NEWS: AB 540 reopened for debate Thread 2

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...BANQ12UI6C.DTL

What should we do??????!!!!!!


Appeal options:

To help you guys understand the California court process, please refer to the following document:

http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/courts/c.../casescome.pdf

There is a scary fact from the above statement:

A party who does not like the outcome in the Court of Appeal can seek further review by the California Supreme Court. This is done by a petition for review, which is a document that resembles a brief.

The main job of the California Supreme Court is to promote justice by overseeing the development and consistency of the law. It is not a court of last resort to make sure every case was handled correctly. Therefore, it has no obligation to review every decision of the Court of Appeal. In fact, it receives thousands of petitions for review every year and it grants fewer than 5 percent of them.


only 5% of them? I couldn't count on it.

Maybe you can try spreading awareness of one key fact -- that most students at UC's that benefit from AB-540, an overwhelming majority, in fact, are U.S. citizens.

But we don't need to do anything. The court judges told the legislators that they can merely fix the bill by explicitly carving exceptions for non-citizen students as is allowed under another federal law.

I would suggest to just go to school and keep paying your in-state tuition rates. That isn't about to change.