California Supreme Court steals power from the people

Last week the California Supreme Court removed from the November ballot the Taxpayer Protection and Government Accountability Act on the grounds that it was an impermissible “revision” of the state constitution beyond the power of voters.
In his amicus brief for the case, former governor Jerry Brown contended that back in 1978 the court contended that Proposition 13 “was both modest and does not change our basic governmental plan. The same can