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verfassungswidrig (adj)
   unconstitutional

Die vier verkaufsoffenen Adventssonntage in Berlin sind verfassungswidrig. Sie verstoßen gegen den Sonntagsschutz im Grundgesetz, urteilte das Bundesverfassungsgericht in Karlsruhe.
The four shopping Advent Sundays in Berlin are unconstitutional. They violate the Sunday protection [provision] in the Basic Law, ruled the Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe.

Related:
die Verfassung constitution; state of mind/health
die Verfassungsänderung constitutional amendment
verfassungsfeindlich (adj) anti-constitutional
verfassungsmäßig (adj/adv) constitutional(ly), in accordance
  with the constitution
das Verfassungsrecht constitutional law
verfassungsrechtlich by/of/in constitutional law
die Verfassungswidrigkeit unconstitutionality

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