The plaintiffs claimed that California violated the U.S. Constitution particularly the Qualifications Clause, the First and Fourteenth Amendments, and 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and 1988.
According to Judicial Watch, the state legislature’s objective to implement SB 27 is not related to election procedure or administration. Its primary purpose is to attack President Donald Trump and force him to disclose his tax returns.
In a statement, Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton, commented, “California politicians, in their zeal to attack President Trump, passed a law that also unconstitutionally victimizes California voters. It is an obvious legal issue that a state can’t amend the U.S. Constitution by adding qualifications in order to run for president. The courts can’t stop this abusive law fast enough.”
SB 27 aims to provide voters crucial information about presidential candidates
Last week, Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, commented that SB 27 is “constitutional.”
