unconstitutionality

American  

[uhn-kahn-sti-too-shuh-nal-i-tee] / ʌnˌkɑn stɪˌtu ʃəˈnæl ɪ ti /

noun

1. the fact or quality of being unconstitutional.

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Example Sentences

But when Laredo officials appealed to have the case heard en banc by the full panel of judges, it ruled 9–6 that there was no “obvious unconstitutionality” to what had happened to her.

From Slate

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

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

From The Wall Street Journal

“Each of them is differently unconstitutional in addition to sharing some unconstitutionality,” he told RNS.

From Washington Post

“You know, it should reek of unconstitutionality, but here in Mississippi, it’s just the same old song,” she said.

From Seattle Times