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  2. Constitution of California - Wikipedia

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    Robins, in which "free speech" rights beyond those addressed by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution were found in the California Constitution by the California courts. [3] One of California's most significant prohibitions is against "cruel or unusual punishment," a stronger prohibition than the U.S. Constitution's Eighth ...

  3. 2024 California Proposition 3 - Wikipedia

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    Proposition 3, titled Constitutional Right to Marry, was a California ballot proposition and legislative statutes that passed by vote on in the 2024 general election on November 5, 2024. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The proposition repealed Proposition 8 passed during the 2008 general election and amend the state constitution to declare that the "right to marry ...

  4. 1972 California Proposition 11 - Wikipedia

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    Subsequently, Supreme Court of California decisions have used this enumerated right to grant additional rights beyond those of the California Constitution. Abortion restrictions [3] and occupancy rules that required blood relations for residents in single family zoned homes [4] were struck down under Proposition 11's guarantee to privacy, as ...

  5. Your guide to Proposition 3: Affirming gay marriage in ... - AOL

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    The measure asks voters to change the California Constitution to enshrine a "fundamental right to marry" and remove language that defines marriage as between a man and a woman.

  6. Law of California - Wikipedia

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    Bernard Witkin's Summary of California Law, a legal treatise popular with California judges and lawyers. The Constitution of California is the foremost source of state law. . Legislation is enacted within the California Statutes, which in turn have been codified into the 29 California Co

  7. Pruneyard Shopping Center v. Robins - Wikipedia

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    Pruneyard Shopping Center v. Robins, 447 U.S. 74 (1980), was a U.S. Supreme Court decision issued on June 9, 1980 which affirmed the decision of the California Supreme Court in a case that arose out of a free speech dispute between the Pruneyard Shopping Center in Campbell, California, and several local high school students (who wished to canvass signatures for a petition against United ...

  8. California Codes - Wikipedia

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    In turn, it was the California Practice Act that served as the foundation of the California Code of Civil Procedure. New York never enacted Field's proposed civil or political codes, and belatedly enacted his proposed penal and criminal procedure codes only after California, but they were the basis of the codes enacted by California in 1872. [11]

  9. Judiciary of California - Wikipedia

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    The California Constitution provides that the state's judicial power is vested in the courts, but it also permits some delegation of judicial authority. [ 34 ] [ 35 ] This authority to delegate subordinate judicial duties is distinct from the courts' authority to appoint temporary judges, which requires a stipulation by the parties. [ 35 ]