enforce the law
idiom
: to make sure that people obey the law
The job of the police is to enforce the law.
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Phillips argues that the implications go further than the company itself, with potential contagion to the financial system more broadly if the OCC fails to adequately enforce the law.
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Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 12 Jan. 2026
The Portland and Chicago deployments were stopped by federal judges before troops ever got into the streets, and courts repeatedly ruled there was not enough evidence federal agents needed military help to enforce the law, a view confirmed last month by a majority of the US Supreme Court.
—Andy Rose, CNN Money, 9 Jan. 2026
Democrats want to weaken the President’s ability to enforce the law.
—Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 8 Jan. 2026
According to the terms of Monday’s order, Florida may — for now — enforce the law against all businesses except for the Orlando Hamburger Mary’s franchise that brought the original lawsuit.
—Samantha Riedel, Them., 17 Dec. 2025
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Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 12 Jan. 2026
The Portland and Chicago deployments were stopped by federal judges before troops ever got into the streets, and courts repeatedly ruled there was not enough evidence federal agents needed military help to enforce the law, a view confirmed last month by a majority of the US Supreme Court.
—Andy Rose, CNN Money, 9 Jan. 2026
Democrats want to weaken the President’s ability to enforce the law.
—Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 8 Jan. 2026
According to the terms of Monday’s order, Florida may — for now — enforce the law against all businesses except for the Orlando Hamburger Mary’s franchise that brought the original lawsuit.
—Samantha Riedel, Them., 17 Dec. 2025
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