And shame on the Illinois legislature for not having the courage to repeal this ugly, blatantly unconstitutional law.
They were accused of violating an arcane and certainly unconstitutional law that imposes restrictions on who can circulate petitions in the state.
"North Dakota's governor today effectively banned abortion in the state, with an outrageous and unconstitutional law that will not stand, " said Cecile Richards, president of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund.
And the need for an effective law preserving constitutional rights against the enforcement of unconstitutional foreign law is both real and urgent: an independent study found fifty cases in 23 states where shariah law had been introduced into state court cases, including many appellate and trial court cases where the judges ruled for shariah law over U.S. law.
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The California Supreme Court declared unconstitutional a law requiring minors to obtain parental consent or court approval to have an abortion.
The Supreme Court found a similar Texas law unconstitutional in 1982, and a comparable California law, Proposition 187, was passed in 1994 but got tangled up in the courts.
In Florida, Judge Roger Vinson found not just the mandate but the entire law unconstitutional.
Is there any consideration in the administration to dropping defense of DOMA in court and declaring the law unconstitutional?
It is, after all, one thing to find a specific law unconstitutional.
The court found the law unconstitutional because it forced producers to make involuntary statements when there was no material reason to do so.
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The Virginia judge who found part of the law unconstitutional Henry E.
That portion of the bill was challenged, and in 1997, by a vote of five-to-four, the Supreme Court found the temporary part of the law unconstitutional.
IMS. In that decision the court held unconstitutional a Vermont law that prohibited pharmacies from disclosing prescribing data to drug manufacturers, while allowing it to other groups.
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However, the Supreme Court ruled part of that law unconstitutional, and the lower courts are split on whether the rest of the provisions that affect the compounding pharmacies remain in effect.
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For example, in October, 2009, the high court declared unconstitutional a new law that would have made certain institutional figures, including the Prime Minister, immune from trial during their period of office.
But I think that if it's just, you know, 100 people, 150 people, I think the court would say the way to handle that is individually case by case, and it doesn't make the law unconstitutional as a whole.
Mr Morial, knowing that a tax on commuters has been ruled unconstitutional under state law, suggests a 1% rebate of Louisiana's income tax, of which half would go to the taxpayer's area of residence and half to his area of employment.
Professor RICHARD PILDES (Law, New York University): But I think that if it's just, you know, 100 people, 150 people, I think the court would say the way to handle that is individually, case-by-case, and it doesn't make the law unconstitutional as a whole.
In its ruling Thursday, the nation's highest court could rule the whole law constitutional or unconstitutional, or strike down certain portions of the law while letting other provisions stand.
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And they argued that if that provision is unconstitutional, the entire law must go.
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And they argue that if that provision is unconstitutional, the entire law must go.
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The DOMA law will be defended by House Republicans, after Obama concluded the law was unconstitutional.
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Opposition politicians say that the law is unconstitutional and that they will try to get it overturned.
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The Supreme Court agrees with them, diagnosing the law as unconstitutional and prescribing a healthy dose of free speech.
And the specific question presented before the Court right now is whether Prop 8 and the California law is unconstitutional.
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In another case from 2000, Alito agreed with other judges who found unconstitutional a New Jersey law banning late-term abortions.
Peterson's attorneys have said they might appeal all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court on grounds Illinois' hearsay law is unconstitutional.
Mississippi AG Hood, according to the AP, claims the law is unconstitutional and has threatened to sue over limits to his power.
But at least one court decision says the law is unconstitutional, infringing on your right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure.
The board contends the livery cab law is unconstitutional because it affects a single municipality without a vote from the City Council endorsing the plan.
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