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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If Trump refuses to comply with a Supreme Court ruling, the burden shifts to those in power to enforce the law.
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Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 17 Feb. 2025
Yet TikTok is still available in the U.S. in some sort of Kafkaesque legal limbo because President Trump refuses to enforce the law on the books.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 28 Jan. 2025
Nowrasteh said that’s because there are few mechanisms in place to enforce the law.
—Rachel Spacek, Idaho Statesman, 24 Jan. 2025
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday that gives TikTok a 75-day extension during which the United States will not enforce the law meant to force the app's owner to sell the company.
—Kevin Collier, NBC News, 21 Jan. 2025
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Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 17 Feb. 2025
Yet TikTok is still available in the U.S. in some sort of Kafkaesque legal limbo because President Trump refuses to enforce the law on the books.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 28 Jan. 2025
Nowrasteh said that’s because there are few mechanisms in place to enforce the law.
—Rachel Spacek, Idaho Statesman, 24 Jan. 2025
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday that gives TikTok a 75-day extension during which the United States will not enforce the law meant to force the app's owner to sell the company.
—Kevin Collier, NBC News, 21 Jan. 2025
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“Enforce the law.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/enforce%20the%20law. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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