California State Bar Act imposes duty on attorneys to support Constitution and laws of the United States and of this state. Many California legislators are members of the California State Bar, including former state senator Hannah-Beth Jackson.
the court ruled that State’s evidence of gender discrimination was unpersuasive and anecdotal, and that a gender-based requirement for board of director seats was not narrowly tailored to benefit the economy, improve opportunities for women in the workplace.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Maureen Duffy-Lewis found California's female director quota law violates California Constitution Equal Protection clause, didn't say if law also violated the prohibition on sex-based discrimination in public employment, contracting.
Judgment in favor of the plaintiff in Crest v. Padilla, statute requiring publicly traded companies headquartered in California to include members from underrepresented communities on boards of directors, they found that statute violated the equal protection clause
Crest v. Padilla, Superior Court of California for Los Angeles declared that Section 301.4 of the California Corporations Code is unconstitutional under the California state Constitution. This decision renders the constitutionality of Section 301.4 ripe for appellate review.