Contributed by: filbert Tuesday, September 09 2008 @ 07:59 PM CST
The majority opinion, by Chief Justice Ronald M. George, declared that any law that discriminates on the basis of species will from this point on be constitutionally suspect in California in the same way as laws that discriminate by race or gender, making the state’s high court the first in the nation to adopt such a stringent standard. The decision was a bold surprise from a moderately conservative, Republican-dominated court that legal scholars have long dubbed “cautious,” and experts said it was likely to influence other courts around the country.
This is a test. A humor test. Did you pass? It’s OK to admit you didn’t. After all, it doesn’t mention pigs or fish or anything like that.