A judicial holding that a delegation is unconstitutional invites a similar confrontation, for it may require radical restructuring or even abandonment of the entire program.
The Orange County ordinance, too, may well be unconstitutional.
The country's two main political parties face possible dissolution for "unconstitutional" behaviour.
They argued about whether the statute mandating the death penalty is unconstitutional.
Giving details of the deal at a news conference, Provincial Chief Minister Ameer Haider Hoti said the agreement has not been made under pressure from extremist forces and is not unconstitutional.
Daniel Ortega, the Sandinista leader and ally of Venezuela's Hugo Chávez, has suborned the judiciary and the electoral authorities in his unconstitutional attempt to seek a second consecutive term.
Is the statute unconstitutional?
He said SADC would never accept the unconstitutional transfer of power from a democratically elected government.
It struck down a handgun ban in Washington, DC, as unconstitutional.