# overturned propositions

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overturned-propositions/549839>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 10, 2010, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overturned-propositions/549839 "2010-08-10T16:30:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jonie\_Kipling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jonie\_Kipling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonie_Kipling)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overturned-propositions/549839/1 "2010-08-10T16:30:18Z")

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Recently in California, Proposition 8 was ruled unconstitutional. Have there been past propostions, elected by majority vote, that have been deemed unconstitutional and overturned? Jonie Kipling

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**Author:** ![fuzzypickles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9d8465/32.png) [@fuzzypickles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fuzzypickles)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overturned-propositions/549839/2 "2010-08-10T16:34:02Z")

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[Prop 187](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prop_187), also in California.

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overturned-propositions/549839/3 "2010-08-10T16:48:20Z")

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Closed as a duplicate:

> **[overturning propositions](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=574132)**
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> Recently in California, Proposition 8 was ruled unconstitutional. Have there been past propostions, elected by majority vote, that have been deemed unconstitutional and overturned? Jonie Kipling