constitutionalities
Accordance with foundational law
Constitutionalities is the plural of constitutionality—the quality of being consistent with a constitution, especially the U.S.
Constitution.
Legal debates often center on the constitutionalities of various laws or government actions: The court examined the constitutionalities of both statutes.
The word appears almost exclusively in legal and political contexts.
Formal approval by authority
- proposalFormal plan for consideration
- conventionAgreed standard of behavior
- supermajorityVote exceeding simple majority
- repealAnnul a statute
prohibition · suffrage · abolition · enfranchisement · term-limits · succession · incorporation · revision
Preliminary statement before content
- framersThose who construct frames
- federalismDivided governmental authority system
- republicanismGovernment by elected officials
- conventionAgreed standard of behavior
compromise · Philadelphia · Federalist · bicameralism · sovereignty · articles · confederation · Madison
Formal decision on disputes
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- precedentPrior authoritative example
- appellateRelating to appeals
- tribunalJudicial decision-making body
Marbury · originalism · textualism · standing · justiciability · mootness · ripeness · certiorari
Divided governmental authority system
- devolutionTransferring power locally
- parliamentaryOf a legislature
- presidentialOf the highest office
- republicState with elected leaders
accountability · transparency · legitimacy · preemption · intergovernmental · subsidiarity · semi-presidential · unitary
Quality of being sound
- invalidityState of being void
- voidnessAbsence of all content
- nullificationFormal cancellation of validity
- justiciabilitySuitability for court decision
reviewability · severability · permissibility · enforceability
Personal rights limiting government
- equalitySame status for all
- unalienableCannot be taken away
- inherentExisting as essential part
- privilegesRights granted to some
immunities · non-discrimination · privacy · expression · assembly · petition · self-incrimination · entrenchment
ratification
Formal approval by authority
- proposalFormal plan for consideration
- conventionAgreed standard of behavior
- supermajorityVote exceeding simple majority
repeal · prohibition · suffrage · abolition · enfranchisement · term-limits · succession · incorporation · revision · entrenchment
preamble
Preliminary statement before content
- framersThose who construct frames
- federalismDivided governmental authority system
- republicanismGovernment by elected officials
convention · compromise · Philadelphia · Federalist · bicameralism · sovereignty · articles · confederation · Madison · Hamilton
adjudication
Formal decision on disputes
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- precedentPrior authoritative example
- appellateRelating to appeals
tribunal · Marbury · originalism · textualism · standing · justiciability · mootness · ripeness · certiorari · invalidation
federalism
Divided governmental authority system
- devolutionTransferring power locally
- parliamentaryOf a legislature
- presidentialOf the highest office
republic · accountability · transparency · legitimacy · preemption · intergovernmental · subsidiarity · semi-presidential · unitary · confederation
validity
Quality of being sound
- invalidityState of being void
- voidnessAbsence of all content
- nullificationFormal cancellation of validity
justiciability · reviewability · severability · permissibility · enforceability
civil-liberties
Personal rights limiting government
- equalitySame status for all
- unalienableCannot be taken away
- inherentExisting as essential part
privileges · immunities · non-discrimination · privacy · expression · assembly · petition · self-incrimination · entrenchment · derogation
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Violations of supreme law
unconstitutionality · illegalities · constitutional violations · unlawfulness · illegitimacy
constitutionalitiesillegitimacies
Plural unlawful or improper states
unlawfulness · lawlessness · illegalities · tyranny · despotism
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