Section 1808

Citation: Section 1808
Parent Document: McHugh v. Santa Monica Rent Control Board, 777 P.2d 91 (1989)
Jurisdiction: California (state)
Effective Date: 1989-08-17
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1156663/mchugh-v-santa-monica-rent-cont... ↗

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Discussing a similar point of federal constitutional law, Professor Fallon has noted: “Legislation always enjoys a presumption of constitutionality, and a court should be especially hesitant to embrace a theory or principle that requires the invalidation of large numbers of important statutes. It is one thing to strike down a relatively isolated provision, quite another to demand widespread reform of entrenched institutional practice. [Footnote omitted.]” (Fallon, supra, 101 Harv.L.Rev. 915, 921.) The omitted footnote reads: “The presumption against displacing even widespread statutory practice is of course not irrebuttable. Cf. Immigration & Naturalization Serv. v. Chadha, 462 U.S. 919, 944 (1983) (holding ‘legislative veto’ provisions unconstitutional, despite the existence of ‘295 congressional veto-type procedures . . . in 196 different statutes’).”

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