Can the courts invalidate legislation that would have changed the state's constitution?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Nat'l Shooting Sports Found., Inc. v. State, 210 Cal.Rptr.3d 867, 6 Cal.App.5th 298 (Cal. App. 2016):
Nevertheless, the judiciary can invalidate legislation if there is some overriding constitutional, statutory or charter proscription. (City and County of San Francisco v. Cooper (1975) 13 Cal.3d 898, 915, 120 Cal.Rptr. 707, 534 P.2d 403.) Appellants argue such a statutory proscription
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