Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The character of being unconstitutional.
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- noun law The status of being
unconstitutional ; of not being inaccord with the provisions of the appropriateconstitution
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Examples
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April 12, 2010, 5: 47 pm wooga says: zuch: To me, the hysteria about the unconstitutionality is far out of proportion to its impact, and the quality of the opposition seems just a tad irrational ... and unexplainable except as Republican opposition to anything Decmocratic orObama.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Inaccurate legal claim from the Democratic Governors Association 2010
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To me, the hysteria about the unconstitutionality is far out of proportion to its impact, and the quality of the opposition seems just a tad irrational ... and unexplainable except as Republican opposition to anything Democratic or Obama.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Inaccurate legal claim from the Democratic Governors Association 2010
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The fallout from spurious claims of unconstitutionality is a bigger threat to the nation than the healthcare bill is. helensara26
I’ll Tell You Exactly What Rob McKenna was Thinking « PubliCola 2010
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Aside from its unconstitutionality, is it really such a good idea from a policy standpoint?
The Volokh Conspiracy » Ninth Circuit Upholds “Under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance, 2010
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Any argument regarding its unconstitutionality is based on selective reading of the Constitution and deserves as much respect as promoting warfare through selective reading of the Bible does.
I’ll Tell You Exactly What Rob McKenna was Thinking « PubliCola 2010
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[zuch]: To me, the hysteria about the unconstitutionality is far out of proportion to its impact, and the quality of the opposition seems just a tad irrational ... and unexplainable except as Republican opposition to anything Decmocratic orObama.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Inaccurate legal claim from the Democratic Governors Association 2010
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Court TV demonstrates every day that we can broadcast without detrimental effects and then a case like Amadou Diallo where the New York judge threw out the notion of unconstitutionality, keeping cameras in a New York courtroom because we needed to see that.
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It is only fitting that the Supreme Court recently struck down the decision of the Ninth Circuit regarding the "unconstitutionality" of two three-strikes-law convictions.
Mail Call 2007
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The "unconstitutionality" of the draft Films and Publications
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"unconstitutionality," I resolved to show how little law the clamorers knew.
History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III (of III) Matilda Joslyn Gage 1862
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