constitutional challenge

collocation in English

meaningsofconstitutionalandchallenge

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constitutional
adjective
uk
/ˌkɒn.stɪˈtʃuː.ʃən.əl/us
/ˌkɑːn.stəˈtuː.ʃən.əl/
allowed by or contained in ...
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challenge
noun
uk
/ˈtʃæl.ɪndʒ/us
/ˈtʃæl.ɪndʒ/
(the situation of being faced with) something that needs great mental or physical effort in order to be done successfully and therefore tests a ...
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(Definition ofconstitutionalandchallengefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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An "as-applied" challenge, on one usage, is anyconstitutionalchallengethat seeks to vindicate the personal rights of the claimants. 35.
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General severability clauses are likely to have been enacted with no specificconstitutionalchallenge in mind, and so cannot be viewed as deliberate exercises in backup rulemaking by legislatures.
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That is not aconstitutionalchallenge, but the entirely legitimate role of a second chamber.
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The draft law was subject to aconstitutionalchallenge.
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However, the district expressly describes itsconstitutionalchallengeto 5 as being in the alternative to its statutory argument.
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A party must have standing ("locus standi") to bring aconstitutionalchallengeto the courts.
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This change is the subject of aconstitutionalchallengeby francophone activists.
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Theconstitutionalchallengeis dismissed there and then.
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It was against this backdrop of historical experience that 5 was first enacted and upheld against aconstitutionalchallenge.
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The district expressly describes itsconstitutionalchallengeto 5 as being in the alternative to its statutory argument.
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Constitutionalchallengeof the licensing regime was unsuccessful.
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Together with the two other bombers who received death sentences, he launched aconstitutionalchallengeagainst the use of firing squads.
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The case is the firstconstitutionalchallengeto a charitable choice contract.
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A large recent literature has usefully focused on a number of complex issues surrounding "as-applied" and "facial" constitutional challenges to legislation.
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Since 1996, constitutional challenges regarding electoral legislation have lost their novelty.
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Court rulings have involved other matters including constitutional challenges to certain tax laws, questions of union membership, and public security legislation, amongst other things.
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It cuts no ice now to complain about constitutional challenges.
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These statutes have been generally upheld to constitutional challenges.
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Cases in the division include damage claims, contract actions, classaction lawsuits, employment issues, constitutional challenges and other types of civil litigation.
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