disfavored

Example Sentences

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District Judge Randolph Moss issued an injunction, stating the president cannot use governmental power to retaliate against disfavored expression.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Since leaving office, he said, he has learned more about the U.S. government’s tactics against disfavored groups in the 1960s and ’70s.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 28, 2025

If the true aim is punishment, stigma, or exclusion of a disfavored group, the law is constitutionally suspect—even if it avoids triggering intermediate or strict scrutiny.

From Slate • Apr. 17, 2025

The effort to silence disfavored speech won't stop at college campuses, the groups warn.

From Salon • Jan. 31, 2025

The true measure of our character is how we treat the poor, the disfavored, the accused, the incarcerated, and the condemned.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson