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Unconstitutionality
Unconstitutionality meaning
The status of being unconstitutional, or of not being in accord with the provisions of a constitution.
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Plaintiffs hold banners reading “state of unconstitutionality” after the Tokyo District Court’s ruling on same-sex marriage in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, last November.
Therefore, rather than staying within the confines of the 1979 narrative, Iranian elites should shift the popular rhetoric toward the unconstitutionality and illegitimacy of the 1989 silent counter-revolution.
Second, the SC has in the past stated that an interim stay can be granted only on an explicit finding of unconstitutionality.
The John Vallamattom case emphasised the unconstitutionality of discriminatory sections applicable to non-Hindus.
The state Supreme Court, which now reflects the strong liberal bent of the Puget Sound area and recent governors, took a different view, raising the Single Subject Rule in its decision of unconstitutionality.
Other reasons include the unconstitutionality of Persaud’s election as a member of the National Assembly because he is a Canadian citizen and his travel record shows that he used his Canadian passport to travel.
The new bill marks a less sweeping version of the so called supercession law long advocated by the some on the Israeli right that would effectively downgrade High Court decisions on the unconstitutionality of Knesset legislation to mere recommendations.
As he wrote: "There is also a very slippery slope leading to other alternative relationships and the unconstitutionality of any law based on morality.
Each prisoner will remain in jail for 39 days, the maximum time they can serve without loosing sic their right to appeal the unconstitutionality of their arrests, trials, and convictions.
He found a "statistically significant difference" in the number of cases holding state legislation unconstitutional before and after the passage of the Seventeenth Amendment, with the number of holdings of unconstitutionality increasing sixfold.
Otherwise, the court will rule that the plaintiff "lacks standing" to bring the suit, and will dismiss the case without considering the merits of the claim of unconstitutionality.
The Report went on to assert that a declaration of unconstitutionality by a state would be an expression of opinion, without legal effect.
This met with considerable outcry among states rights advocates who wrote numerous letters to President Lincoln pleading against the unconstitutionality of such an action.