Sentence examples for test of constitutionality from inspiring English sources

Saying that "not a lot of people are going around" doing something is not a very sound test of constitutionality.

If the Court accepts the full weight and reasoning of the President's arguments, any state constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage would fail the test of constitutionality.

The federal courts that have reviewed this law since 2010 have found that it fails to meet the most elementary test of constitutionality.

The Court considered it "too vague a test of constitutionality" and said: "Such a test hinges on the court's view of the reasonableness of the law in question, and requires the court to intrude into the legislative sphere of Parliament as well as engage in policy making".

The surprise would only be in the label feminine: O'Connor is famous for rather fact-specific and murky tests of constitutionality in extremely important and controversial areas, like abortion and affirmative action.

To uphold the law, the courts would have to decide that all of these provisions are "narrowly tailored" to the goal of reducing youth smoking, one of the tests of constitutionality.

The case, now headed to the Supreme Court, represents the first high court test of the constitutionality of such prayers in nearly a generation.

The case represents the court's first encounter with the free speech and association rights of American citizens in the context of terrorism since the Sept. 11 attacks — and its first chance to test the constitutionality of a provision of the USA Patriot Act.

Since Lincoln had appointed Stanton, the defense maintained Johnson had not violated the act, and also argued that the President had the right to test the constitutionality of an act of Congress.

While in jail, Korematsu was visited by Ernest Besig, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California, who was looking for cases to test the constitutionality of internment.

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has revived one of the first court cases in the nation to test the constitutionality of government financing for an overtly religious welfare program.