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Constitutionality
Constitutionality meaning
The status of being constitutional; of being in accord with the provisions of the appropriate constitution.
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Davis, at 641. Constitutionality The constitutionality of Social Security is intricately linked to the evolving nature of Supreme Court jurisprudence on federal power (the 20th century saw a dramatic increase in allowed congressional action).
The state appealed to the Eighth Circuit, but when the court reexamined the constitutionality issue, it upheld the constitutionality of Section 5 in agreement with the lower court.
But in 1926, the court upheld the constitutionality of single-family zoning laws.
Critically, the constitutionality of such a program would not depend simply upon a few sentences in Thomas’ concurrence.
SB 54’s constitutionality should be tested in court.
So Waring persuaded Marshall to rewrite the suit and challenge the very constitutionality of South Carolina law.
The conservative justices have a track record of hostility to administrative agencies such as the FDA and have questioned the constitutionality of their actions (and even of their basic structure).
The Constitutional Court is yet to make a determination on a matter involving Dutch national Jan Willem Akstar and a transgender woman Jana Gonani who are challenging the constitutionality of banning same sex marriages in the country.
The High Court last week dismissed a case by APNU Chief Scrutineer, Carol Smith-Joseph in which she had challenged the legality and constitutionality of adjusting the boundaries to its disadvantage.
The law, approved at the end of last year and signed by the president, despite his written reservations about its constitutionality, comes into effect on September 1 in time for the start of the new school year.
The lawsuit brought against DeWine and the state challenges its constitutionality on multiple grounds.
The Supreme Court provided the relevant precedent in a surprising place—its 2012 decision addressing the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare).
The Supreme Court, tasked solely with interpreting the constitutionality of law, never had the authority to grant such a thing.
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments November 7 in United States v. Rahimi, which will determine the constitutionality of a that bars people from owning guns if they have domestic violence restraining orders against them.
Addressing questions about the constitutionality of the bill, Rudy said he hoped the law would be followed and not challenged in court should his bill pass.
A panel of the federal appeals court in Richmond upheld the constitutionality of a revamped admissions policy at the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, frequently cited among the best in the nation.
But legal experts are divided over the constitutionality of an amnesty for the Catalan separatists.
He concludes by saying that he cannot “uphold” the constitutionality of the bill based on the lack of clarity in the title.
In a press briefing Tuesday afternoon, BARMM spokesperson Mohd Asnin Pendatun welcomed the decision of the Supreme Court in upholding the constitutionality of the BOL.
In April 2014, the DOJ successfully persuaded the U.S. Supreme Court to dismiss a lawsuit – Hedges v. Obama – challenging the constitutionality of a provision in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).