<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>Re: California: Where Democrats Can be Democrats</title></head><body> <div>Nathan Newman wrote:</div> <div><br></div> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font size="-1">Posted bits of this before, but here's the fuller list of what Democratic control of a state means-- NN</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite> </blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite align="center"><b>California: Where Democrats Can Be Democrats</b><br> </blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite align="center"><b>By Nathan Newman</b></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite align="center"><br></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite align="center"><b>Progressive Populist  November 1, 2002</b></blockquote> <div><br></div> <div><br> <br> </div> <div>It sounds like Californa is a relatively progressive police state, as police states go. But I don't think I'd feel safe living in a jurisdiction that has abolished the presumption of innocence, permitting the police to imprison people without trial.</div> <div><br></div> <div>Which party was responsible for that anyhow? Not that it matters, if as you say the Democrats have full control of the legislature they could have changed the law back.</div> <div><br></div> <div>Bill Bartlett</div> <div>Bracknell Tas</div> </body> </html>