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
The Corrections Department’s statement indicating that the execution wasn’t botched could provide proof of the protocols’ unconstitutionality, said Denham.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 29, 2021
It came to pass ere long that nothing would blast a public measure so instantly or so completely as the cry of its unconstitutionality.
From History of the United States, Volume 2 by Elisha Benjamin Andrews
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