unconstitutionality
Noun
Meaning
unconstitutionality (countable and uncountable, plural unconstitutionalities)
(law) The status of being unconstitutional, or of not being in accord with the provisions of a constitution.
Coordinate term: anticonstitutionality
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The emperor relied on his popularity, the obedient habits of his subjects, and chiefly on the prejudices of the people against anything that could be subjected, right or wrong, to the charge of unconstitutionality.
As he wrote: "There is also a very slippery slope leading to other alternative relationships and the unconstitutionality of any law based on morality.
Hoague said she expects to see an additional ruling about the unconstitutionality of this limitation as well.
Following SCOTUS' ruling on the unconstitutionality of DOMA, the Family Research Council has launched a double-entendre-ridden ad campaign against it.
He found a "statistically significant difference" in the number of cases holding state legislation unconstitutional before and after the passage of the Seventeenth Amendment, with the number of holdings of unconstitutionality increasing sixfold.
The PRD officially presented the Supreme Court with a recourse of unconstitutionality against the Sun Land Corporation contracts signed between the company and the state for a total of US$130 million.