State Court on Prop. 68

* Tom Hayden is absolutely correct (Column Left, Dec. 30). “An increasingly angry public will not be stilled.” Politicians, employing technical legalisms, have won this round and deprived us of our vote in favor of campaign finance reform. It’s only business as usual when politicians make themselves look ridiculous, but this time the joke also impugns the once-prestigious California Supreme Court.

Since the court’s reputation for fair-mindedness is the very basis of its authority, suddenly the question of money’s effect on the judicial process has become urgent. Many issues that come before the court have significant economic consequences that often reach far beyond the boundaries of the particular case. The increasingly angry public is not going to accept submitting to the best justice, as well as the best government, that money can buy.

ARTHUR WATERS, Editorial Chair

Orange County Chapter of Common Cause

Laguna Niguel