Sentence examples for enacted first from inspiring English sources

A similar situation arose during World War I, when the federal government enacted first the Espionage Act of 1917 and then the Sedition Act of 1918.

Should both the legalization and the "anti-monopoly" amendments pass, experts, including Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted, predict the anti-monopoly measure will be enacted first, potentially nipping legalization in the bud.

The diversified chemical company enacted third-quarter price increases that were the most drastic since 2005.

In Hunter v. Underwood (1985), a case involving disenfranchising black misdemeanants, the Supreme Court concluded that the Tenth Amendment cannot save legislation prohibited by the subsequently enacted Fourteenth Amendment.

In the nineteenth century, it enacted its first modern Constitution in 1861, i.e. four years after the promulgation of the Bill of Rights (1857).

Overall, two-thirds (22 of 33) of states enacted their first law from 1986 to 1990; by 1995, more than three-fourths (26 of 33) of states had enacted their first law; and by 2000, nearly 90%% (29 of 33) of states had passed their first law.

Lincoln enacted the first income tax and the first draft, and supported internal improvements and nationalizing banks.

When originally enacted, the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments did not themselves impose any fixed limits on personal jurisdiction.

A veto by Obama would mark just the fifth time that a president has rejected the measure since 1961, when Congress enacted the first annual defense authorization bill.

In 2016, the government enacted its first bankruptcy law.

Remember, it was a weak Congress government that enacted the first significant economic reforms in 1991.