Gates v. Jones
Channel: LawResourceOrg
Date: 2011-04-07

Gates v. Jones - U.S. Court of Appeals - 89120-1-DVD - 1997-08-06 - U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.  The issue in this case is California Proposition 140 which puts a lifetime ban on state legislative service. Mr. Bates is a member of the California Assembly who initiated the suit and Mr. Jones was a sponsor of the bill. The California Supreme Court upheld the law in 1991. A three-judge panel from this circuit heard the appeal of this case from the decision handed down by a federal judge declaring the law unconstitutional.  Filmed by C-SPAN. Non-commercial use only. For more information, see http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/89120-1