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Recent Examples of unconstitutional
But Mamdani wants to both raise our debt to unconstitutional levels — and raise taxes on the businesses that make our city prosper.
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Whitney Tilson, New York Daily News, 5 June 2025
The Supreme Court is weighing a request to allow the administration's sweeping layoffs of federal employees, while a federal district court in Maryland found Musk and DOGE's shutdown of USAID was likely unconstitutional.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 4 June 2025
According to a motion for a preliminary injunction filed on Tuesday by Somerville and Chelsea, the targeting of cities and towns over their local policies is both unconstitutional and at odds with the advice of local law enforcement.
—Matthew Medsger, Boston Herald, 3 June 2025
Since then, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York and Washington have enacted similar laws, all of which would have been struck down if Maryland’s law were ruled unconstitutional.
—David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025
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Whitney Tilson, New York Daily News, 5 June 2025
The Supreme Court is weighing a request to allow the administration's sweeping layoffs of federal employees, while a federal district court in Maryland found Musk and DOGE's shutdown of USAID was likely unconstitutional.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 4 June 2025
According to a motion for a preliminary injunction filed on Tuesday by Somerville and Chelsea, the targeting of cities and towns over their local policies is both unconstitutional and at odds with the advice of local law enforcement.
—Matthew Medsger, Boston Herald, 3 June 2025
Since then, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York and Washington have enacted similar laws, all of which would have been struck down if Maryland’s law were ruled unconstitutional.
—David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unconstitutional
Adjective
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Other claims in the complaint include tortious interference and unjust enrichment.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
8 June 2025
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This amendment [fixes] that defect and allows Congress to correct the unjust legislation of the States, so far that the law which operates upon one man shall operate equally upon all.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 June 2025
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Murrill’s office also invoked the habitual offenders statute, where criminal defendants can be tagged as habitual offenders after a fourth felony charge, according to Louisiana law, and face longer prison sentences.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
30 May 2025
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Following his release from prison, Kerik was a vocal critic of the criminal justice system and a staunch ally of Trump.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten , Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
30 May 2025
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The list of prohibited and restricted items, as found on the CBP website, includes alcohol, biological materials, firearms, food and produce such as fruits and vegetables, soil, wildlife, fish, and gold, among other items.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
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For example, Customs and Border Protection in the United States maintains a list of prohibited and restricted items for anyone entering the US and links to other departments if permits are required.—
Erica Kasper,
WIRED,
21 Aug. 2024
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On the other side, Gregory Garre, who served as George W. Bush’s Solicitor General and is representing Drummond, contended that charter schools are public schools, and that teaching religion as truth in public schools has long been impermissible under the establishment clause.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
5 May 2025
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Powell’s dismissal would be unprecedented and, according to Powell, impermissible under current law.—
Ryan Ermey,
CNBC,
22 Apr. 2025
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The jury deliberated for two hours before finding McKnight guilty.—
Lesley Cosme Torres,
People.com,
31 May 2025
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Crawford plead guilty to three counts of vehicular assault and was sentenced to 2.5 years of probation.—
Kendall Capps,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 May 2025
Adjective
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At the top Plus Extended tier, Bitdefender watches for abuse of your SSN, reports unauthorized change of address events, and scans court records.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
7 June 2025
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What happened adidas recently learned that an unauthorized external party gained access to certain customer data through a third-party customer service provider.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
4 June 2025
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Kudos to Bruce Springsteen for practicing his First Amendment rights to rail against the corrupt policies and immoral actions of the Trump administration.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
30 May 2025
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Independent jurors can blunt the force of immoral laws and arbitrary prosecutions by refusing to subject their neighbors to unjust laws or overtly cruel punishment.—
Mike Fox,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2025
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Her investigation reveals forbidden rituals and buried wartime secrets connected to a sealed cave, with supernatural forces closing in around her.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
15 May 2025
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Here’s the synopsis: The story of Dorrigo Evans, an army surgeon whose short but forbidden affair with his uncle's wife sustains and haunts him through his darkest days in a Thai-Burmese prisoner of war camp in WWII.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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“Unconstitutional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unconstitutional. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.
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