unconstitutional
adjective
Examples of unconstitutional in a Sentence
Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 9 Apr. 2024
Griswold and Buxton argued that, since the law was unconstitutional, they could not be prosecuted for advising women to break it.
—Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
Last month, the National Labor Relations Board is unconstitutional filed a complaint against Amazon, alleging the company illegally attempted to disrupt organizing efforts by an independent union associated with the ALU at an air hub in Kentucky.
—Haleluya Hadero, Fortune, 8 Apr. 2024
Separately, the organization filed a lawsuit claiming Senate Bill 1, which will distribute the funding to the A’s, is unconstitutional because it was not passed with a supermajority.
—Jason Mastrodonato, The Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2024
In 1954, thanks to the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled school segregation in America to be unconstitutional.
—Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2024
In response, six inmates Woodbourne Correctional Facility in upstate New York filed the lawsuit claiming that the decision was unconstitutional.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2024
The nearly five-decade-old policy of affirmative action is now unconstitutional.
—Andre Archie, National Review, 4 Apr. 2024
In 2012, a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling found that mandatory life sentences without the possibility of paroles against juveniles is unconstitutional.
—Kristine Phillips, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Apr. 2024
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1734, in the meaning defined above
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“Unconstitutional.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unconstitutional. Accessed 17 Apr. 2024.
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