Legal Opinion
Connerly v. Schwarzenegger
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 10, 2007No. C050204PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BUTZ, J.
With the passage of Proposition 209 in 1996, California voters added section 31 to article I of the California Constitution (hereafter article I, section 31), outlawing all state discrimination or preferences based on race, gender or national origin. In 2003, the Legislature responded by enacting Government Code section 8315,1 which attempted to graft onto article I, section 31 a definition of “racial discrimination” that excluded “special measures” taken to secure advancement for certain racial or ethnic groups. Ward Connerly, as a taxpayer and citizen of California, filed a…
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