How To Use Unconstitutional In A Sentence

An Ohio appellate court last week reversed a lower court ruling that the city's pernicious treatment of marijuana users was unconstitutional under state law.
Both the Ukrainian government and western nations have condemned it as unconstitutional under Ukrainian law. Times, Sunday Times
In resubmitting the legislation for renewal of what many consider the most controversial provisions -- and some label downright unconstitutional provisions -- within the Patriot Act, the Republican Rules Committee decided to allow only 60 minutes of debate. Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
The judge pointed out that all these activities are unconstitutional and not in conformity with Hungary's international obligations. Global Voices in English » Hungary: The Hungarian Guard Banned
In the US Supreme Court, this law would be struck down as being unconstitutional.

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I would also note that Caplan analogized his Council of Economists to the Supreme Court rather than a dictator, vetoing laws that are "uneconomical" rather than "unconstitutional". MRV update, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
If a state's laws offend against the Constitution, the Supreme Court can declare them unconstitutional.
Otherwise, the Supreme Court would probably have found the measures unconstitutional.
There are obvious defects in the existing constitutional supervision system. The lack of a special agency for constitutional supervision and weak unconstitutionality review present serious problems.
They argued that the law was unconstitutional as it stripped them of their intellectual property rights without compensation. Times, Sunday Times
Describing the women's attackers as "insensate" ( 'Lacking sense or the power to reason;' 'Foolish; witless'), the traditional leaders said the actions of Ngcukana's attackers were not only "barbaric", but unconstitutional in that they violated gender discrimination provisions. ANC Daily News Briefing
The law was later ruled unconstitutional by the Florida state Supreme Court.
An indictment of Carol for larceny would therefore be properly subject to dismissal as unconstitutionally vague as applied to her case.
Such a legislative change per se cannot be unconstitutional in the absence of some further invalidity.
If any of these three prongs is violated, the government’s action is deemed unconstitutional under the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. Think Progress » Senate Suspended Right to Challenge Detention After A Single Hour of Debate
Proposition 22, which defined marriage to be between a man and a woman and adopted by California voters on March 7, 2000 with 61.4% in favor, was hijacked along with the California Legislative Branch by the Tyrannical Justices of the California Supreme Court which legislated from the bench in direct violation of the California Constitution and managed to null the will of the people and declare Proposition 22 unconstitutional. California becomes second U.S. state to legalize gay marriage : Law is Cool
For example, one might provide for group action, whereby associations of, say, homeless people, would be able to challenge government housing policies on grounds of unconstitutionality.
Government, both federal and state, should have saved their time if a pustule in the stream of competence such as is the Tea Party can succeed in convincing the public that all law post to the Tenth is illegal and unconstitutional. Stephen Herrington: Open Wide, Minimum Wage Is Good For You
Many people have argued that criminal libel laws are unconstitutional, but the Supreme Court has never so held.
Days after the agency charged with immigration enforcement admits it can't-or won't-get the job done, the Obama Administration sued Arizona for passing a law that "unconstitutionally" intervenes with the government's authority to do it. Default Site Weblog
Still, at least this answers ONE question I had during the campaign; Would Keith Olbermann keep his mouth shut or make excuses when Obama did something unconstitutional like every rightwing network screwhead did with Bush? Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com
A federal appeals court ruled Friday that a Capistrano Valley High School history teacher cannot be sued over classroom comments ridiculing Christianity, but the judges sidestepped the question of whether the remarks were unconstitutional. In 'Jesus Glasses' Case, Court Rules In Teacher's Favor - San Juan Capistrano, CA Patch
It was the judicial authority to enforce, but not to expound, fundamental law and was limited to the concededly unconstitutional act.
In yet another egregious political machination, however, Fujimori supporters in congress unconstitutionally thwarted this popular initiative on a dubious technicality.
Banning cigarette advertising would be unconstitutional, since selling cigarettes is legal.
They issued this statement and part of it reads: We are not surprised by the government's action as it repeats the broken promises and empty words from President Obama avowing to end Don't Ask, Don't Tell while at the same time directing his Justice Department to defend this unconstitutional policy. Bronx Gang Attack Rattles Blogosphere
Pratten, who now works as a journalist in Toronto, filed her lawsuit in 2008, seeking to have the Adoption Act declared unconstitutional because it discriminates against children who are born through "gamete" donors, which includes sperm and egg donors. Canada.com Top Stories
When Congress singles out someone or a group to penalize, it is a bill of attainder, which is as unconstitutional as you can get. BusinessWeek.com --
The Act was ruled unconstitutional by the Third US Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia last year.
Thus, a few years ago it was held to be unconstitutional for a prison guard to hit an inmate.
April Redding argues the search was an unconstitutional and degrading violation of her daughter's rights.
In its amicus brief in support of the coalition filed today, EFF asked the judge to throw out the record-keeping regulations as an unconstitutional chill on adult free expression in the digital age.
Mormons and schools all Americans on the unconstitutional craze of doling out civil rights by popular vote: Hark! From sea to rising sea, crafty Christians are busy putting the "tut" -- and "con" -- back in "Constitution"! WN.com - Business News
This result does not involve any unconstitutional border crossing by the court.
This law is unconstitutional and undemocratic and it should be cancelled. Times, Sunday Times
Ordinances like the one in Redondo Beach unconstitutionally restrict people from engaging in free speech in public places.
I recognise that these organisations are not banned as being unconstitutional but I accept the evidence of Funke that they and their members are on the extreme right of the political spectrum.
She said she expected the court to find the laws unconstitutional. Times, Sunday Times
If it's labor law, then it's discriminatory towards helping bakers at the expense of bakery owners, and redistributive, which is unconstitutional. MetaFilter Projects
The narrow grounds on which the court granted leave to appeal means there is no possibility of the method being declared unconstitutional. Times, Sunday Times
Thirty-eight states revised and re-enacted their death penalty laws after the 1972 Court ruling that all but a few capital statutes were unconstitutional.
The "unconstitutionality" of the draft Films and Publications ANC Daily News Briefing
They argued that the law was unconstitutional as it stripped them of their intellectual property rights without compensation. Times, Sunday Times
A total ban might also be opposed as an unconstitutional invasion of privacy.
Why did he want kinglike powers which any fool had to know were unconstitutional? "That's been going on, in the name of all of us."
- Unconstitutionally provincialise the national government powers over water, forestry and land; ANC Daily News Briefing
This part of the bill was ruled unconstitutional.
That long-standing consensus does not dispositively prove that the law is constitutional, but the fact that nobody claimed that FISA was unconstitutional until it was revealed that President Bush has been violating that law, is rather compelling evidence of just how weak and pretextual that claim is. posted by Glenn Greenwald | 10:22 AM Gen. Hayden admits the Administration knew it was violating FISA
a fiery start with MPB chairman Dr Patrick Maduna demanding to know why the MPB initially had been barred "unconstitutionally" from attending the meeting by the legislature. ANC Daily News Briefing
Sessions supported Bush's war 100%, opposed a bill by Sen. Specter that would allow Congress to file a lawsuit to get presidential signing statements declared unconstitutional, opposed Sen. McCain's anti-torture amendment in 2006, has a zero-rating on the environment, and a 100% vote with big oil. Obama, Stimulus, Republicans, and Apes----How They All Fit Together
No child custody issues were implicated whatsoever under the Ninth Circuit ruling, only the father's rights to object to unconstitutional conduct.
Throughout the day[Sentence dictionary], repeal supporters argued that the ban on some types of weapons is arbitrary and unconstitutional.
The opposition argues that the new council will be unconstitutional and without teeth.
Thus, if the HCR insurance mandate is violative of the 1A federally, it would stand to reason that state car insurance mandates, through the 14th Amendment, would also be unconstitutional. The Volokh Conspiracy » More on the Chances Courts Would Strike Down the Individual Mandate
This held that nineteenth-century state legislation on the issue was unconstitutional.
The prospect for passage of the bill was somewhat cloudy, in view of its evident unconstitutionality.
unconstitutionally," etc., etc. Julius Caesar's motto used to be, "Avoid an unusual word as you would a rock at sea," and Jule was right about it, too. Remarks
He has not even pushed Congress to scrap the most repressive, loathful and patently unconstitutional features of the Bush's anti-terrorist policies. Earl Ofari Hutchinson: Obama's Nobel Peace Prize Is a Huge Stretch
Watkins is wrong about the unconstitutionality of the Federalists' sedition act because he uncritically adopts Madison and Jefferson's 1798 reading of the First Amendment.
And by that I mean anti-homosexuality have their roots in antiquity, and are linked to religious proscriptions against certain sex acts and are thus unconstitutional because it violates the whole no establishment of religion in government thing. Think Progress » Portugal’s parliament approves same-sex marriage.
The attorney general warned that legalising the outpost after the court ruling would be unconstitutional. Times, Sunday Times
The proposition was deemed unconstitutional and was not implemented.
HOLC is too complicated to explain, and doesn't speak directly to the liquidity problem to make it some kind of lodestone for fighting the Paulson / Bush bill, which essentially gets around the unconstitutionality issue by pressuring congress to give up their constitutional mandate by handing it over, no questions asked, to the executive. Corrente
Unconstitutionally provincialise the national government powers over water, forestry and land; IFP STRATEGY DOCUMENT FOR SECESSION
“Most recently we filed an * amicus curiae* brief in the case of * Sony BMG Music Entertainment, et al.v. Joel Tenenbaum* showing the RIAA ` s theory of statutory damage awards to be unconstitutional.” Bar FSF brief in Tenenbaum, demands RIAA
Meanwhile, the Jos branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), has described as unwholesome, unconstitutional and parochial, the resolution of the Federal House of Representatives which directed the management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to redeploy corps members posted to Plateau State to other states. Thisday Online
Court TV demonstrates every day that we can broadcast without detrimental effects and then a case like Amadou Diallo where the New York judge threw out the notion of unconstitutionality, keeping cameras in a New York courtroom because we needed to see that. CNN Transcript Oct 27, 2002
Even if we assume that a waiver is available to indigent defendants, that strikes me as highly unfair and so it must be unconstitutional somehow. The Volokh Conspiracy » Standing and Ripeness in State Lawsuits:
In State v. McCarty 434 N. W.2d 67 (S.D. 1988), the court ruled that a statutory declaration that the partition ratio is 2100: 1 did not create an unconstitutional irrebuttable presumption. Problems with New Impaired Driving Legislation : Law is Cool
It was the judicial authority to enforce, but not to expound, fundamental law and was limited to the concededly unconstitutional act.
The American Civil Liberties Union claims this is unconstitutional and is seeking out supremacist judges to order classroom curricula to continue the censorship and forbid an open mind about evolution.
First, it held unconstitutional the long-standing rule that injury was to be presumed from the mere fact of publication.
When even Douglas Laycock, a quite moderate professor of law at Virginia, and probably the country's leading theorist about church and state, says that "in principle" the "under God" language in the Pledge of Allegiance is unconstitutional, but that current litigation to remove it is "many decades premature", he is not only affirming Akin's point, but is dooming liberalism to years and years of anti-God attacks. Bruce Ledewitz: Well, Don't We Liberals Hate the Public God?
When the Supreme Court declares a state law unconstitutional, similar statutes in other states are not automatically voided.
According to the Court, a Congressional statute making it easier for states to be sued for patent infringement is such aserious violation of federalism that it must be held unconstitutional. The Volokh Conspiracy » Destroying the Constitution’s Structure is not Constitutional
When Specter announced his bill, he proclaimed that he won a huge concession because the President as part of a side, oral deal, which is conditioned on there not being a single change to the bill "consented" to having a court rule on whether his NSA program was unconstitutional. Archive 2006-09-01
Even though federal courts have declared such displays unconstitutional, the issue keeps popping up, especially in the Bible Belt.
There is, of course, nothing unconstitutional about filibustering a judicial nomination.
The majority held that the statute was "overbroad" - that depictions of hunting or legitimate slaughtering methods might easily fall within its purview - and accordingly unconstitutional. Articles on National Review Online
The Presidency of Bosnia-Hercegovina denounced the move as unconstitutional.
Although five justices made up the majority that declared the death penalty to be ‘cruel and unusual’ punishment, they did not agree on the basis of their holding of unconstitutionality.
*Shirley Payne, assistant vice president for information security, policy and records, removed unconstitutional language from a policy prohibiting Internet messages that "vilify" others and mailing list messages that are "inappropriate. University of Virginia reforms speech code
[zuch]: To me, the hysteria about the unconstitutionality is far out of proportion to its impact, and the quality of the opposition seems just a tad irrational ... and unexplainable except as Republican opposition to anything Decmocratic orObama. The Volokh Conspiracy » Inaccurate legal claim from the Democratic Governors Association
The opposition argues that the new council will be unconstitutional and without teeth.
Edward Lazarus, a Los Angeles lawyer and former federal prosecutor, has drawn a comparison between the state sovereignty resolutions and the Nullification Crisis of 1832-33, when South Carolina claimed the right to "nullify" unconstitutional federal law. Matt Sledge: Palin and Perry Skirt Secession
Given that Callahan wrote the opinion and it unanimously found the statute facially unconstitutional, it will be interesting to see how the Supreme Court rules. The Volokh Conspiracy » Supreme Court Agrees to Review Constitutionality of Ban on Distributing Violent Video Games to Minors
“Although the authors of the textbook did use the term creationism in pre-publication versions, the Pandas textbook promotes a theory of ID which is conceptually distinct from creationism in some of the very characteristics which caused creationism to be declared unconstitutional: creationism postulates a ‘supernatural creator’ while the theory intelligent design abstains from engaging in such religious discussions” The Discovery Institute says it, they believe it, that settles it - The Panda's Thumb
You think the president has the power to declare an act of Congress unconstitutional.
She said she expected the court to find the laws unconstitutional. Times, Sunday Times
A judge who says “this is unconstitutional, but you know, the people voted for it” should also be condemned–as the state and U.S. Constitutions are *also* a reflection of the will of the people. California Legislature Passes Same-Sex Marriage Law; Schwarzenegger hints he’ll veto
Such judicial power has been interpreted to include the power to review and invalidate, based on unconstitutionality, both federal and state actions.
The prospect for passage of the bill was somewhat cloudy, in view of its evident unconstitutionality.
A total ban might also be opposed as an unconstitutional invasion of privacy.
First of all, the first declaration that you claim is that a certain High Court Rule is unconstitutional.
It's no surprise that Ronda Storms, who has made the news with her anti-gay tirades and other crazy-ass antics, is behind this patently unconstitutional stunt; she's probably jealous that Michele Bachmann is getting all of the national attention as the current right-wing nutball and she wants to get in on the action. Jesus Christ On a Plate
A bare majority of the Court declared the federal income tax unconstitutional, a position that was not reversed until the ratification of the Sixteenth Amendment in 1913.
The penal code does not criminalize such conduct, and would be clearly unconstitutional if it did.
On the extreme contrary, today's Department of Defense leadership is awash with a tsunami of fundamentalist Christian religious predators, literally 'hellbent' on using the draconian spectre of military command influence not only to unconstitutionally force helpless subordinate service men and women to accept their own biblical worldview, but to turn their subordinates into religious predators themselves. Chris Rodda: Gen. Schwarzkopf: If You're Not Too Busy, Could You Please Come Back and Knock Some Heads Around?
Consider: The Ron Paul who in 1988 ran for president as a Libertarian spoke pugnaciously of abolishing "unconstitutional" entitlements such as Social Security and Medicare. Why Ron Paul Can't Win
The Court found that this unconstitutionally favored voters in sparsely populated counties over heavily populated counties, such as Cook County.
It was only thrown out after Italy's Supreme Court ruled it was unconstitutional.
It had tightened its grip on power through unconstitutional legislation, abrogation of the rule of law, and crude violence.
Moreover, the FCC's indecency standard is unconstitutionally vague. Broadcast 'Indecency' on Trial
His attorneys argued the different treatment represents discrimination against gays and lesbians and is unconstitutional.
Sperry and a number of others to their case to the appellate court and eventually the courts proclaimed the oath to be unconstitutional.
The attorney general warned that legalising the outpost after the court ruling would be unconstitutional. Times, Sunday Times
The notice shall state concisely the section which is said to be unconstitutional or ultra vires, a brief statement of the argument to be made, and the citation of any cases which are relied upon for support of the argument.
April 26, 2010, 4: 21 pm byomtov says: if the penalty is a tax, it is a “direct tax” for purposes of Article I, section 9 and is therefore unconstitutional. The Volokh Conspiracy » Is the Health Care Mandate a Direct Tax?
unconstitutionality," I resolved to show how little law the clamorers knew. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III (of III)
Obama "And if we're placing a burden on the doctor that says you have to keep alive even a previable child as long as possible and give them as much medical attention as - as is necessary to keep that child alive, then we're probably crossing the lines in terms of unconstitutionality. Latest Articles
It went on to assert that the signer was a member of the Directors Guild and was not a member of the Communist Party, or affiliated with such a party: “I do not believe in and I am not a member of nor do I support any organization that believes in or teaches the overthrow of the United States Government by force or by any illegal or unconstitutional methods.” Empire of Dreams
However, opponents charge that the new Internet regulations amount to unconstitutional censorship that would criminalize expression protected by the First Amendment.
America's Best Christian, Mrs. Betty Bowers, calls out Mormons and schools all Americans on the unconstitutional craze of doling out civil rights by popular vote: Hark! From sea to rising sea, crafty Christians are busy putting the "tut" -- and "con" -- back in WN.com - Business News
When the New York courts declared this arrangement unconstitutional, the Supreme Court agreed to review the case.
The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled electrocution unconstitutional, effectively suspending executions in the state.
Conservative politicians in Germany are using the attacks as an excuse to revive data retention laws that were declared unconstitutional last year. Times, Sunday Times
The problem is, the abortion laws of that time which required permission from rubber-stamping therapeutic committees, which were not available in free-standing abortuaries were deemed unconstitutional on purely procedural grounds by four of the five justices that voted to overturn the abortion law. CANADA: Abortion is not a constitutional right
Banning cigarette advertising would be unconstitutional, since selling cigarettes is legal.
His days and the days of his unconstitutional gatekeeping are numbered, and he will soon pass into history like the ideological dinosaur he is.
The second reason that it would probably be found unconstitutional is that this essentially says that a doctor is required to provide treatment to a previable child, or fetus, however way you want to describe it. The Volokh Conspiracy » Justice Kagan I Presume?
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 17 - High Court judge Datuk Lau Bee Lan's controversial 'Allah' ruling that rocked the nation over who had rights to the term cited that the Home Minister and government's actions had been illegal, unconstitutional, irrational and had failed to satisfy that it was a threat to national security. SARA - Southeast Asian RSS Aggregator
the president acted unconstitutionally
Prior restraints on pure speech are highly disfavored and presumptively unconstitutional.
The new amendment also overturns Article 80 of the act which criminalized prostitutes but not their clients based on its unconstitutionality.
Her loyal audience includes human rights lawyers, she says, who assure her that the new law is unconstitutional. Times, Sunday Times
The suit charges that the act is unconstitutional because it permits no exception to protect the health of the mother.
As long as they applied to newly appointed rather than currently sitting judges, the proposals could not be understood as unconstitutionally diminishing jurists ' salaries.
Anyway, a capitation is unconstitutional if it is not apportioned among the states according to the census. The Volokh Conspiracy » 13 States File Suit Against Health Care Reform
Any potential law which they felt went against the Constitution was classed as unconstitutional and had to be re-drawn.
A total ban might also be opposed as an unconstitutional invasion of privacy.
Another was sentenced to ten years in prison for delivering speeches in which he called conscription unconstitutional. Savage Peace
However, a group of peasant men challenged the law putting titling in the woman's name, and Costa Rica's supreme court ruled that this was unconstitutional discrimination against men.
The penal code does not criminalize such conduct, and would be clearly unconstitutional if it did.
Shaw v. Hunt: Oddly shaped congressional districts are unconstitutional if they were designed in order to ensure black voting majorities.
A total ban might also be opposed as an unconstitutional invasion of privacy.
She holds that the separation of church and state is also unconstitutional and has equated Social Security with cannibalism.
This law is unconstitutional and undemocratic and it should be cancelled. Times, Sunday Times
Should that mean that Geiger counter sweeps searching for dirty bombs would become unconstitutional?
The argument that SB 1070 is unconstitutional is based on the doctrine of "pre-emption. Arizona's immigration law is no slam dunk | Scott Lemieux
They argued about whether the statute mandating the death penalty is unconstitutional.
The prospect for passage of the bill was somewhat cloudy, in view of its evident unconstitutionality.
In contrast to unconstitutional, immediate, and unhesitating military action in Lybia, what explains Obama's initial hesitancy in condemning the ruthless Egyptian tyrant, Hosni Mubarak? Sadia Ahsanuddin: In the Name of Responsibility
It is part of dealing procedurally, if one likes, on an interlocutory basis with the problem of unconstitutionality before it is known to be unconstitutional.
This law is unconstitutional and undemocratic and it should be cancelled. Times, Sunday Times
The debate had demonstrated that the only remedy for unconstitutional conduct by the president would be his removal from office and this would be too difficult and too slow.
Literacy tests for the purpose of screening voters are, of course, unconstitutional.
It is only fitting that the Supreme Court recently struck down the decision of the Ninth Circuit regarding the "unconstitutionality" of two three-strikes-law convictions. Mail Call
He remarked recently on "the reluctance of many of our colleagues" to acknowledge the unconstitutional amassment of power by the White House.
However, opponents charge that the new Internet regulations amount to unconstitutional censorship that would criminalize expression protected by the First Amendment.
It also said that the discrimination by some local authorities could be unconstitutional.
Lopez 1995, which held unconstitutional a federal law banning guns in school zones as beyond Congress's powers, Justice Thomas called on the court to reverse decades of case law that had transformed the legislature's authority "to regulate Commerce . . . among the several States" into what he described as a limitless "police power. Twenty Years of Justice Thomas
That long-standing consensus does not dispositively prove that the law is constitutional, but the fact that nobody claimed that FISA was unconstitutional until it was revealed that President Bush has been violating that law, is rather compelling evidence of just how weak and pretextual that claim is. posted by Glenn Greenwald | 10:22 AM links to this post Archive 2006-05-01
Are you seriously contending that every last gun-related sentencing enhancement is unconstitutional? The Volokh Conspiracy » District Court Upholds Ban on Possessing Guns While an Illegal User of a Controlled Substance
SAUJ president Sam Sole said in a statement that judging from media rports, the AEC had advanced no pressing reasons for what he called unwarranted, unconstitutional interference in freedom of expression. ANC Daily News Briefing
Or people who decry “legislating from the bench” when a state supreme court rules discrimination unconstitutional … Think Progress » Gregg: Not ‘A Lot Of People’ Would ‘Really Care’ If Democrats Use Reconciliation To Finish Health Care
Finally, the economic character of purchasing health care would seem to require careful pause before considering it to be encompassed within the right to privacy, as the very sentence this footnote is appended to: “[T] he existence of facts supporting the legislative judgment is to be presumed, for regulatory legislation affecting ordinary commercial transactions is not to be pronounced unconstitutional unless, in the light of the facts made known or generally assumed, it is of such a character as to preclude the assumption that it rests upon some rational basis within the knowledge and experience of the legislators.” The Volokh Conspiracy » New lawsuit on Obamacare
So they pass a bill which is an ex post facto bill as well as a bill of attainder, which is unconstitutional, so they're using the tax code to punish people. CNN Transcript Mar 20, 2009
Today, in a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court gutted the honest-services fraud statute -- "depriv [ing] another of the intangible right of honest services" -- declaring it unconstitutionally vague. Gary S. Chafetz: SUPREME COURT FINALLY GUTS HONEST-SERVICE FRAUD
The court declared the ban to be unconstitutional and void. Times, Sunday Times
He also claims it is unconstitutional to even require him to provide the discovery information the plaintiffs seek in the case - answers to interrogatories, and copies of documents.
The narrow grounds on which the court granted leave to appeal means there is no possibility of the method being declared unconstitutional. Times, Sunday Times
Adoption Act declared unconstitutional because it discriminates against children who are born through "gamete" donors, including sperm donors. Canada.com Top Stories
To abolitionists, capital punishment is equally uncivilized and deserving of a definitive ruling of its unconstitutionality.
Her loyal audience includes human rights lawyers, she says, who assure her that the new law is unconstitutional. Times, Sunday Times
Once the Affordable Care Act takes effect, there is no doubt that an individual Virginian would have standing to challenge the federal mandate since the assertedly unconstitutional federal law makes that person do something that state law says he does not have to do. The Volokh Conspiracy » Inaccurate legal claim from the Democratic Governors Association
There are very few laws that have been held to be unconstitutional for infringing freedom of speech in recent years.
Same-sex marriage will be legal in five states when New Hampshire begins issuing licenses Jan. 1, and passionate battles over whether that number will grow are being waged in the Texas 'ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional as she cleared the way for two gay Texas paved the way for a court battle over the state's ban on same-sex marriage when she ruled this week that two men married in another state can get ... WN.com - Articles related to Czech president signals he will accept 'Irish-style' guarantees
In the 1940s, the Court ruled that the right to procreate is a fundamental right and declared unconstitutional an Oklahoma law that required the sterilization of those convicted three times of crimes involving moral turpitude. The Conservative Assault on the Constitution
According to the Court,a Congressional statute making it easier for states to be sued for patent infringement is such aserious violation of federalism that it must be held unconstitutional. The Volokh Conspiracy » Destroying the Constitution’s Structure is not Constitutional
But on Friday of last week a judge found that the national executive meeting was unconstitutional and declared it void.
They say the manner in which the retrenchment was done is unfair and unconstitutional.
Says the appeals court: Because Reno holds that a regulation that covers speech that "in context, depicts or describes, in terms patently offensive as measured by contemporary community standards, sexual or excretory activities or organs" is unconstitutionally vague, we are skeptical that the FCC's identically-worded indecency test could nevertheless provide the requisite clarity to withstand constitutional scrutiny. Jeff Jarvis: The First Amendment Wins One
The former detective chief superintendent said that he regarded the approach as'totally illegal and unconstitutional' and carried on with the interview. Times, Sunday Times
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Bolton, a Democratic appointee, also questioned a core part of the Justice Department's argument that she should declare the law unconstitutional: that it is "preempted" by federal law because immigration enforcement is an exclusive federal prerogative. Hearing on Arizona immigration law begins
unconstitutionally" appealed to His Majesty the King to convene a special session to pass the deadlocked bill. Kuensel Newspaper
TelanganaNation See the funny reasons of Telangana agitators: "Supreme court stuck down Mulki rules as unconstitutional Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7
The White House claims the Congressional agency is overstepping its bounds and unconstitutionally interfering with the functioning of the executive branch.
There is, of course, nothing unconstitutional about filibustering a judicial nomination.
It would involve a flagrantly illegal and unconstitutional intervention by the executive branch into the affairs of the legislature.
The traditional feelings of veneration which a loyal and obedient people feel for a line of monarchs, whose origin is lost in the mists of antiquity, are such that they have turned what is in effect an evergrowing struggle against the archaic principle of divine right into a contest with clan-leaders whom they assert are acting "unconstitutionally" whenever they choose to assert the undeniable principles of the Constitution. The Fight for the Republic in China
Is it unreasonable that it should also be empowered to decide on the judgment of a state tribunal enforcing such unconstitutional law?
The Louisiana legislation had also been declared unconstitutional in September by a federal appeals court.
We need a way to abrogate Supreme Court decisions that declare to be unconstitutional statutes or practices that have coexisted with the constitutional provision in question for many years and were never considered incompatible before. The Volokh Conspiracy » Federalism Restoration Amendment: Take 2
Thus, the statute's failure to include an exception for medical necessity was fatal, and it was struck down as unconstitutional.
The prospect for passage of the bill was somewhat cloudy,[sentence dictionary] in view of its evident unconstitutionality.
First, it seems to me that voting on a self-executing rule per se, or on the budget resolution in accordance with the Gephardt rule, is probably constitutional or, if unconstitutional, only technically so in the “no harm no foul” way of UCs and the like. The Volokh Conspiracy » Is the Slaughter Solution constitutional?
He concluded: ‘My clients were treated illegally and unconstitutionally.’
The Repeal Amendment should not be confused with the power to "nullify" unconstitutional laws possessed by federal courts. The Case for a 'Repeal Amendment'
Not only does this make no sense but under the language the party plans to readopt this year, it would be flatly unconstitutional.
They claimed it was unconstitutional because it violated their rights of liberty, privacy, gender equality, security of the person and equality before the law.
The second defect was that the language of the act was unconstitutionally vague, and could make illegal much more commonly employed types of second trimester abortions.
To them if a practice offends their subjective sensibilities it must be unconstitutional.
The effect of the subpoena did not result in an unconstitutional inhibition of religion.
The judges in this country should throw out any case in which the defendant is accused of violating an unconstitutional law. Spy chips track immigrants
I have no problem with a full reversal, and I think cert is absolutely likely act of congress declared unconstitutional is already a strong predicter. The Volokh Conspiracy » Religious Endorsement Case Heading to the Supreme Court?
The first category is oppressive, arbitrary or unconstitutional action by the servants of the government.
His life was threatened and his name blotted out as far as the impeachers could do it, and the impression prevails generally among my enemies that the Shoffner act was unconstitutional. Memoirs of W. W. Holden,
What would happen if this bill passed and it was challenged and the Supreme Court struck it down as unconstitutional?
Plus the fact that hardened combat troops are now deployed on domestic soil. the National Guard has been unconstitutionally 'federalized' and place under command of Northcom via Homeland Security. A New Administration, Tired Old Policies

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