"Unconstitutional" means something that goes against the rules and principles written in a country's constitution. It refers to actions, laws, or decisions that are not allowed by the constitution and are considered illegal or invalid.
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That would have enabled the state to revive a voucher program that had been declared
unconstitutional in 2006 by its highest court.
While racial segregation in schools has been
unconstitutional for over fifty years, Black students continue to face discrimination in the form of excessive school discipline.
The bill is apparently an attempt to repair the old law for minor party ballot access, because the old law was
held unconstitutional in 2006.
If they feel that the cap is
unconstitutional under state or federal law, they will make this argument now, and if they lose, they will appeal to the higher courts.
As far as I understand, when a federal court declares a federal
statute unconstitutional, lower court simply adopts the same practice in the future and no repeal of the statute is required.
Before it was
deemed unconstitutional, the measure prevented the federal government from recognizing same - sex marriages.
The part that was declared
unconstitutional stated that a terrorist act was one carried out or planned out of ideological, religious or political motivations.
The party has a duty of care not to involve its members in any unlawful, unethical, immoral or
unconstitutional action.
He said restrictions on federal dollars to fund breast cancer screenings and STD tests, among other things, are
also unconstitutional.
But requiring residency as a condition of employment is
probably unconstitutional, as many another municipalities have learned.
For example, where police use more force than necessary in conducting a search, a court may find the conduct of the search unreasonable and
therefore unconstitutional.
In another pending case, it has also sued the state over a new merit - pay law, which the union
calls unconstitutional.
It is unlikely that a similar mandate at the federal level would be found
unconstitutional if it has a rational and reasonable justification such as that one.
Unfortunately it takes a great deal of money to fight this type of case, which is how governments get away with
passing unconstitutional laws all the time.
It has become crystal clear that the courts are going to be the last - and sometimes the only - line of defense against dangerous and
unconstitutional attacks on basic rights.
Are citizens free to «impose» such values by referendum or legislative means in their respective states, or are their efforts
inherently unconstitutional?
«People just sort of accept that stuff happens the way it does and just go about their business when there is
unconstitutional activity,» he said.
But because the law applied only to schools and not to other public employers, such as police and fire departments, teachers unions argued that it engaged in
unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination.
None of it could go to any other school, because they are not overseen by elected boards, making the
initiative unconstitutional and threatening the state's charter schools.
Many people assume that what is legal is also moral, and they are all too likely to believe that what has been declared
unconstitutional is immoral.
It is nothing but a state of high taxes, few job opportunities,
strict unconstitutional laws, a high number of welfare dependents and an open door to illegal immigrants.
The school district agreed to stop holding ceremonies in the church after a federal judge declared plans to hold ceremonies in the
church unconstitutional.
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