Example sentences for: constitutionally

How can you use “constitutionally” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • With reasoning similar to that of the Hawaii courts, the Vermont Supreme Court determined that the legislature "was constitutionally required to extend to same-sex couples the common benefits and protections that flow from marriage under Vermont law."

  • See Arkansas Writers' Project, Inc. v. Ragland , 481 U.S. 221, 237 (1987) (Scalia, J., dissenting); see also Leathers v. Medlock , 499 U.S. 439, 447 (1991) ("[D]ifferential taxation of First Amendment speakers is constitutionally suspect when it threatens to suppress the expression of particular ideas or viewpoints").

  • Some of George W. Bush's critics, particularly Orrin Hatch, disparage him because he occupies a "constitutionally weak governorship."

  • A federal judge struck down the Line-Item Veto Act , saying it gives the president legislative powers constitutionally reserved to Congress.

  • The book contains a chapter, lamentably titled "Eco-nomics," that perpetuates the oddly popular myth that conventional economic theory is constitutionally incapable of dealing with environmental problems.


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