What is the test for finding that a state has violated a federal ban on same-sex marriage?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. BROWN, A118569, No. C148264 (Cal. App. 2011):
26 We would reach this result under either the standard for federal constitutional violations (Chapman v. California (1967) 386 U.S. 18, 24) or the more lenient state standard (People v. Watson (1956) 46 Cal.2d 818, 836).
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