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    California May Become First State To Require Companies To Have Women On Their Boards

    https://yro.slashdot.org/story/18/08...n-their-boards

    Two female state senators from California are spearheading a bill to require companies to have women on their boards. "SB 826, which won Senate approval with only Democratic votes and has until the end of August to clear the Assembly, would require publicly held companies headquartered in California to have at least one woman on their boards of directors by end of next year," reports TechCrunch. "By 2021, companies with boards of five directors must have at least two women, and companies with six-member boards must have at least three women. Firms failing to comply would face a fine." From the report:

    "Gender diversity brings a variety of perspectives to the table that can help foster new and innovative ideas," said Democratic Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson of Santa Barbara, who is sponsoring the bill with Senate President Pro Tem Toni Atkins of San Diego. "It's not only the right thing to do, it's good for a company's bottom line."

    Yet critics of the bill say it violates the federal and state constitutions. Business associations say the rule would require companies to discriminate against men wanting to serve on boards, as well as conflict with corporate law that says the internal affairs of a corporation should be governed by the state law in which it is incorporated. This bill would apply to companies headquartered in California. [A] legislative analysis of the bill cautioned that it could get challenged on equal protection grounds, and that it would be difficult to defend, requiring the state to prove a compelling government interest in such a quota system for a private corporation.
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    Lightbulb Gender identity change - Drag Queens to the rescue

    Affirmative Action for FemiNazis. Can't some of the guys currently on the board of directors, just choose to identify as the female gender?

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    Oh, California....

    "And now that the legislators and do-gooders have so futilely inflicted so many systems upon society, may they finally end where they should have begun: May they reject all systems, and try liberty; for liberty is an acknowledgment of faith in God and His works." - Bastiat

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    Broads on Boards.

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    Jan2017
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    Laughs aside . . . I have a corporation - it is an entity - that's about all you CAN govern.

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    Easy enough to beat. The guys at the top just claim being "transgender" in court!
    1776 > 1984

    The FAILURE of the United States Government to operate and maintain an
    Honest Money System , which frees the ordinary man from the clutches of the money manipulators, is the single largest contributing factor to the World's current Economic Crisis.

    The Elimination of Privacy is the Architecture of Genocide

    Belief, Money, and Violence are the three ways all people are controlled

    Quote Originally Posted by Zippyjuan View Post
    Our central bank is not privately owned.

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    Or maybe put people on boards judging by their merit and not gender. But of course leave it to California to not understand common sense.
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    Calvin Coolidge



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    World's 5th largest eekonomee gais!!1
    NeoReactionary. American High Tory.

    The counter-revolution will not be televised.

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    I don't see what the problem is, at this rate there won't ever be any women in these places.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Republicanguy View Post
    I don't see what the problem is, at this rate there won't ever be any women in these places.
    Government intervention is always a problem, it doesn't matter if there are never any women in those places but putting women who don't earn their place in them by force will cause mismanagement, it is also just tyrannical.
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    No, there are women capable, but a lot of places lad culture is strong, I've seen it myself like how men just don't really care about any form of equality. I.e. conservatives, religious doers. And so on. I'm not stating that liberal folk can't be bad in this area, but having at least one woman in company is the correct path to go, and I doubt that everyone that turns up at one wouldn't be qualified.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Republicanguy View Post
    No, there are women capable, but a lot of places lad culture is strong, I've seen it myself like how men just don't really care about any form of equality. I.e. conservatives, religious doers. And so on. I'm not stating that liberal folk can't be bad in this area, but having at least one woman in company is the correct path to go, and I doubt that everyone that turns up at one wouldn't be qualified.
    A qualified woman wouldn't need to be inserted via legislation.
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    The counter-revolution will not be televised.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Republicanguy View Post
    No, there are women capable, but a lot of places lad culture is strong, I've seen it myself like how men just don't really care about any form of equality. I.e. conservatives, religious doers. And so on. I'm not stating that liberal folk can't be bad in this area, but having at least one woman in company is the correct path to go, and I doubt that everyone that turns up at one wouldn't be qualified.
    If they are so capable they can overcome obstacles or build their own companies.

    One way or another private property is private and government has no business getting involved.
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    Linus, from the Peanuts comic

    You cannot have liberty without morality and morality without faith

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    Those who fail to learn from the past are condemned to repeat it.
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    Yes in an ideal true. But in some places, men don't want women.

    Some believe a woman is more for family, and other complements for men, not interfering in their work culture. That happens in California you know. Its not a liberal utopia.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Republicanguy View Post
    Yes in an ideal true. But in some places, men don't want women.

    Some believe a woman is more for family, and other complements for men, not interfering in their work culture. That happens in California you know. Its not a liberal utopia.
    One way or another private property is private and government has no business getting involved.
    Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.

    Robert Heinlein

    Give a man an inch and right away he thinks he's a ruler

    Groucho Marx

    I love mankind…it’s people I can’t stand.

    Linus, from the Peanuts comic

    You cannot have liberty without morality and morality without faith

    Alexis de Torqueville

    Those who fail to learn from the past are condemned to repeat it.
    Those who learn from the past are condemned to watch everybody else repeat it

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    I think it is an extension of Affirmative Action, extended to women.

    If women do a good job, they will be on the board with or without the law. The law can only hurt the companies. What this really also says if you read between the lines is that Men deserve NO Rights and are disposable. The war on Men, the ones who die in wars, will continue until the men are weakened to the point they can no longer be what they were meant to be, free and independent.
    1776 > 1984

    The FAILURE of the United States Government to operate and maintain an
    Honest Money System , which frees the ordinary man from the clutches of the money manipulators, is the single largest contributing factor to the World's current Economic Crisis.

    The Elimination of Privacy is the Architecture of Genocide

    Belief, Money, and Violence are the three ways all people are controlled

    Quote Originally Posted by Zippyjuan View Post
    Our central bank is not privately owned.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DamianTV View Post
    I think it is an extension of Affirmative Action, extended to women.

    If women do a good job, they will be on the board with or without the law. The law can only hurt the companies. What this really also says if you read between the lines is that Men deserve NO Rights and are disposable. The war on Men, the ones who die in wars, will continue until the men are weakened to the point they can no longer be what they were meant to be, free and independent.
    I think it is a reflection of the changing economy. Most companies are not profitable so it really does not matter what they do or who's on the board. Why only men would be on the boards?

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    Quote Originally Posted by timosman View Post
    I think it is a reflection of the changing economy. Most companies are not profitable so it really does not matter what they do or who's on the board. Why only men would be on the boards?
    I think there may be some sexism. At the same time, if women really are equal and can do anything mentally a man can do, then is it sexism that keeps women off the boards, or is there news bias and women are already on the board, but its a full woman take over?
    1776 > 1984

    The FAILURE of the United States Government to operate and maintain an
    Honest Money System , which frees the ordinary man from the clutches of the money manipulators, is the single largest contributing factor to the World's current Economic Crisis.

    The Elimination of Privacy is the Architecture of Genocide

    Belief, Money, and Violence are the three ways all people are controlled

    Quote Originally Posted by Zippyjuan View Post
    Our central bank is not privately owned.

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    How many of the women have to be Hispanic?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Republicanguy View Post
    Yes in an ideal true. But in some places, men don't want women.

    Some believe a woman is more for family, and other complements for men, not interfering in their work culture. That happens in California you know. Its not a liberal utopia.
    I live in California. I do not believe there is one major corporation here that categorically won't hire women. Silicon Valley is desperate for female employees, for example.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DamianTV View Post
    Easy enough to beat. The guys at the top just claim being "transgender" in court!
    Just memorize this phrase: "I am a transsexual lesbian woman, masculine-presenting". If they are credulous, add "and a 7 foot tall Chinese astronaut".

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    Quote Originally Posted by ThePaleoLibertarian View Post
    I live in California. I do not believe there is one major corporation here that categorically won't hire women. Silicon Valley is desperate for female employees, for example.
    Not on the board.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Swordsmyth View Post
    One way or another private property is private and government has no business getting involved.
    Government got involved the moment the corporate charter was granted.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sonny Tufts View Post
    Government got involved the moment the corporate charter was granted.
    They still don't have a right to dictate this kind of thing after the charter was granted, you might be able to say that they could make it a condition of all new corporate charters but they are doing it retroactively.
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    Robert Heinlein

    Give a man an inch and right away he thinks he's a ruler

    Groucho Marx

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    Linus, from the Peanuts comic

    You cannot have liberty without morality and morality without faith

    Alexis de Torqueville

    Those who fail to learn from the past are condemned to repeat it.
    Those who learn from the past are condemned to watch everybody else repeat it

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    Quote Originally Posted by Swordsmyth View Post
    They still don't have a right to dictate this kind of thing after the charter was granted, you might be able to say that they could make it a condition of all new corporate charters but they are doing it retroactively.
    Actually, they do. Both the California Constitution and the California Corporations Code reserve to the legislature the power to amend or repeal laws pertaining to corporations, and these provisions become part of every corporate charter issued by the state. See California Jurisprudence 3d §4:

    § 4 Amendment or repeal of existing law

    The California Constitution provides that all laws of the state concerning corporations may be altered from time to time or repealed,n1 and the Code empowers the legislature to amend or repeal all or any portion of the General Corporation Law.n2 The statutes reserving this power are a part of the corporation's charter and a part of the contract of every shareholder of a corporation.n3 In other words, by becoming a shareholder, one gives an implied assent to the right of the legislature to alter and amend the lawn4 just as the corporation has impliedly consented to be bound by the laws of this state.n5 This right is limited to amendment of the general law, and every such amendment must be made applicable to all corporations of the same class.n6

    Footnotes
    • n1
    Cal. Const. art. XX, § 5.
    • n2
    Corp. Code, § 100, subd. (b).
    • n3
    Rainey v. Michel, 6 Cal. 2d 259, 57 P.2d 932, 105 A.L.R. 148 (1936); Silva v. Coastal Plywood & Timber Co., 124 Cal. App. 2d 276, 268 P.2d 510 (3d Dist. 1954); Heller Inv. Co. v. Southern Title & Trust Co., 17 Cal. App. 2d 202, 61 P.2d 807 (4th Dist. 1936).
    • n4
    Wilson v. Cherokee Drift Mining Co., 14 Cal. 2d 56, 92 P.2d 802 (1939); Demello v. Dairyman's Co-Operative Creamery, 73 Cal. App. 2d 746, 167 P.2d 226 (4th Dist. 1946) (wherein an amendment authorized a reorganization and forced dissenting shareholders to accept the plan or liquidate their shares and retire from the business).
    • n5
    Pacific Gas & Elec. Co. v. State, 214 Cal. 369, 6 P.2d 78 (1931).
    • n6
    City and County of San Francisco v. Spring Valley Waterworks, 48 Cal. 493, 1874 WL 1383 (1874).

    This isn't to say that the proposed quota system for corporate boards is a good idea -- it's incredibly stupid and may very well be unconstitutional. But as a matter of state corporation law it appears to be within the power of the state legislature.
    We have long had death and taxes as the two standards of inevitability. But there are those who believe that death is the preferable of the two. "At least," as one man said, "there's one advantage about death; it doesn't get worse every time Congress meets."
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    Taxes: Of life's two certainties, the only one for which you can get an automatic extension.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sonny Tufts View Post
    Actually, they do. Both the California Constitution and the California Corporations Code reserve to the legislature the power to amend or repeal laws pertaining to corporations, and these provisions become part of every corporate charter issued by the state. See California Jurisprudence 3d §4:




    This isn't to say that the proposed quota system for corporate boards is a good idea -- it's incredibly stupid and may very well be unconstitutional. But as a matter of state corporation law it appears to be within the power of the state legislature.
    If it is unconstitutional it is not within the power of the state legislature.
    The Constitution is the supreme law of the land.
    Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.

    Robert Heinlein

    Give a man an inch and right away he thinks he's a ruler

    Groucho Marx

    I love mankind…it’s people I can’t stand.

    Linus, from the Peanuts comic

    You cannot have liberty without morality and morality without faith

    Alexis de Torqueville

    Those who fail to learn from the past are condemned to repeat it.
    Those who learn from the past are condemned to watch everybody else repeat it

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    Quote Originally Posted by Swordsmyth View Post
    If it is unconstitutional it is not within the power of the state legislature.
    The Constitution is the supreme law of the land.
    But it wouldn't be unconstitutional simply because it would apply to existing charters -- that's the point. The legislature's reservation of the power to amend or repeal corporation laws means that its doing so wouldn't amount to impairing the obligations of a contract in violation of the Contracts Clause in I.10.1. Any unconstitutionality would have to be based on something else, such as discrimination based on sex. But all this is highly academic as I can't see that even the wackos in the California legislature would ever pass this piece of bilge.
    We have long had death and taxes as the two standards of inevitability. But there are those who believe that death is the preferable of the two. "At least," as one man said, "there's one advantage about death; it doesn't get worse every time Congress meets."
    Erwin N. Griswold

    Taxes: Of life's two certainties, the only one for which you can get an automatic extension.
    Anonymous

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    Quote Originally Posted by DamianTV View Post
    California May Become First State To Require Companies To Have Women On Their Boards
    Not good enough!

    Need minority women, no whites and possibly no "cisgenders"..

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    Quote Originally Posted by tod evans View Post
    Not good enough!

    Need minority women, no whites and possibly no "cisgenders"..
    War on White Men while claiming White Privilege.
    1776 > 1984

    The FAILURE of the United States Government to operate and maintain an
    Honest Money System , which frees the ordinary man from the clutches of the money manipulators, is the single largest contributing factor to the World's current Economic Crisis.

    The Elimination of Privacy is the Architecture of Genocide

    Belief, Money, and Violence are the three ways all people are controlled

    Quote Originally Posted by Zippyjuan View Post
    Our central bank is not privately owned.

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