noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
challenge
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The sale had been postponed in September amid court cases challenging its constitutionality and violent demonstrations by union members facing redundancy.
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No sooner had voters approved Prop. 209 than civil rights lawyers filed appeals challenging its constitutionality .
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Then they filed another appeal in the federal courts challenging the constitutionality of the death penalty.
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The Reagan administration challenged the constitutionality of the independent counsel law.
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The stumbling block is a case challenging the constitutionality of the new law.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The Supreme Court agreed to review the constitutionality of the 1989 law.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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If we consider the independence of the Judiciary, the Supreme Court has the right to determine the constitutionality of all legislation.
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No sooner had voters approved Prop. 209 than civil rights lawyers filed appeals challenging its constitutionality .
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That ruling, however, left open the question of the constitutionality of prayer that students themselves plan or arrange.
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The Basic Law identifies constitutionality with substantive democratic legitimacy.
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The decision upheld the constitutionality of two programmes by the Federal Communications Commission.
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The Equal Access Act was challenged in several cases, raising questions about its constitutionality as violative of the establishment clause.
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The provision restricting investment income was also thought to be of dubious constitutionality .
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Then they filed another appeal in the federal courts challenging the constitutionality of the death penalty.