unconstitutionality
Americannoun
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Elizabeth Price Foley and Jason Torchinsky’s op-ed, on the unconstitutionality of disparate-impact theory, left me with no such “impression that any use of statistics to prove intent to discriminate is illegal.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025
According to public prosecutors, the court has already made decisions that pointed to the alleged unconstitutionality of the legislation.
From Reuters • Jan. 21, 2023
Simply put, if a board decides to remove materials from a library’s collection based on subject matter, they are putting the library at risk of lawsuits alleging unconstitutionality.
From Washington Post • Oct. 2, 2022
Another member of the court, Justice Shawn Womack, agreed with the striking down of the Board of Election Commissioners’ decision on the grounds of unconstitutionality.
From Washington Times • Sep. 24, 2022
The weight which they might by any be supposed to possess was overbalanced by the obvious unconstitutionality of the measure.
From Inquiry Into the Origin and Course of Political Parties in the United States by Van Buren, Martin
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