The title of this post is what I would have named my commentary in today’s Los Angeles Daily Journal (reprinted with permission). The editors there gave it the title, “Redistricting Measure Doesn’t Belong on the Ballot,” which misses my point. My article begins:

In two cryptic rulings issued in the last few weeks, the state Supreme Court has made a mess of the law governing the initiative process. The result is going to be more lawsuits and greater injection of judges into the political thicket. If the court does not act soon to clarify the law, the Legislature should step in and help fix the problem.