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unconstitutional

/uhn-kon-sti-too-shuh-nl, -tyoo-/US // ˌʌn kɒn stɪˈtu ʃə nl, -ˈtyu- //UK // (ˌʌnkɒnstɪˈtjuːʃənəl) //

违宪,违宪的,不合宪法的,不符合宪法的

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adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : not constitutional; unauthorized by or inconsistent with the constitution, as of a country.

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Examples

  • A federal judge in 2014 ruled both the amendment and a previous 1975 statute banning marriage for same-sex couples were unconstitutional, yet both have remained on the books.

  • All but a few, however, have been Democrats, as GOP leaders have gone to court to challenge the proxy-voting procedure as unconstitutional.

  • A federal appeals court in November ruled bans on conversion therapy for minors in the Florida cities of Boca Raton and Palm Beach are unconstitutional under the First Amendment.

  • That’s true for seditious language violations, an unconstitutional law Voice of San Diego uncovered and City Council subsequently wiped from the books.

  • “I would not leave in place yet another potentially unconstitutional decree, even for the next few weeks,” Gorsuch wrote.

  • Late in 1956, a federal ruling, Browder v. Gayle, declared segregated buses unconstitutional.

  • The legal question is whether this constitutes an unconstitutional delegation of legislative power to a private entity.

  • This was the twenty-ninth consecutive judicial decision in the past 12 months holding that such are laws unconstitutional.

  • Twenty-nine consecutive judicial decisions in the past year have held bans on gay marriage are unconstitutional.

  • First, laws that treat people differently from one another without a rational justification are unconstitutional.

  • It was thought with good reason to be unconstitutional, which would make its application difficult, if not impossible.

  • Mr. O'Connell denounced the address as "bloody, brutal, and unconstitutional."

  • And it was not, nor indeed could it be, carried out except by adopting means which were unconstitutional and disastrous.

  • He opposed the committee as unconstitutional, and called upon the Assembly to reject the motion.

  • Nevertheless the king's unconstitutional move was successful; the lords rejected the bill.