The phrase "assert the rules" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing the enforcement or declaration of rules in a specific context, such as a game, organization, or legal framework.
Example: "During the meeting, the manager decided to assert the rules regarding employee conduct to ensure everyone understood the expectations."
Alternatives: "enforce the rules" or "declare the rules".
Over the last 800 years, judges have continued to assert the rule of law against the executive.
He promised, in his inaugural speech, to wage an unceasing fight against the corruption that bedevils his country, and to assert the rule of law.
If Religionists ever produced a high fluttering ethical rule, Humanists may assert the rule as their own because, for Humanists, no God ever gave humanity a moral decree.
Well then, in the absence of a well developed legal system that enjoys legitimacy and authority, we will simply be left with an increasingly anarchical system, in which we in the West will belatedly seek to assert the rule of law and vainly seek refuge in norms that we have ourselves helped to eviscerate.
Even if the full story was not as heroic as it first seemed (Mr. Comey and Robert Mueller III, the current F.B.I. director, eventually backed down when President Bush "modified" the program), it has served a more symbolic purpose: In the face of what many saw as a lawless administration, Mr. Comey's stand asserted the rule of law.
If other nations assert the same right then the rule of law will quickly be replaced by the reign of fear..
But in a last-ditch attempt to block it, the United States Chamber of Commerce has sent a letter to the United States Trade Representative asserting: The Volcker Rule is discriminatory, as foreign sovereign debt is subject to the regulation, while Unted States Treasury debt instruments are exempt.
Hien Vuong launched campaigns in 1655 61 designed to defeat the Trinh rulers in northern Vietnam and to assert the legitimacy of his own rule in the south.
As the recent experience of Iraq proves, elections in a country where the rights and responsibilities of secular and democratic citizenship are largely unknown do little more than crudely assert the majority's right to rule.
But Mr. Jeffress asserted that the rules would be a major benefit to workers and corporations by sharply reducing costly and painful injuries.
