How to Use unconstitutional in a Sentence

unconstitutional

adjective
  • The law may be unconstitutional.
  • But if the judge found the statute unconstitutional, and it wasn’t appealed, why did the law stay on the books?
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2025
  • From its chambers a few miles away, the state’s high court had ruled the death penalty was unconstitutional.
    — John Myers, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2022
  • Both brothers chose the gas chamber in hopes that courts would find the method unconstitutional.
    — CBS News, 21 Apr. 2022
  • Both argued that the use of rap lyrics in the trial was unconstitutional.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 9 Mar. 2026
  • What's clear is that they've been engaged in unconstitutional practices, and that needs to be fixed.
    — ABC News, 22 Feb. 2026
  • The standard the court has set is not to find any one or two similar laws that were not struck down as unconstitutional.
    — Morgan Marietta, The Conversation, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Hunter said a portion of a public health law used to make the order was unconstitutional.
    — Elissa Robinson, Detroit Free Press, 22 Jan. 2022
  • The justices have yet to take up a case on whether statewide bans on transgender health care are unconstitutional.
    — James Factora, Them, 7 Oct. 2024
  • Often, courts then refuse to even rule on whether the conduct was unconstitutional.
    — Dave Myers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Was this an unconstitutional act of war?
    — Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 4 Jan. 2026
  • Sheetz paid the fee and obtained his permit, and then sued to challenge the fee as unconstitutional.
    — David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2024
  • The courts struck it down as unconstitutional.
    — Hannah Fried, Time, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The courts made clear that such conduct is unconstitutional.
    — Tess Riski march 12, Miami Herald, 12 Mar. 2026
  • At first, the family had hoped that the courts would declare the new law unconstitutional.
    — Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
  • The bans have since been ruled unconstitutional and overturned.
    — Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 4 Nov. 2025
  • The suit asks the court to declare the ban unconstitutional and block its enforcement.
    — Melissa Alonso, CNN, 1 June 2022
  • The lawsuit argues that such raids are unconstitutional and seeks to end the practice.
    — Real-Time News Team, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The suit asked the court to declare the ban unconstitutional and block its enforcement.
    — Paradise Afshar, CNN, 19 Aug. 2022
  • The high court ruled it unconstitutional for the county to keep surplus proceeds.
    — Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 30 July 2024
  • Why can’t doctors and clinic owners sue the state to shield themselves from a law that is unconstitutional?
    — Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2021
  • And the judge who says this is unconstitutional was appointed by Biden.
    — Fox News Staff, Fox News, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The state's Supreme Court ruled the law was unconstitutional.
    — Greg Wehner, Fox News, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Does that mean that the order is unconstitutional?
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 15 June 2026
  • The filing asks the court to declare the ban unconstitutional and invalid.
    — Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 June 2022
  • But in an 8-1 vote, the Supreme Court struck down that law as unconstitutional.
    — Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The court maintained that the practice was unconstitutional despite the new law.
    — Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 19 June 2025
  • Brown says denying asylees due process is unconstitutional.
    — Anna Alejo, CBS News, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Thankfully, many judges have fought many of his unconstitutional acts.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Lawyers for the state’s legislature said parts of the measure are unconstitutional and are likely to be thrown out in court.
    — Fox News, 31 Mar. 2022

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