Example sentences for: unconstitutional

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

  • If the Supreme Court extends the provision to cover marriage, the federal Defense of Marriage Act--as well as the state laws barring same-sex unions--would quite likely be deemed unconstitutional.

  • Some also maintain that the act is unconstitutional: the Supreme Court agreed last year to review a case claiming that the law, in effect, allows Congress to dictate judicial policy.

  • Many people, for instance, believe that all independent agencies (such as the FCC) are unconstitutional, and that the Supreme Court was mistaken in upholding this "fourth branch of government."

  • Unless the state could demonstrate to lower courts that it had a valid interest in denying gay marriages, continued discrimination would be unconstitutional.

  • But in fact, the story of the Clinton administration and the Internet--and especially of how the White House came to support the unconstitutional, unpopular law known as the CDA--is more complicated and interesting than that.


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