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constitutional law

Noun

Meaning

constitutional law (uncountable)

(law) The area of law which deals with the interpretation and application of a constitution, particularly that of a national government.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

The Court is most vulnerable and comes nearest to illegitimacy when it deals with judge-made constitutional law having little or no cognizable roots in the language or design of the Constitution. Byron White

As a citizen and someone who was a judge on the constitutional law court for 18 years, I feel whenever I can raise my voice with the hope of being heard I need to do it, but I wouldn't assign a special wisdom and responsibility to writers. Bernhard Schlink

Five lawyers have closed the debate and enacted their own vision of marriage as a matter of constitutional law... Just who do we think we are? John Roberts

Now I don't know why he's denying them habeas corpus. I can only assume the guys they got detained over there did something really unforgivable. Like remind Obama he was once a professor of Constitutional Law. Stephen Colbert

A sacred respect for the constitutional law is the vital principle, the sustaining energy of a free government. Alexander Hamilton

I'm not versed enough in constitutional law to run for office. I'd have to go back to school or something. Zach Galifianakis

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