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Parts of laws can and are ruled to be unconstitutional - the remaining provisions stay in tact until and unless they are challenged as well.
Parts can be ruled unconstitutional without effecting the entire bill/law.
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What branch changes a unconstitutional law?
The judicial branch can say if a law is unconstitutional.
If a US law is found to be unconstitutional only in part does that invalidate the entire law?
Y-E-S spells yes Of if you researched instead of shooting from the hip as the guy before me did, you would find that the real answer is, it depends (the typical law answer). Is the portion severable from the rest of the statute? In other words, will the statute still make sense and operate without the portion that is unconstitutional? If the answer is yes, then the statute is only unconstitutional in part. If the answer is no, then the whole statute is unconstitutional.
If a law violates the US Constitution it is said to be?
If a law violates the US Constitution, it is said to be unconstitutional.
What do you call a law that conflicts with a constituton?
A law that violates the constitution is said to be unconstitutional.
What do you call a law that does not agree with the Constitution?
They are called "unconstitutional laws".
Can the US Justice department declare a law is unconstitutional?
No, an Appeals Court cannot 'find' a law unconstitutional. They might declare a law to be unconstitutional IN THEIR BELIEF, but they can only overturn the decision of the lower court and/or return it to them for further action or consideration. Only the U.S. Supreme Court can find a law unconstitutional.
Does Congress has the authority to overturn a law for being unconstitutional?
Congress can REPEAL any law, constitutional or not. Only the Court can overturn a law because it is unconstitutional.
What was South Carolina's argument for nullification?
That a state had the right to ignore a law, if it thought the law was unconstitutional
What laws are those that a judge finds to be in conflict with the US Constitution?
A law which conflicts with a constitution is said to be unconstitutional.
What do you call a law that doest agree with the constitution?
an unconstitutional law
What is the immediate effect if a a law is declared unconstitutional?
When a law is declared unconstitutional, it is nullified and becomes unenforceable. Sometimes Congress quickly rewrites the law to bring it into compliance with the Constitution.
What is the immediate effect if the a law is declared unconstitutional?
When a law is declared unconstitutional, it is nullified and becomes unenforceable. Sometimes Congress quickly rewrites the law to bring it into compliance with the Constitution.
