constitutional prohibition
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A ban that is mandated by a country's constitution.
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- The country's founding document includes a constitutional prohibition against monarchy.
- Many nations have a constitutional prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment.
- The proposed amendment would establish a constitutional prohibition on discrimination.
- Such a policy would violate the existing constitutional prohibition against religious tests for office.
- The Supreme Court upheld the constitutional prohibition of slavery.
- Despite the constitutional prohibition, some discriminatory practices persist.
- A strict constitutional prohibition on censorship is vital for free speech.
- The debate centered on the scope of the constitutional prohibition against ex post facto laws.
- Implementing that law would require overturning a long-standing constitutional prohibition.
- Citizens value the constitutional prohibition of arbitrary arrest and detention.