“We Believe We Are in a Constitutional Crisis”: Law Professors and Law . . . We stand in support of democracy and the rule of law We stand as allies to those individuals and institutions targeted by illegal and unconstitutional coercion Our democracy can survive, but not without law Kent Greenfield (principal author) Professor of Law and Dean’s Distinguished Scholar, Boston College
Illegal vs Unconstitutional - Politics Stack Exchange The Constitution is one source of law When something is done in violation of the Constitution it is "unconstitutional" Legal vocabulary aside, that term means exactly what it says: contrary to the Constitution Because the Constitution is a source of law, everything that is unconstitutional is also illegal
What is an Executive Order and What Legal Weight Does it Carry? Such a suit would seek a declaration that the order is unconstitutional and or unlawful and seek to enjoin the government from enforcing it Opportunities for declaratory and injunctive relief are also available at the point that a government agency seeks to promulgate a change in regulation, policy, or enforcement in response to an
Trump’s Unconstitutional View of Presidential Power Trump’s Unconstitutional View of Presidential Power Russ Feingold Past ACS President During an evening news briefing on Monday night, President Trump declared that he, and not individual governors and mayors, would make the decision about when and how to reopen the country
Is much of what the US federal government does unconstitutional? Something is not unconstitutional as long as the courts haven't ruled it unconstitutional I disagree with this wholeheartedly (on the face of it) If this were the case, nothing would ever be ruled unconstitutional because it was constitutional when it happened and therefore the courts couldn't change that
For countries without written constitutions, what power does the . . . When the Basic Laws do not state the remedy for the infringement of a constitutional right, legal tradition provides the conclusion that the remedy for an unconstitutional law is abrogation by the courts The Supreme Court has on numerous occasions (including the decision quoted above) invalidated laws passed by the Knesset (the parliament)
What do people mean by saying that safe storage laws are unconstitutional? The Supreme Court struck down provisions of the Firearms Control Regulations Act of 1975 as unconstitutional, determined that handguns are "arms" for the purposes of the Second Amendment, found that the Regulations Act was an unconstitutional ban, and struck down the portion of the Act that requires all firearms including rifles and shotguns be
More than 1,000 Law Scholars Sound Alarm on Constitutional Crisis We stand as allies to those individuals and institutions targeted by illegal and unconstitutional coercion Our democracy can survive, but not without law ” The bipartisan letter was coordinated by Kent Greenfield, Professor and Dean’s Distinguished Scholar at Boston College Law School, and the American Constitution Society