unconstitutional
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She has admitted that herself, saying, “These seminal moments where you have to go in and tell the president what he wants to do is unconstitutional or will cost lives. I don’t have that.”
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026
The court ruling behind the flare-up of xenophobic tensions said certain provisions of a government act on refugees were unconstitutional.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
She was sentenced to death, but that sentence was commuted to life in prison with the possibility of parole after the death penalty was ruled unconstitutional in 1972.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
Pike's lawyers could also argue a lethal injection is what Johnson called "unconstitutional as applied", meaning it is cruel and unusual specifically for Pike, due to her medical condition.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Allwright, the Supreme Court ended the use of the all-white primary election; and in 1946, the Court ruled that state laws requiring segregation on interstate buses were unconstitutional.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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