Sentence examples for declined to enforce from inspiring English sources

But a court in Lille declined to enforce the request.

The Court has long recognized that the Wainwright v. Sykes standard need not be met where a State has declined to enforce its own contemporaneous-objection rule.

Thomas Jefferson declined to enforce the Sedition Act, on the ground that it violated the First Amendment, even though the courts were prepared to uphold the Act.

Since early 2009, the Justice Department and other government agencies have repeatedly declined to enforce the law as it applies to large financial sector companies.

Still, North Carolina state fishing authorities declined to enforce a shark-fishing ban on Oak Island through the busy 4 July weekend.

Nolan and others sued the Governor, successfully, charging that Alexander tried to impound spending for Medicaid and declined to enforce a state law on hazardous wastes.

1) The Department of Justice might decline to enforce remaining portions of the Voting Rights Act.

It remains to be seen if Iran can live with a sanctions regime that a US president declines to enforce.

But in declining to enforce clear-cut rules like commercial vehicle licensing, we reward lawbreaking and all its unsavory consequences.

But to say, as the court does, that Arizona contradicts federal law by enforcing applications of the Immigration Act that the president declines to enforce boggles the mind".

But to say, as the Court does, that Arizona contradicts federal law by enforcing applications of federal immigration law that the President declines to enforce boggles the mind".