California sued again for requiring women on company boards

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California's first-in-the-nation law requiring publicly held companies to put women on their boards of directors faces a second legal challenge. A libertarian group argues that the law violates the equal protection clause of the U.S. Constitution.

FILE - In this Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018 file photo, then California Gov. Jerry Brown talks during an interview in Sacramento, Calif. California's first-in-the-nation law requiring publicly held companies to put women on their boards of directors faces its second legal challenge. Pacific Legal Foundation sued in federal court on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019, arguing that the law violates the U.S. Constitution's equal protection clause.

The Pacific Legal Foundation provided The Associated Press with the lawsuit it filed in federal court Wednesday, arguing that the law violates the equal protection clause of the U.S. Constitution. Some European countries, including Norway and France, already require corporate boards to include women. Secretary of State Alex Padilla is named in both lawsuits. He’s asking a judge to throw out the Judicial Watch lawsuit, saying taxpayers have not been harmed and thus have no standing to sue.

“I strongly believe — and significant research has shown — that this is a policy that improves a business’ performance and their bottom line,” Jackson said in a statement, noting that many companies have already voluntarily complied. The Pacific Legal Foundation’s lawsuit likely comes too late to block this year’s deadline, Boden said, but she’s hoping for a ruling before corporations are required to include more women by the end of 2021.

 

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Yea, I can't agree with this law. This isn't school admissions or discrimination. It's like requiring that a certain percentage of Congress be something specific. It should all be based on merit

California needs to be sued or removed from the US

They're publicly held. They should be required to have board members who have the perspectives of their investors. Private companies are a different bag altogether.

I'm all for equal opportunity but to 'force' companies to be inclusive for the sake of inclusion isn't the way to do this. Instead of the stick, maybe CA should try the carrot. Incentives instead of coercion through law might yield better results.

Why stop there? Force every board to include a black person, three Asian people (Asians account for 4 bil people in the world population), someone from South America and an honorary penguin from Antarctica.

hollandcourtney Shouldn’t they also require an illegal alien in the board.

It should be who's best qualified for position not based on sex, religion or race that's true equal opportunity not giving a job to someone less fit simply to fill a quota mandated by government.

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