Sentence examples for empowered to enforce from inspiring English sources

That determination of the body empowered to enforce the Civil War Amendments "by appropriate legislation" merits this Court's utmost respect.

"This is lawless behaviour by those empowered to enforce the law," says civil rights activist Jesse Jackson.

The increased use of commercial arbitration became possible after courts were empowered to enforce the parties' agreement to arbitrate.

The morality police are empowered to enforce dress codes and Islamic practices to ensure Western influences are not adopted by Saudi citizens.

The pipeline is fed by programs like Secure Communities, the discredited dragnet that makes every cop a potential immigration agent, empowered to enforce federal immigration laws.

Public disclosure of secret information is governed by strict rules drawn up by Congress, rules that Congress itself is empowered to enforce among its members.

The commission will be empowered to adopt and enforce Metro safety rules, conduct inspections, impose fines and take other steps to ensure safety.

Even in the absence of applicable statutes, state courts have held themselves empowered to promulgate and enforce standards of professional conduct drawn from the common law and the closely related prohibitions of the Canons of Ethics.

A key Republican objection to the consumer agency is that a new body of regulators empowered to write and enforce consumer protection rules could interfere with existing regulators tasked with ensuring the "safety and soundness" of banks.

In other words, the 260-member-firm organization is empowered to write and enforce its own rules.

His office said he had jurisdiction to get involved in the matter because New York State law empowered him to enforce statutes barring deceptive trade practices.