Another way of saying it is, laws aren’t reviewed for constitutionality before they are passed. They have to be challenged after they’re passed. Meaning the legislature can pass laws that are in fact unconstitutional, this illegal.
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Unconstitutional does not mean illegal. It means not upholdable. No one goes to jail if you violate the first amendment. The constitution was written to protect the rights of citizens from the government, not to protect the government from the citizens.
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Because an unconstitutional law violates a higher law than itself (the constitution is a law after all), it is also illegal.