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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The students became targets of anti-integration mobs, prompting then-President Dwight Eisenhower to deploy the National Guard to enforce the law and protect the students.
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Beatrice Peterson, ABC News, 15 Apr. 2024
After that, the power to enforce the law seemingly rests with the state attorney general.
—Jimmy Jenkins, The Arizona Republic, 9 Apr. 2024
The Federal Trade Commission and individual states could enforce the law, which also includes a private right of action for individual consumers to bring lawsuits where their privacy rights are violated.
—Lauren Feiner, The Verge, 8 Apr. 2024
The Idaho attorney general would have authority to investigate and enforce the law and to allow private lawsuits.
—Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 3 Apr. 2024
On Tuesday the Supreme Court cleared the way for Texas to enforce the law while its constitutionality is challenged, but hours later a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, based in New Orleans, issued an order preventing the law from taking effect.
—Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2024
The state could also sue to enforce the law and collect the penalties.
—Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Feb. 2024
The 5th Circuit scheduled a hearing for Wednesday to discuss whether Texas can enforce the law while its constitutionality is litigated.
—Maria Sacchetti, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2024
Amidst court challenges from the Biden administration and others, however, the state has never been able to enforce the law.
—Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Mar. 2024
Beatrice Peterson, ABC News, 15 Apr. 2024
After that, the power to enforce the law seemingly rests with the state attorney general.
—Jimmy Jenkins, The Arizona Republic, 9 Apr. 2024
The Federal Trade Commission and individual states could enforce the law, which also includes a private right of action for individual consumers to bring lawsuits where their privacy rights are violated.
—Lauren Feiner, The Verge, 8 Apr. 2024
The Idaho attorney general would have authority to investigate and enforce the law and to allow private lawsuits.
—Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 3 Apr. 2024
On Tuesday the Supreme Court cleared the way for Texas to enforce the law while its constitutionality is challenged, but hours later a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, based in New Orleans, issued an order preventing the law from taking effect.
—Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2024
The state could also sue to enforce the law and collect the penalties.
—Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Feb. 2024
The 5th Circuit scheduled a hearing for Wednesday to discuss whether Texas can enforce the law while its constitutionality is litigated.
—Maria Sacchetti, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2024
Amidst court challenges from the Biden administration and others, however, the state has never been able to enforce the law.
—Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Mar. 2024
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