unconstitutional
from
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
UNCONSTITUTIONAL. That which is contrary to the constitution.
2. When an act of the legislature is repugnant or contrary to the
constitution, it is, ipso facto, void. 2 Pet. R. 522; 12 Wheat. 270; 3 Dall.
286; 4 Dall. 18.
3. The courts have the power, and it is their duty, when an act is
unconstitutional, to declare it to be so; but this will not be done except
in a clear case and, as an additional guard against error, the supreme court
of the United States refuses to take up a case involving constitutional
questions, when the court is not full. 9 Pet. 85. Vide 6 Cranch, 128; 1
Binn. 419; 5 Binn. 355; 2 Penna 184; 3 S. & R. 169; 7 Pick. 466; 13 Pick.
60; 2 Yeates, 493; 1 Virg. Cas. 20; 1 Blackf. 206 6 Rand. 245 1 Murph. 58;
Harper, 385 1 Breese, 209 Pr. Dee. 64, 89; 1 Rep. Cons. Ct. 267 1 Car. Law
Repos. 246 4 Munr. 43; 5 Hayw. 271; 1 Cowen, 550; 1 South. 192; 2 South.
466; 7 N H. Rep. 65, 66; 1 Chip, 237, 257; 10 Conn. 522; 7 Gill & John. 7; 2
Litt. 90; 3 Desaus. 476.
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
37 Moby Thesaurus words for "unconstitutional":
actionable, against the law, anarchic, anarchistic, anomic,
black-market, bootleg, chargeable, contraband, contrary to law,
criminal, felonious, flawed, illegal, illegitimate, illicit,
impermissible, irregular, justiciable, lawless, nonconstitutional,
nonlegal, nonlicit, outlaw, outlawed, punishable, triable,
unallowed, unauthorized, under-the-counter, under-the-table,
unlawful, unofficial, unstatutory, unwarrantable, unwarranted,
wrongful
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