Sentence examples similar to Unsubstantial question from inspiring English sources

We therefore conclude that the purported nonfederal ground put forward by the state court for its refusal to decide the constitutional question was unsubstantial and illusory, and that the appellant may invoke the jurisdiction of this Court to decide the question.

The questions raised by the denial of these claims are not so unsubstantial and devoid of all color of merit that we are warranted in dismissing the case without consideration of their merits.

Her supporters describe the charges as bogus and unsubstantial.

The Unsubstantial Air, by Samuel Hynes (Farrar, Straus & Giroux).

The argument under the 'equal protection' clause is unsubstantial.

If unsubstantial, constitutional obligations may not be thus avoided.

We also reject comments for being off-topic, incoherent, unsubstantial and spam, and for using obscenities.

His achievements are unsubstantial; he has had an undistinguished political career.

There is precious little that is unsubstantial or petite about its food.

I am saying there is a not unsubstantial risk that this is going on.

Others decried the spectacle of the hearing as unsubstantial and frivolous.