How to Use constitutionality in a Sentence

constitutionality

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  • He questions the constitutionality of the proposed law.
  • That case did not call for the justices to decide the constitutionality of the law.
    — Robert Barnes, Washington Post, 15 June 2023
  • The Supreme Court might take up the constitutionality of the statute sometime next year.
    — Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2022
  • The debate over the law’s constitutionality came with a twist in this case.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Dec. 2022
  • The four-page order does not make any ruling on the constitutionality of the law.
    — Brian Witte, BostonGlobe.com, 10 May 2023
  • The lower courts are divided on the constitutionality of the laws, and the court has asked the Biden administration to weigh in on whether to review the laws.
    — Robert Barnes, Washington Post, 20 Feb. 2023
  • In the video, Paul questions the constitutionality of Congress giving such a large sum of money to Ukraine.
    — Molly Stellino, USA TODAY, 8 Oct. 2022
  • That’s either ironic or interesting, because the law has been on the books for 44 years, and this is the first time the constitutionality of the law has been challenged.
    — Felicia Fonseca and Mark Sherman, The Arizona Republic, 8 Nov. 2022
  • The district court sent the case to the Connecticut Supreme Court asking it to decide on the constitutionality of the Connecticut statute.
    — Jack Greiner, The Enquirer, 12 Apr. 2023
  • At issue is the constitutionality of the Safe Third Country Agreement, the 2004 pact between the two countries.
    — Amanda Coletta, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2022
  • Abortions up to around 23 weeks would still be allowed under a lawsuit filed by six plaintiffs over the constitutionality of the ban.
    — Dallas News, 29 July 2022
  • But in October, a Cincinnati judge put that law on hold, while his court examines the overall constitutionality of the law, which could take the better part of a year.
    — cleveland, 12 Dec. 2022
  • Next, challenges to the constitutionality of the section began to appear before the Supreme Court.
    — Nick Corasaniti, New York Times, 21 Nov. 2023
  • The only reason to structure the law this way was to try to evade federal court review of its constitutionality.
    — David Cole, The New York Review of Books, 8 July 2022
  • In six states, a more restrictive law has been blocked as a court decides on its constitutionality.
    — Politifact Staff Writer, Dallas News, 22 June 2023
  • The trigger law — which could ban most abortions in the state — is currently on hold, as a lawsuit challenging its constitutionality makes its way through the courts.
    — Becky Jacobs, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Aug. 2022
  • The Supreme Court’s job is to interpret the constitutionality of law, not to do mental gymnastics to try to spin a decision to support their team.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 5 Aug. 2022
  • But no court has yet to rule definitively on the law’s constitutionality.
    — Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Debates over a wealth tax’s constitutionality are not new, of course.
    — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 26 June 2023
  • Questions about the law’s constitutionality were raised last year at the Texas Ethics Commission, the agency charged with enforcing it.
    — Dallas News, 27 Jan. 2023
  • The block remains in place until questions about the overall constitutionality of the heartbeat law are decided in Jenkins’ court, which could take the better part of a year.
    — cleveland, 16 Dec. 2022
  • The disclosure that the state is ready to use nitrogen hypoxia is expected to set off a new round of legal battles over the constitutionality of the method.
    — CBS News, 28 Aug. 2023
  • This will allow the court to clarify the scope, application, and constitutionality of the statute.
    — Micaela A Watts, USA TODAY, 2 Apr. 2023
  • The state law remains on hold, and the 5th Circuit has scheduled oral arguments April 3 to consider the law’s constitutionality.
    — Nick Miroff, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2024
  • The Senate amended the bill to allow the Maryland Supreme Court to determine the constitutionality of the law, if passed, before potential lawsuits are heard in a lower court.
    — Hannah Gaskill, Baltimore Sun, 28 Mar. 2023
  • When the Alabama Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the law in early 2015, donations picked up again.
    — Trisha Powell Crain | Tcrain@al.com, al, 1 Aug. 2022
  • States and the tech industry have called on the Supreme Court to weigh in on the constitutionality of the laws, after federal appeals courts issued conflicting rulings.
    — Cat Zakrzewski and Cristiano Lima, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Many civil rights groups have challenged the constitutionality of the law in cases currently being heard in courts.
    — Niha Masih, Washington Post, 27 Jan. 2023
  • The order comes in the midst of an ongoing legal battle in state court over the constitutionality of two state laws that would ban abortions except to save the life of or prevent disabling injury to a patient.
    — Deborah Yetter, The Courier-Journal, 3 Aug. 2022
  • The law has largely been on hold since its passage, and an appeals court is reviewing its constitutionality.
    — Ann E. Marimow, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2023

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