unconstitutional

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Recent Examples of unconstitutional While that ruling pertained only to admissions, the administration last winter notified schools that any differential consideration based on race was unconstitutional. ABC News, 3 June 2026 DeKalb County District Attorney Sherry Boston announced a lawsuit Wednesday challenging a new state law that would strip party labels from several local races in five metro Atlanta counties, arguing the measure is unconstitutional and unfairly singles out Democratic-leaning communities. Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 3 June 2026 In 1869, following the Union’s victory in the Civil War, the Supreme Court ruled that unilateral secession was unconstitutional. Scott Spires Britannica Editors June 3, Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 June 2026 Policies that substantially interfere with the right of parents to guide the religious development of their children are presumed to be unconstitutional under the First Amendment. Tim Snowball, Oc Register, 2 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for unconstitutional
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Adjective
  • Other allegations include intrusion upon seclusion, negligence, and unjust enrichment.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 2 June 2026
  • Real restrictions on unjust enrichment?
    Letters to the Editor, Hartford Courant, 2 June 2026
Adjective
  • Chesnut said El Mencho, raised in the deeply Catholic Mexican state of Michoacan, echoes other criminal actors who’ve balanced villainy and veneration, bypassing traditional religious frameworks to absolve ― or even justify ― the deeds that reap their daily bread.
    Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 7 June 2026
  • With nothing holding her down but a dead-end job and an aging dad, a small-town Texan girl is swiftly bedazzled by a smooth criminal drifter, and hops into his car to pursue a life less ordinary.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 7 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
  • With the recent news out of Lubbock that transfer quarterback Brendan Sorsby may potentially miss the 2026 season due to impermissible gambling, Red Raider fans are no doubt scrambling to try to find a positive spin to their offseason.
    Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Alexander didn’t live up to the lofty expectations set for him, dealing with injuries, inconsistent play and an impermissible benefits investigation regarding his mother.
    PJ Green April 28, Kansas City Star, 28 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Two men pleaded guilty Thursday to committing more than a dozen armed robberies targeting casino winners in Southern California.
    Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2026
  • Rosenblatt was found not guilty of manslaughter and assault charges, and Woodyard was found not guilty of manslaughter.
    Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 5 June 2026
Adjective
  • Sawyer got a tip about an exploit in Vision Media’s network that was being used to gain unauthorized access.
    Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 4 June 2026
  • These safeguards can prevent unauthorized logins to your account.
    Rebecca Safier, USA Today, 4 June 2026
Adjective
  • Similarly, having a conscience means feeling sadness or moral repulsion at the idea of taking a certain action, and those emotions entail a physiological response, a remnant of having once felt sick with guilt after committing an immoral act.
    Ted Chiang, The Atlantic, 3 June 2026
  • Ryan Josue Rojas, 20, of Herriman, Utah, was arraigned Sunday on one count of accosting a minor for immoral purposes, Michigan State Police said.
    Joseph Buczek, CBS News, 1 June 2026
Adjective
  • In a discussion that Padilla started about a secret Groundlings show for gross-out comedy, Palmer summoned the ancient name of one of the forbidden Millennial texts.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 29 May 2026
  • 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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“Unconstitutional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unconstitutional. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.

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