Sentence examples for compel state from inspiring English sources

Its primary role, however, is to discuss issues and make recommendations, though it has no power to enforce its resolutions or to compel state action.

This was challenged on the ground that the federal government has no right to compel state executive-branch officials to do its bidding.

Its primary role, however, is to discuss issues and make recommendations, though it has no power to enforce its resolutions or compel state action.

Gordon King, 71, a retired lawyer who is working pro bono for the group, said that the goal was to collect evidence and eventually compel state officials to investigate illegal nettings.

Raich] say or even imply that Congress had the power to compel state legislatures to exercise their police power to criminalize the possession of marijuana, or to maintain their previous legislation criminalizing such behavior".

UPDATE: The House Judiciary Committee voted 7-3 in favor of House Bill 1250 after it was amended to allow, but not compel, state regulators to require tamper-proof packaging.

Whether Congress had the power to compel States to surrender their sovereign immunity for these purposes, however, is another matter.

Even if it bows to the ruling, federal officials may not be able to compel states to heed the court.

This is not just because traumas of this kind often compel states to undertake some political change and reorganisation.

Melissa Keaney, a lawyer at the National Immigration Law Center, said the federal government could not compel states to carry out immigration enforcements.

In 2008, the Supreme Court acknowledged that the international court's ruling was binding but said that the president acting alone could not compel states to comply with it.