unconstitutionality

[uhn-kahn-sti-too-shuh-nal-i-tee]

noun

1. the fact or quality of being unconstitutional.

Example Sentences

Judge Cobb ruled that these twin deficiencies “exhibit signs of impermissible vagueness. Taken together, they cross the line into unconstitutionality.”

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Setting aside the glaring unconstitutionality of his plan, military service members aren’t trained to de-escalate tensions, manage crowds or solve crimes.

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At bottom, it was an encounter of compounded unconstitutionality: a seizure without cause, a retaliatory command, and then brute force deployed as consequence for asserting a right.

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It pretends that relief must await final judgment on a policy whose unconstitutionality, if not already self-evident, will be proven only after irreparable harm has rippled through hundreds of thousands of lives.

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Throughout Monday’s arguments, Chief Justice John Roberts found fault with Louisiana’s second majority-Black district, calling it a “snake,” as if its shape demonstrated its unconstitutionality.

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