Sentences with phrase «enforce unconstitutional laws»

Can he open a new case as a plaintiff against the state for enforcing unconstitutional laws?

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP)-- Arkansas» highest court on Wednesday said the state can enforce a voter ID law in the May 22 primary election despite a judge declaring the measure unconstitutional.

Discriminatory laws enforcing racial segregation have been declared unconstitutional and abolished, while the dream of Martin Luther King (that every individual be judged by the content of his character and not the color of his skin) has been integrated into the American dream itself in a way that only Lincoln's Gettysburg image (a government of, by, and for the people) had been previously.

Most in NY know this is an unconstitutional law, and have joined the lawsuit to have this overturned, and will not enforce it, while it is in play.County sheriffs have more authority in their jurisdiction, than a governor, and even the POTUS.Hopefully, they have all read the constitution and understand their sworn oath to protect & Defend against all enemies Foreign and DOMESTIC.

This comes as no surprise that the State Police was the agency «enforcing» this unconstitutional law.

In fact, the SAFE law fails so badly that Sheriff Howard has refused to enforce it, arguing that it is unconstitutional.

On May 22, as reported here earlier, a U.S. District Court ruled that California's ballot access law for newly - qualifying parties is probably unconstitutional, and enjoined the state from enforcing the deadline.

jim2, he isn't saying the laws as written are unconstitutional, it's how the Obama administration is enforcing them is unconstitutional.

Global Witness is warning that unless Congo strengthens and enforces its mining law, the country could once again see its natural resource wealth siphoned away from the Treasury and used to help fund an election that will likely be brutally contested and possibly even unconstitutional.

Sometimes government officials enforce laws that have been held unconstitutional, either because they aren't aware of the relevant court decisions, or because they think that their facts are distinguishable from those under which the law was held unconstitutional (which sometimes happens on an «as applied» basis rather than on a «facial» basis that applies to all cases), or because they think the judge before them might rule differently despite the precedent.

Every trial court in the United States has the authority to declare that a law that it is asked to enforce is unconstitutional.