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the body of law that evolves from a constitution, setting out the fundamental principles according to which a state is governed and defining the relationship between the various branches of government within the state.

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How to use constitutional law in a sentence

Sudhir talks to Noah Feldman, the constitutional law scholar who helped design this “supreme court” for content moderation.
Meet the Brain Behind Facebook’s Oversight Board (SBTI Ep. 4)|Sudhir Venkatesh|May 11, 2021|Freakonomics
In retirement, he taught constitutional law and cultural property law at Georgetown Law and the University of New Mexico law school in Albuquerque.
James F. Fitzpatrick, lawyer and lobbyist at Arnold & Porter, dies at 88|Louie Estrada|February 17, 2021|Washington Post
Cruz, who pretends to be an expert on constitutional law, knows that private companies making editorial judgments and enforcing their terms of service are not practicing “censorship.”
Conservatives crying ‘Orwell’ are downright Orwellian|Ron Charles|January 11, 2021|Washington Post
I enjoyed teaching the students about what my specialty was, which was constitutional law.
Barrett dodges on same-sex marriage, downplays ties to anti-LGBTQ law firm|Chris Johnson|October 13, 2020|Washington Blade

Unless there is a court decision that changes our law, we are OK.
Jeb Bush’s Unseen Anti-Gay Marriage Emails|Jackie Kucinich|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Submission is set in a France seven years from now that is dominated by a Muslim president intent on imposing Islamic law.
Houellebecq’s Incendiary Novel Imagines France With a Muslim President|Pierre Assouline|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
A few days later, Bush replied, “We will uphold the law in Florida.”
Jeb Bush’s Unseen Anti-Gay Marriage Emails|Jackie Kucinich|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
To those who agreed with him, Bush pledged that the law against same-sex marriage would remain intact.
Jeb Bush’s Unseen Anti-Gay Marriage Emails|Jackie Kucinich|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
In Israel, however, a new law took effect January 1st that banned the use of underweight models.
How Skinny Is Too Skinny? Israel Bans ‘Underweight’ Models|Carrie Arnold|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
We should have to admit that the new law does little or nothing to relieve such a situation.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips
He that seeketh the law, shall be filled with it: and he that dealeth deceitfully, shall meet with a stumblingblock therein.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
To Harrison and his wife there was no distinction between the executive and judicial branches of the law.
The Bondboy|George W. (George Washington) Ogden
Now this setting up of an orderly law-abiding self seems to me to imply that there are impulses which make for order.
Children's Ways|James Sully
These schools became affiliated Universities, but never equalled the Law University in importance.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume II of II)|Henry Osborn Taylor