How to Use federalize in a Sentence

federalize

verb

• The measure federalizes several state programs.
• The mayor said the proposal to federalize D.C. police and the Secret Service clashed over the protests.
  — Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2022
• The No Fakes Act essentially federalizes likeness laws, which vary from state to state.
  — Emilia David, The Verge, 12 Oct. 2023
• If Abbott thinks that his National Guard units are Texas’ own troops, federalize them.
  — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 26 Jan. 2024
• Or, the news stories could reflect a desire to federalize elections, a long-time goal of progressives.
  — Karlyn Bowman, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
• Republicans find this rhetoric ridiculous, and see no need to federalize any part of our election system, even though Democrats want to.
  — Scott Jennings, CNN, 22 July 2021
• What Zinke is doing, by ordering a new review, is re-federalizing the process.
  — Bruce Finley, The Denver Post, 7 June 2017
• The president could also federalize the National Guard using what’s known as Title 10 and take control of the troops himself.
  — Abraham Mahshie, Washington Examiner, 26 Mar. 2020
• This attempt to federalize our elections and strip away states' rights would make cheating easier than ever.
  — Arkansas Online, 28 Apr. 2022
• There's no indication that Trump would act to federalize the National Guard, a move that would effectively take control of the Guard troops from governors.
  — Tom Bowman, NPR, 15 May 2025
• The 1807 law was used at the request of California’s governor, to federalize the California National Guard units to quell the riots.
  — Devlin Barrett and Spencer S. Hsu, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Jan. 2022
• There are also bills that would federalize elections, force unionization of America’s workforce, and make the District of Columbia a state.
  — Karl Rove, WSJ, 28 Apr. 2021
• Many Democrats are pressing for even more aggressive action to federalize the medical supply chain.
  — Author: Anne Gearan, Mike Debonis, Brady Dennis, Anchorage Daily News, 9 May 2020
• National Guard units across the country are under the command of governors but can be federalized by presidents.
  — Larry Kaplow, NPR, 19 June 2025
• The House of Representatives has already passed one bill that would federalize election rules and another that would undo state right-to-work laws on union membership.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 2 Apr. 2021
• The president has the power to federalize states’ Guard troops under certain circumstances, but Trump never did so during the 2020 unrest in Minnesota.
  — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 28 July 2024
• Their solution was to standardize and federalize the system.
  — Tom Margenau, Dallas News, 1 Aug. 2021
• Democrats proposed a new effort Wednesday to federalize the nation’s medical supply chain.
  — Time, 29 Apr. 2020
• Republicans cast the Democrats' bills in Congress as self-serving and expensive attempts to federalize elections.
  — Rick Klein, Averi Harper, ABC News, 29 Mar. 2021
• The Democratic narrative behind H.R.1, an 800-page House bill that would (among other things) federalize election administration, has been mostly cheered on by the press.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 24 Mar. 2021
• Bobby reported the standoff with Wallace to the president, who issued the order to federalize the Alabama National Guard.
  — Patricia Sullivan, Time, 11 Aug. 2021
• Since Virginia has the death penalty, however, federalizing the prosecution might not trigger any greater set of penalties for a conviction.
  — Charlie Savage, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2017
• By federalizing state war debts and creating a national bank, Hamilton aimed to unify the young nation under a strong fiscal umbrella.
  — Michelle Mbekeani, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
• As Congress delves into the next round of aid, Democrats are putting forward their own priorities, including a new effort Wednesday to federalize the nation’s medical supply chain.
  — Lisa Mascaro, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Apr. 2020
• There have been howls for decades from conservatives about federalizing law enforcement.
  — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 27 Mar. 2017
• Republicans view it as a power grab that would limit free speech, federalize elections, and gut commonsense laws meant to avert fraud and bolster confidence in election integrity.
  — Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News, 17 July 2021
• Nevertheless, the President has harmed public safety by federalizing a state's National Guard against the wishes of the governor and sending them into a state whose law enforcement is already dealing with the protests.
  — Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 June 2025
• The Insurrection Act is an 1807 law that allows the president to dispatch the military or federalize the National Guard in states that are unable to put down an insurrection or are defying federal law.
  — Savannah Behrmann, USA TODAY, 7 June 2020
• Under limited circumstances, Trump could federalize them, but in that case, they would generally be barred from doing law enforcement.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 Oct. 2020
• The Kremlin wants to preserve its assets under any future political arrangement, even if Assad is replaced as Syria’s leader or if the country is federalized.
  — Dmitry Adamsky, Foreign Affairs, 6 Oct. 2017