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impermissible

[im-per-mis-uh-buhl] / ˌɪm pərˈmɪs ə bəl /


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District Court ruled that conditioning minors’ social media participation on parental consent is “an impermissible curtailment of their First Amendment rights.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

This was related to separate charges involving impermissible contact to register academy players between 2019 and 2022.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

Multiple courts noted the government’s repeated assurances throughout this litigation, and several opinions flagged that reversing course would be impermissible.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026

That is just flat-out impermissible under the law as it stood on Thursday.

From Slate • Dec. 5, 2025

Supreme Court announced its decision: Life imprisonment without parole sentences imposed on children convicted of non-homicide crimes is cruel and unusual punishment and constitutionally impermissible.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson