How to Use constitutionality in a Sentence

constitutionality

noun
  • He questions the constitutionality of the proposed law.
  • But the case did not call for the court to decide the constitutionality of the law.
    Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2022
  • Wingate will hold the next hearing on March 1 for the parties to make their case on the constitutionality of the maps.
    Joe Sonka, The Courier-Journal, 19 Feb. 2022
  • 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
  • And the Supreme Court has yet to issue its findings on two key challenges to the constitutionality of the measure.
    Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic, 15 June 2021
  • The film has been banned, but last week a magistrates’ court ruled that the filmmakers may challenge the constitutionality of the Section 298 charges and take the case to the High Court.
    Patrick Frater, Variety, 21 June 2024
  • And how can the Court judge the constitutionality of a statute that hasn’t been challenged correctly?
    Matthew Continetti, National Review, 4 Sep. 2021
  • 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
  • Last month, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a case about the constitutionality of the agency’s internal tribunal.
    Rachel Chiu, National Review, 2 Mar. 2022
  • 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
  • The appeals court will hear arguments on the constitutionality of the law on April 3.
    Zachary Folk, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
  • The Supreme Court's ruling doesn't address the constitutionality of the law.
    Ariane De Vogue, CNN, 3 Mar. 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 justices did not agree to consider the constitutionality of the Texas law, known as Senate Bill 8.
    Adam Liptak, New York Times, 22 Oct. 2021
  • 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
  • The court did not decide on the law’s constitutionality, a point missed by some in Hollywood.
    Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2021
  • In their decision, Justices said it's not based on any constitutionality of the Texas law and left the door open for future challenges in the coming months.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2021
  • 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
  • There was some belief that a shift on the state's high court that gave Democrats a majority could lead to a different ruling on the constitutionality of the law.
    Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press, 15 July 2021
  • The Biden administration is asking the Supreme Court to block the Texas law banning most abortions, while the fight over the measure’s constitutionality plays out in the courts.
    Mark Sherman, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Oct. 2021
  • Hardwick challenged the constitutionality of the law in a 1986 Supreme Court case, Bowers v. Hardwick, and won.
    The Arizona Republic, 4 Aug. 2024
  • 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
  • The administration said the court could short-circuit the usual process and rule on the law's constitutionality this term, even though lower courts have yet to do so.
    Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2021
  • Its task in those cases is to determine what a law means, not to test its constitutionality.
    New York Times, 2 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
  • In the process, the company has filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the National Labor Relations Board.
    Haleluya Hadero, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Wilson's bid to toss out the charges was denied, but soon after, the Supreme Court handed down its June 2022 ruling that expanded gun rights and laid out its history-and-tradition test for evaluating the constitutionality of firearms rules.
    Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 9 Dec. 2024

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