What is the test for establishing that a statute or initiative is constitutional?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Schmeer v. Cnty. of L. A., 153 Cal.Rptr.3d 352, 213 Cal.App.4th 1310 (Cal. App. 2013):
The construction of statute or an initiative, including the resolution of any ambiguity, is a question of law that we review de novo. ( Bruns v. E Commerce Exchange, Inc. (2011) 51 Cal.4th 717, 724, 122 Cal.Rptr.3d 331, 248 P.3d 1185.)
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