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unconstitutionally

uhnkon stuh tooh shuh nuh lee

  • r  in an unconstitutional manner
    the president acted unconstitutionally

  • But a federal court overturned the Illinois law as "unconstitutionally vague" because it did not clearly specify what acts were violations.
  • He appealed, claiming that his conviction was invalid because the state legislature had unconstitutionally authorized the Camp Meeting Association of the United Methodist Church to .
  • The Supreme Court of the United States last week unanimously reversed two lower courts to find that the State of Maryland's "religious test for public office unconstitutionally.
News & Articles

  • Death Row lawyers and inmates challenge new fast-track death penalty law
    Attorneys representing Death Row inmates have filed a challenge to a law aimed at speeding up executions, saying the “Timely Justice Act” unconstitutionally usurps the Supreme Court’s powers and violates convicts’ constitutional rights to due process and equal protection. The lawsuit is led by two lawyers – Capital Collateral Regional Counsel South Neal Dupree and [...]
    June 26, 2013 - The Palm Beach Post
  • Supreme Court rules for gay-couple benefits
    WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- A law defining marriage as between a man and a woman is unconstitutional, the Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. In a 5-4 decision, the court found that the 1996 federal Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutionally deprived citizens of equal liberty. The act denied federal benefits to married same-sex couples. The ruling means that benefits available to heterosexual couples ...
    June 26, 2013 - Market Watch
Quotes

  • Nancy Pelosi in International Herald Tribune
    The Justice Department must immediately return the papers it unconstitutionally seized,Dennis Hastert, the speaker of the House, and Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic leader, said in a statement.
  • Margaret Anderson Kelliher in Wall Street Journal
    Minnesota House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher, a Democratic candidate for governor, said the court's decision affirmed that the governor "acted unconstitutionally by walking away from the table and turning his back on the legislature."
  • Rob McKenna in Business Examiner
    We seek to prevent the government from unconstitutionally requiring consumers to go into the private marketplace to buy a private insurance product with their own money,McKenna said. "This provision is not only about health insurance, it...

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