constitutionalChallenge
P1122
predicate
Indicates a legal action or argument asserting that a law, policy, or governmental act violates a constitution and should be reviewed or invalidated.
Aliases (10)
- stateLawChallenged ×9
- challengedProvision ×5
- reviewsConstitutionalityOf ×4
- canBeChallengedOnGroundsOf ×3
- constitutionalQuestion ×3
- constitutionalClaim ×2
- lawChallenged ×2
- unconstitutionalityReason ×2
- checksConstitutionality ×1
- constitutionalReviewPower ×1
Sample triples (36)
| Subject | Object |
|---|---|
| Acts of Parliament | incompatibility with human rights (under the Human Rights Act 1998) ("canBeChallengedOnGroundsOf") → |
| Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly | incompatibility with Convention rights ("canBeChallengedOnGroundsOf") → |
| Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly | legislative competence ("canBeChallengedOnGroundsOf") → |
| Baker v. Nelson | Minnesota marriage law restricting marriage to opposite-sex couples ("stateLawChallenged") → |
| Bituminous Coal Conservation Act of 1935 | attempted to regulate local production rather than interstate commerce ("unconstitutionalityReason") → |
| Bituminous Coal Conservation Act of 1935 | exceeded Congress’s power under the Commerce Clause ("unconstitutionalityReason") → |
| Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act | Printz v. United States → |
| California v. Texas | 26 U.S.C. § 5000A (individual mandate) ("challengedProvision") → |
| Chamber of Deputies (Luxembourg) | through legislative process and referrals to courts ("checksConstitutionality") → |
| DeBoer v. Snyder | Due Process Clause ("constitutionalClaim") → |
| DeBoer v. Snyder | Equal Protection Clause ("constitutionalClaim") → |
| Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization | Mississippi law banning most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy ("lawChallenged") → |
| Everson v. Board of Education | New Jersey statute authorizing reimbursement for transportation to schools ("stateLawChallenged") → |
| Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States | Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ("challengedProvision") → |
| Hylton v. United States | extent of congressional power to impose excise taxes ("constitutionalQuestion") → |
| Hylton v. United States | whether the carriage tax was a direct tax that had to be apportioned among the states ("constitutionalQuestion") → |
| Katzenbach v. Morgan | New York English literacy requirement for voter registration ("stateLawChallenged") → |
| Mississippi Gestational Age Act | whether pre-viability abortion bans are permissible under the U.S. Constitution ("constitutionalQuestion") → |
| Morgan v. Virginia | Virginia statute requiring racial segregation on interstate buses ("stateLawChallenged") → |
| New York v. United States (1992) | take-title provision of the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1985 ("challengedProvision") → |
| Reed v. Reed | Idaho probate code provision preferring men over women as estate administrators ("lawChallenged") → |
| Romer v. Evans | Colorado Amendment 2 ("challengedProvision") → |
| Section 4(b) of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 | Shelby County v. Holder → |
| Social Security Act of 1935 | Helvering v. Davis → |
| Social Security Act of 1935 | Steward Machine Co. v. Davis → |
| Supreme Court of Japan | laws ("reviewsConstitutionalityOf") → |
| Supreme Court of Japan | official acts ("reviewsConstitutionalityOf") → |
| Supreme Court of Japan | orders ("reviewsConstitutionalityOf") → |
| Supreme Court of Japan | regulations ("reviewsConstitutionalityOf") → |
| Tanco v. Haslam | Tennessee constitutional amendment defining marriage as between one man and one woman ("stateLawChallenged") → |
| Tanco v. Haslam | Tennessee statutory provisions limiting marriage to opposite-sex couples ("stateLawChallenged") → |
| Toomer v. Witsell | South Carolina statute regulating commercial shrimp fishing ("stateLawChallenged") → |
| Windsor v. United States (in part) | Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act ("challengedProvision") → |
| Wisconsin v. Yoder | Wisconsin compulsory school attendance law requiring attendance until age 16 ("stateLawChallenged") → |
| Zschernig v. Miller | Oregon ("stateLawChallenged") → |
| district courts of Japan | incidental review of constitutionality of laws ("constitutionalReviewPower") → |