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Recent Examples of unconstitutional
Broadnax, a Black man, has also long argued his capital murder trial was unconstitutional and violated the 14th Amendment's guarantees of equal protection and due process.
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Jamie Landers, Dallas Morning News, 8 Apr. 2026
White House lawyers unlawfully declared a law intended to preserve official records generated by the president and his staff unconstitutional, a new lawsuit says.
—Nancy Cook, Bloomberg, 7 Apr. 2026
The legislation has been blasted by free speech groups as unconstitutional.
—Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 6 Apr. 2026
The attorney general is obsessed with the idea that laws underpinning equal treatment for groups that have been historically discriminated against amount to discrimination against white men, and are therefore unconstitutional.
—Howard L. Simon, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2026
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Jamie Landers, Dallas Morning News, 8 Apr. 2026
White House lawyers unlawfully declared a law intended to preserve official records generated by the president and his staff unconstitutional, a new lawsuit says.
—Nancy Cook, Bloomberg, 7 Apr. 2026
The legislation has been blasted by free speech groups as unconstitutional.
—Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 6 Apr. 2026
The attorney general is obsessed with the idea that laws underpinning equal treatment for groups that have been historically discriminated against amount to discrimination against white men, and are therefore unconstitutional.
—Howard L. Simon, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unconstitutional
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The exploitation of this tragedy to demonize Haitian immigrants and dismantle humanitarian protections is both unjust and deeply harmful.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
11 Apr. 2026
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This finding suggests that people perceive health inequality as unjust and are less likely to blame LGBTQ+ individuals for those circumstances.—
Nathaniel M. Tran,
The Conversation,
10 Apr. 2026
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The laws, which her party backed in recent years, eliminated preliminary detention in certain cases and raised the threshold for seizing criminal assets.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 Apr. 2026
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The only real threat is a whistleblower, like an outcast kid overhearing the whole criminal scheme from the floor below his mother’s office.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
12 Apr. 2026
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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
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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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The speedometer must have ticked up from zero to a speed impermissible in Lusaka morning traffic jams.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Mar. 2026
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Slavery had become ever more entrenched in America; this transformation had brought the fringe to the mainstream, made the unthinkable thinkable, the impermissible permissible.—
Jake Lundberg,
The Atlantic,
12 Feb. 2026
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Hopper pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of second-degree murder on Wednesday, April 15, avoiding a trial that was set to start in July, per the court records.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
PEOPLE,
17 Apr. 2026
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At his first court appearance Thursday afternoon, Fiapoto pleaded not guilty and insisted on a fast preliminary hearing, according to court records.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
17 Apr. 2026
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The 1973 War Powers Resolution — which Congress passed in response to the Vietnam War as a check on the president's power to enter armed conflict without consent from the legislative branch — capped any unauthorized engagement at 60 days.—
Caitlin Yilek,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
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In February, the Mountain View ended its contract with Flock after an audit discovered unauthorized access by federal agencies in 2024.—
Hema Sivanandam,
Mercury News,
16 Apr. 2026
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To do so is to be tacitly complicit in what these companies know to be wrong, unethical and immoral.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
7 Apr. 2026
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Lawyers for the church argue that Morris’ agreements with the church preclude him from those benefits if he was fired or resigned because of immoral behavior.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 Apr. 2026
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Less than an hour’s drive from the holiday markets, on the way to Salla and its forbidden frontier, hundreds of Finnish soldiers are training to repel any future Russian invasion.—
Liam Denning,
Bloomberg,
12 Mar. 2026
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Women, whether secular or religious, remain forbidden to read, write or tell stories.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Unconstitutional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unconstitutional. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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