unconstitutionally
Adverb
Meaning
in an unconstitutional manner
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The "Journal" and "Globe" also show him voting that the war was unnecessarily and unconstitutionally begun by the President of the United States.
the president acted unconstitutionally
Based on this property-rights centered argument, Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, in Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857), found the Missouri Compromise unconstitutionally violated due process."
Gov. Mills and Dr. Shah have been targets of unrelenting, unwarranted criticism for acting unconstitutionally or arbitrarily.
In Leser v. Garnett (1922), the Supreme Court rejected claims that the amendment was unconstitutionally adopted.
The Judge said it would be a sad day if people are to be tried on the basis of semantics and that acting unconstitutionally should go beyond the mere holding of a microphone by an excitable politician at a rally.