Sentence examples for it was illegitimate from inspiring English sources

"It was illegitimate, unfair and not transparent," he said.

Mr. Wheeler termed it a "power play" and said it was illegitimate under the board's operating procedures which allow nominations only from a board subcommittee.

After Brown, many Southerners and conservatives argued that the amendment had nothing to do with integration, and that it was illegitimate, anyway, because of how it had been ratified.

With a bare majority, the obvious reference point for the Turnbull government is that of the Gillard government, an administration that could never quite shake the perceptions that it was illegitimate.

Russia vowed to respect Sunday's vote - but the US said it was illegitimate.

In the 10 44 a.m. variant, Krugman dismissed Bernie as "not ready for prime time" and decreed that it was illegitimate to critique the Gang of 4's critique.

Taken to its logical conclusion, it implies that it is illegitimate for the government to collect taxes.

Without that, it's illegitimate.

Russia is invited in by the legitimate regime – well, it's illegitimate in my mind – but by the regime".

If the hard-liners hold the elections, he added, "it will be a full-fledged coup with the help of military forces and confirmation that it is illegitimate".

It is illegitimate for the court to create new "fundamental rights" that have no basis in the language of the Constitution.