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How to use the word constitutionality in a Sentence?

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The court didn't rule on the constitutionality of the Fetal Heartbeat law. We will continue to defend the law.

Alan Wilson

Found on CNN
1 year ago

HB2492 is an incredibly well-crafted piece of legislation that is on sound legal footing and broadly supported by voters of all political parties, i am confident that should Democrats challenge HB2492 in court it will only serve to further reinforce its clear constitutionality.

Jake Hoffman

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Today's order by the state Supreme Court restores faith in the rule of law and it is necessary for the Court to rule on the constitutionality of these unfair districts before the next election.

Roy Cooper

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The test that the justices develop to assess the New York statute at issue here will then be used by lower courts to assess the constitutionality of gun restrictions imposed by other states and the federal government.

Roman Martinez

Found on CNN
2 years ago

In some ways the methodological question of how the justices need to analyze these Second Amendment rights are equally important, and maybe even more important in terms of the spillover effects of this case for future cases, the test that the justices develop to assess the New York statute at issue here will then be used by lower courts to assess the constitutionality of gun restrictions imposed by other states and the federal government.

Roman Martinez

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Texas does not represent the interests of those who would bring private causes of action, no federal court can hear a case to determine the constitutionality of a statue that the sovereign defendant is not enforcing.

Ken Paxton

Found on CNN
2 years ago

In reference to the issue raised by the defense in their joint letter report to the court today of their plan to challenge the constitutionality of what we call the ‘ lookback ’ provision in California, that is a major issue, they say they plan to challenge the constitutionality of the new law. If the new law was decided by a court – and ultimately that will have to be a decision most likely all the way up to the Supreme Court of California – to be unconstitutional, that is going to inflict significant harm potentially on many victims of child sexual abuse in California.

Gloria Allred

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Especially at a time of growing discord, to insinuate outright racial animosity by Republican members of Congress during legitimate debate about the merits and constitutionality of admitting the District of Columbia as a state is unbecoming of a representative and violates the rules of the House, mr. Jones thankfully realized his words were inappropriateand accepted the removal of the words from the record.

Andy Harris

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Especially at a time of growing discord, to insinuate outright racial animosity by Republican Members of Congress during legitimate debate about the merits and Constitutionality of admitting the District of Columbia as a state is unbecoming of a Representative and violates the rules of the House, mr. Jones thankfully realized his words were inappropriate, and accepted the removal of the words from the record.

Andy Harris

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

If the argument is not going to be made on issues like constitutionality, which are real issues and need to be addressed, I think it will not benefit the president.

Rob Portman

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

I have said with regard to the President's comments that day that they were partly responsible for what happened for the horrible violence on Capitol Hill. I've also said that what he did was wrong and inexcusable. I've used the word inexcusable because that is how I feel. We'll see. I am a juror and will keep an open mind but I think the constitutionality issue has to be addressed.

Rob Portman

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The vote was not about dismissing the trial it was about not discussing the constitutionality as a critical issue.

Many House Republicans

Found on CNN
3 years ago

I want to hear it debated, i do have questions about the constitutionality, and as a practical matter the precedent, but I want to hear it briefed, and we will hear it.

Rob Portman

Found on CNN
3 years ago

It is unfortunate that the Supreme Court decided not to take this case and determine the constitutionality of these four states’ failure to follow federal and state election law.

Ken Paxton

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

We saw earlier this year that, even though four of the current justices are ready to take up a number of Second Amendment cases, they weren't sure if they had a fifth vote on the merits -- because they weren't sure about the chief justice, it seems likely that the confirmation of Judge Barrett would remove that uncertainty and open the pipeline to a flurry of Second Amendment cases, perhaps ranging from the constitutionality of criminal felon-in-possession statutes to large-capacity magazine bans.

Steve Vladeck

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The courts have made clear that the government cannot rush executions in order to evade judicial review of the legality and constitutionality of its new execution procedure.

Shawn Nolan

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The courts have made clear that the government cannot rush executions in order to avoid judicial review of the legality and constitutionality of its new execution procedure.

Shawn Nolan

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The issue with regard to exclusive representation was not presented to the court in the Janus case, but the court three separate times expressed grave concerns about the constitutionality of those provisions.

Robert Alt

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

This is really a vote not on constitutionality, because it's constitutional, it's not a vote on precedent, because if you take a look at what President Obama did with DACA and so many other things, that was no precedent.

Donald Trump

Found on CNN
5 years ago

He wrote a well-reasoned opinion and we are happy to see that his conclusion about the constitutionality of the law matched our analysis as well, my client is ecstatic, but she's still nervous because she still faces other charges in federal court.

Shannon Smith

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Somebody mentioned a possible sense of the Senate Judiciary Committee resolution, since there were objections raised on the constitutionality of such a bill and objections raised on the probability that the House would ever pass it or the President would ever sign it.

John Cornyn.Cornyn

Found on CNN
5 years ago

We're now very confident that DACA will soon meet the same fate as the Obama-era Deferred Action for Parents of Americans program, which the courts blocked after I led another state coalition challenging its constitutionality, our lawsuit is vital to restoring the rule of law to our nation's immigration system.

Ken Paxton

Found on CNN
5 years ago

While we continue to believe that this third version fails that test, there is no question that by striking down the first two travel bans, the judiciary forced a recalcitrant administration to at least give its order the veil of constitutionality, we continue to believe, as do four dissenting justices, that the travel ban is unconstitutional, unprecedented, unnecessary and un-American.

Neal Katyal

Found on CNN
5 years ago

There are still definite questions concerning the legality and constitutionality of the document, the earthquake has rattled the parties, and also shown how a good constitution needs to be part of the reconstruction process.

Dipendra Jha

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

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