impermissible

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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

Circuit Court of Appeals held in 2022 that “the prosecution of foreign nationals traveling on such a vessel for a violation of U.S. law is impermissible under the Felonies Clause of the Constitution.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 8, 2025

That act allowed judges in North Carolina to consider a wide range of evidence, including statistics, in determining whether race played an impermissible role in a criminal trial.

From Slate • Feb. 13, 2025

It was also alleged to be an impermissible attempt to circumvent the legislation by effectively making another application for an off-licence.

From BBC • Jan. 29, 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