California thought discrimination in hiring was necessary for “diversity.” Unsurprisingly, the state’s law requiring such discrimination was deemed unconstitutional.
California Democrats have been on the mandatory diversity kick for some time now. In 2020, the state passed a law requiring publicly traded companies headquartered in California to have one board member from a state-approved list of minorities, with some boards being required to have two or three.
Using discrimination to create diversity has become the Democratic Party’s new catechism — even President Joe Biden used quotas to fill his presidential Cabinet and judicial nominations. But mandating discrimination on behalf of racial minorities or gay and transgender people is not legal, so a California judge ruled it violated the state constitution’s equal protection clause.
This is not California’s only pro-discrimination law on the books, either. The state has a similar law mandating companies have at least one woman on their boards. That law is also facing a lawsuit, and it too should be headed to the legal graveyard for violating the equal protection clause.
California’s Democratic leaders are far more obsessed with mandatory diversity than the state’s voters. When California Democrats tried to repeal the state’s ban on affirmative action, voters torpedoed the measure 56% to 43%. These measures are popular in the halls of the state Legislature in Sacramento and in Democratic Party staffing departments, but voters don’t want them — and the courts aren’t impressed either.
Making sure boardrooms have a diverse collection of skin colors and sexual preferences is a ridiculous goal for anybody. When the people pushing those measures are state legislators, it becomes apparent why California is dealing with the worst homelessness and poverty rates in the country. California’s Democratic leaders are obsessed with cosmetic diversity questions and far less concerned about the state’s real issues or its citizens’ constitutional rights.
