as in obedient
readily giving in to the command or authority of another
the law-abiding citizens of the neighborhood did everything they could to help reduce street crime
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Instead, fear and misinformation won the day, leaving law-abiding residents at greater risk.
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Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
Loyalty to the leader, not the law Security force personalism happens when leaders reshape the country’s security forces by purging nonpartisan, law-abiding officers and promoting loyal officers who would never rise through the ranks on merit.
—Joe Wright, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2025
The case, Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. v. Estados Unidos Mexicanos, is not aimed at influencing the U.S. Constitution’s Second Amendment nor at preventing law-abiding U.S. citizens from buying guns, says Jonathan Lowy, president and founder of Global Action on Gun Violence.
—Whitney Eulich, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Mar. 2025
Close to a million law-abiding companies have already complied with the law, and this ruling should be stayed and overturned on appeal.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
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Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
Loyalty to the leader, not the law Security force personalism happens when leaders reshape the country’s security forces by purging nonpartisan, law-abiding officers and promoting loyal officers who would never rise through the ranks on merit.
—Joe Wright, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2025
The case, Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. v. Estados Unidos Mexicanos, is not aimed at influencing the U.S. Constitution’s Second Amendment nor at preventing law-abiding U.S. citizens from buying guns, says Jonathan Lowy, president and founder of Global Action on Gun Violence.
—Whitney Eulich, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Mar. 2025
Close to a million law-abiding companies have already complied with the law, and this ruling should be stayed and overturned on appeal.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
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