> If the bill passes into law, it will be the law of the state
> unless and until it
> is successfully challenged in a relevent court of law.
>
> I carefully use the word "successfully". As seen nearly every day
> throughout the
> land, judges make incorrect and unconstitutional decisions in
> seemingly slam dunk
> cases. Sometimes it is ignorance, but mostly it's about politics.
>
> If this becomes law, whoever challenges it had better have deep
> pockets. The
> political climate in California tends to favor goofy stuff like
> this. It may have
> to make it's way into the Federal courts to be successfully
> challenged. And you
> better hope that the case isn't heard in the San Francisco Circuit.
It won't even take the 9th circuit to laugh at Jeff's "ex post facto"
argument. The state will merely respond that it is not changing the
emission limits for these cars; but only adding an inspection to be sure
that they still meet original specifications.
Randall
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