unconstitutionalism
Against founding law
Unconstitutionalism is the principle or practice of acting in ways that violate or disregard a constitution, or the belief that constitutional constraints on government power are unimportant or should be overridden.
The term typically carries negative connotations, used to criticize those who ignore constitutional limits or procedures.
Critics accused the administration of unconstitutionalism in its expansion of executive power.
It stands in opposition to constitutionalism, which holds that government should be bound by constitutional law.
Without legal force
- unlawfulForbidden by statute
- voidWithout legal effect
- prohibitedOfficially not permitted
- unenforceableLacking legal force
null · impermissible · extralegal · unauthorized · noncompliant · infringement · overreach · violation
Absolute one-person rule
- autocracyRule by one
- authoritarianismConcentrated, unchecked governmental power
- overreachExceed one's capacity
- oppressionUnjust exercise of power
usurpation · encroachment · dictatorial · totalitarianism · repression · absolutism
Interpreting by founding-era meaning
- textualismInterpreting law literally
- federalismDivided governmental authority system
- jurisprudencePhilosophy governing legal systems
- precedentPrior authoritative example
Formal cancellation of validity
- interpositionPlacing something between others
- secessionFormal withdrawal from union
- defianceOpen resistance to authority
- noncomplianceFailure to follow requirements
protest · dissent · sanctuary · noncooperation · resistance · objection · boycott · challenge
invalid
Without legal force
- unlawfulForbidden by statute
- voidWithout legal effect
- prohibitedOfficially not permitted
unenforceable · null · impermissible · extralegal · unauthorized · noncompliant · infringement · overreach · violation · nullification
despotism
Absolute one-person rule
- autocracyRule by one
- authoritarianismConcentrated, unchecked governmental power
- overreachExceed one's capacity
oppression · usurpation · encroachment · dictatorial · totalitarianism · repression · absolutism
originalism
Interpreting by founding-era meaning
- textualismInterpreting law literally
- federalismDivided governmental authority system
- jurisprudencePhilosophy governing legal systems
nullification
Formal cancellation of validity
- interpositionPlacing something between others
- secessionFormal withdrawal from union
- defianceOpen resistance to authority
noncompliance · protest · dissent · sanctuary · noncooperation · resistance · objection · boycott · challenge · opposition
unconstitutionalismconstitutionalism
Governance bound by fundamental laws
constitutionality · lawfulness · legal compliance · legality · rule of law
unconstitutionalismlimited government
Officially bounded political authority
legal order · behaviour · order · constitutional government · lawfulness
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