impermissible

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Ministers say the move, announced alongside a government-commissioned review earlier this year, will reduce the risk that impermissible donations from foreign nationals will "slip through the net".

From BBC • Jun. 4, 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 is just flat-out impermissible under the law as it stood on Thursday.

From Slate • Dec. 5, 2025

However, the NBA investigated Leonard’s advisor Dennis Robertson — also known as Uncle Dennis — and determined the Clippers had not granted Leonard impermissible benefits.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 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