unconstitutionally

[uhn-kahn-sti-too-shuhn-uh-lee]

adverb

1. in a way that is unconstitutional.

Example Sentences

A Utah state judge struck down the GOP-drawn congressional map Friday, ruling that lawmakers had unconstitutionally diluted the power of Salt Lake City’s voters by splitting the region into four heavily Republican districts.

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Continuing to fund military operations while simultaneously claiming the president is acting unconstitutionally is incoherent.

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Newby then wrote a majority opinion declaring that partisan gerrymandering was legal and that the Democrat-led court had unconstitutionally infringed on the legislature’s prerogative to create electoral maps.

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The office of Madagascar's President Andry Rajoelina has said an attempt to seize power illegally and unconstitutionally is under way in the country.

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In a statement, eight parties - including the Nepali Congress, CPN-UML and Maoist Centre - said the president acted unconstitutionally.

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