unconstitutional

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Recent Examples of unconstitutional The following January, that court ruled that one of the drugs used to kill Van Hook caused unconstitutional suffering. Cameron Knight, Cincinnati Enquirer, 17 June 2026 And this is exactly what is at stake in the lawsuit recently filed by the Florida Education Association to have the Family Empowerment Scholarship declared unconstitutional. Jim Rigg, Sun Sentinel, 16 June 2026 While the Supreme Court lifted tariffs on many goods, ruling that the executive order used to impose them was unconstitutional, tariffs on auto parts were enacted under a different authority, and remain in place. Camila Domonoske, NPR, 16 June 2026 The administration has argued that the War Powers Resolution of 1973 — which says the president must remove armed forces from hostilities if Congress has not authorized the war — is unconstitutional. Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 16 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for unconstitutional
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unconstitutional
Adjective
  • My arrest is unjust and arbitrary.
    Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 20 June 2026
  • Too often, caricatures are deployed to justify unfair and unjust treatment.
    Jocelyn Frye, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 June 2026
Adjective
  • As Hinkley’s family and fiancée mourn the loss of a young man who still had his entire future ahead of him, prosecutors emphasized the scrutiny applied when criminal allegations involve an on-duty law enforcement officer.
    Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 22 June 2026
  • Foketi was arrested on charges of assault with a deadly weapon, criminal threats, false imprisonment and misdemeanor domestic violence.
    Brandon Downs, CBS News, 21 June 2026
Adjective
  • There is, however, room for questions about where the line between prohibited and acceptable political involvement will fall in practice.
    BrieAnna J. Frank, USA Today, 11 July 2025
  • 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
Adjective
  • Court records show that Sorsby has acknowledged making thousands of impermissible bets on pro and college sports totaling at least $90,000 during his time at Indiana, Cincinnati and Texas Tech.
    ABC News, ABC News, 15 June 2026
  • Court records show that Sorsby has acknowledged making thousands of impermissible bets totaling at least $90,000 during his time at Indiana, Cincinnati and Texas Tech.
    Stephen Hawkins, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2026
Adjective
  • Anthony Gonzalez Alvarez, 27, of Lyons, pleaded guilty in April to a felony charge stemming from a traffic altercation with Border Patrol agents in Brighton Park in October.
    Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2026
  • Once Israel has been placed in that ‘guilty’ box, nothing that comes from inside of the box counts because it has already been labeled and defined.
    Joyce Kamanitz, Hartford Courant, 25 June 2026
Adjective
  • From the Dallas Stadium, an unauthorized aircraft cannot come within three nautical miles or fly 3,000 feet ground-to-air.
    Marvin Hurst, CBS News, 26 June 2026
  • But these centers often have little to no medical staff, which means ultrasound offerings could violate laws against the unauthorized practice of medicine or false advertising.
    Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 25 June 2026
Adjective
  • These monsters—its antitheses—constitute that part of our nature that urges us to be sensible and strong, and that inclines us to see the life drive as trivial, weak, sentimental and immoral.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 June 2026
  • The artist wrote that keeping silent on this kind of behavior is akin to turning a blind eye to immoral behavior.
    Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 16 June 2026
Adjective
  • More recently, mathematicians have been able to adapt Erdős’ method to get better estimates of Ramsey numbers where the forbidden cliques differ vastly in size.
    Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 26 June 2026
  • And thank God for that, because forbidden love is my favorite type of drama to watch on Love Island.
    Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 16 June 2026

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“Unconstitutional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unconstitutional. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.

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