On May 16^th, a California court found California’s gender quota law for corporate boards unconstitutional in Robin Crest et al. v. Alex Padilla, a lawsuit that Judicial Watch filed in 2019 on behalf of three California taxpayers.

The verdict in this case comes after a 28-day trial, and it follows a similar ruling in Judicial Watch’s favor last month finding California’s diversity mandate for corporate boards unconstitutional.

Thanks to the generous commitment of our members across the country, we are winning major victories for the core American value of equal protection under the law!

And today, I urge you to join with us so that we can keep winning on behalf of the rule of law and for the American people.

Our most recent victory came out of our challenge to a 2018 law, known as Senate Bill 826, which requires every publicly held corporation headquartered in California to have at least one director “who self-identifies her gender as a woman” on its board of directors by December 31, 2019. The law also requires corporations to have up to three such persons on their boards by December 31, 2021, depending on the size of the board.

Judicial Watch argued that the quota for women on corporate boards violates the Equal Protection Clause of the California Constitution…and California Superior Court Judge Maureen Duffy-Lewis agreed with us!

The Court found that “putting more women on boards demonstrated that the Legislature’s actual purpose was gender-balancing, not remedying discrimination.” 

And, “There is no Compelling Governmental interest in remedying discrimination in the board selection process because neither the Legislature nor Defendant could identify any specific, purposeful, intentional and unlawful discrimination to be remedied.”

This is the second California court decision finding that quotas for corporate boards are unconstitutional. The radical Left’s unprecedented attacks on anti-discrimination laws have suffered another stinging courtroom defeat at the hands of Judicial Watch attorneys!

Judicial Watch’s legal team is helping protect the civil rights of every American with these successful lawsuits.

But every one of our lawsuits come with real price tags attached.

That’s why I am sohopeful you will make a tax-deductible contribution and join the Judicial Watch team today. Your donation will help us take on new challenges to the rule of law whenever and wherever they arise, and help keep us on track with all our current lawsuits and investigations

I urge you to join with us today!

Sincerely,

Tom Fitton

President