California Supreme Court blocks measure to split the state into three
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(Worthy News) – The California Supreme Court moved Wednesday to block a measure that would divide the state into three parts.
The court issued a brief order, stating it chose to remove the measure — known as Proposition 9 — from the November ballot after “significant questions” were raised about the validity of the proposition and the potential harm in allowing it to remain outweighed the risk of delaying it to a future election.
During the closed session on Wednesday, the court also agreed to eventually issue a ruling on the measure’s constitutionality. [ Source:UPI (Read More…) ]
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