unconstitutional

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Recent Examples of unconstitutional But Fultz underscores that the bill was introduced because the previous legislation was deemed unconstitutional and discriminatory by Canadian courts. Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2026 He was also accused of taking unconstitutional actions against another political foe, Sgt. Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 3 Apr. 2026 Washington — The Justice Department said that a federal law enacted in the wake of the Watergate scandal that requires the president to preserve certain documents and turn them over to the National Archives at the end of his administration is unconstitutional. Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026 Biden continued Covid-era moratoriums on evictions despite a Supreme Court ruling that found such fiat unconstitutional. Letters To The Editor, Hartford Courant, 2 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for unconstitutional
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Adjective
  • The timing of the interview—just a few days before Holy Week, when Christians like Nancy and Savannah Guthrie, year after year, stage a harrowing reënactment of an unjust, torturous death—wasn’t lost on anyone.
    Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2026
  • To prevent this consequence, local and state level policy makers must empower tenants to fight against unjust evictions and battle unjust rent raises through legislatures.
    Chloe Wong, Hartford Courant, 16 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • While many of the California laws banning the political use of public office are civil statutes, one is a criminal statute.
    Will Swaim, Oc Register, 6 Apr. 2026
  • More than 58% of them had prior criminal convictions, while nearly 24% more had pending charges.
    Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 6 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • There is, however, room for questions about where the line between prohibited and acceptable political involvement will fall in practice.
    BrieAnna J. Frank, USA Today, 11 July 2025
  • The list of prohibited and restricted items, as found on the CBP website, includes alcohol, biological materials, firearms, food and produce such as fruits and vegetables, soil, wildlife, fish, and gold, among other items.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • The speedometer must have ticked up from zero to a speed impermissible in Lusaka morning traffic jams.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Slavery had become ever more entrenched in America; this transformation had brought the fringe to the mainstream, made the unthinkable thinkable, the impermissible permissible.
    Jake Lundberg, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • The records pulled back a curtain on favor-trading and frank communications in a chummy elite that looked past Epstein's 2008 guilty plea to solicitating prostitution from an underage girl in Florida.
    ABC News, ABC News, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Prisoners who are guilty of various violent crimes were not eligible, according to the embassy.
    Joe Walsh, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • This can include help to contact creditors, placing fraud alerts, disputing unauthorized accounts and preparing documentation to recover your identity.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Peters, 70, is serving time for election interference for allowing unauthorized access to voting machines following the 2020 presidential election.
    Jesse Sarles, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Lawyers for the church argue that Morris’ agreements with the church preclude him from those benefits if he was fired or resigned because of immoral behavior.
    Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The Michigan State Police said Robert Wilson, 44, of Gaylord, was arrested on March 25 and lodged at the Otsego County Jail on one charge each of accosting a minor for immoral purposes and using a computer to commit a crime.
    Paula Wethington, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Less than an hour’s drive from the holiday markets, on the way to Salla and its forbidden frontier, hundreds of Finnish soldiers are training to repel any future Russian invasion.
    Liam Denning, Bloomberg, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Women, whether secular or religious, remain forbidden to read, write or tell stories.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026

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“Unconstitutional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unconstitutional. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.

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