▁protect ing ▁rights ▁even ▁bro ader ▁than ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁Bill ▁of ▁Rights ▁in ▁the ▁Federal ▁Constitution . ▁An ▁example ▁is ▁the ▁case ▁of ▁Pr un ey ard ▁Sho pping ▁Center ▁v . ▁Rob ins , ▁in ▁which ▁" free ▁speech " ▁rights ▁beyond ▁those ▁addressed ▁by ▁the ▁First ▁Am end ment ▁to ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁Constitution ▁were ▁found ▁in ▁the ▁California ▁Constitution ▁by ▁the ▁California ▁courts . ▁One ▁of ▁California ' s ▁most ▁significant ▁prohib itions ▁is ▁against ▁" c ru el ▁or ▁unusual ▁pun ishment ," ▁a ▁stronger ▁prohib ition ▁than ▁the ▁U . S . ▁Constitution ' s ▁E ighth ▁Am end ment ▁prohib ition ▁against ▁" c ru el ▁and ▁unusual ▁pun ishment ." ▁This ▁caused ▁the ▁California ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁to ▁find ▁capital ▁pun ishment ▁un const itution al ▁on ▁state ▁constitution al ▁grounds ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 2 ▁case ▁of ▁People ▁v . ▁Anderson . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁The ▁constitution ▁has ▁under g one ▁numerous ▁changes ▁since ▁its ▁original ▁draft ing . ▁It ▁was ▁re written ▁from ▁scratch ▁several ▁times ▁before ▁the ▁draft ing ▁of ▁the ▁current ▁ 1 8 7 9 ▁constitution , ▁which ▁has ▁itself ▁been ▁am ended ▁or ▁re vised ▁( see ▁below ). ▁ ▁In ▁response ▁to ▁w ides p read ▁public ▁dis g ust ▁with ▁the ▁powerful ▁rail ro ads ▁that ▁controlled ▁California ' s ▁politics ▁and ▁economy ▁at ▁the ▁start ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 th ▁century , ▁Progress ive ▁Era ▁polit icians ▁pione ered ▁the ▁concept ▁of ▁ag gress