The phrase "a constitutional question" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing issues or matters that pertain to the interpretation or application of a constitution.
Example: "The court's ruling will ultimately address a constitutional question regarding the limits of free speech."
Alternatives: "a constitutional issue" or "a constitutional matter".
JEREMY W. PETERS A Constitutional Question On to important technicalities.
Pauley and Leon disagree about bigness, and also about a constitutional question.
It is difficult to conceive of a constitutional question that is more about pure process.
FROM THE DISSENT By Justice Kennedy The court says its duty is to avoid a constitutional question.
"We worked very hard on a constitutional question to get an answer from the president," Mr Paul said after voting against Mr Brennan.
The Kosovars reply that this is a constitutional question, not an issue of international law, so the court has no business opining on it.
"There's also a larger constitutional question, if a piece of your private property were being treated as if it were a public place.
"When a Supreme Court Justice indicates interest in a dormant constitutional question, people take note, especially if it's a question that's otherwise generating a lot of controversy.
The court's approach, reading a law narrowly to avoid a serious constitutional question of individual rights, used to be fairly common in the Supreme Court.
While it has long been beyond debate that the government can make it a crime to possess or to distribute child pornography, a case the Supreme Court accepted today poses a new constitutional question for the computer age: whether the First Amendment permits criminalizing child pornography that depicts not actual children but computer-generated images that look like actual children.
Despite the runaway chatter in legal circles, there remains a fuzzy constitutional question of whether Ms. Feinstein is eligible for a political appointment.
