They argued about whether the statute mandating the death penalty is unconstitutional.

他们就规定死刑的法规是否违宪进行争论。

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Is the statute unconstitutional?

法令违宪了吗？

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And that is: if the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which is the statute in question, as applied to the specific facts and circumstances of the NSA program, unconstitutionally -and these are the Supreme Court's words - impairs the ability of the president to protect our nation against attack, then that part of the statute itself is unconstitutional.

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It found both the labeling statute and companion regulations unconstitutional because they forced producers to make involuntary statements contrary to their views when there was no material reason to do so.

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Therefore, I cannot agree that the statute at issue is facially unconstitutional under the First Amendment.

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