a…
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