"But to actually enforce that would take way more governmental resources than we have," he said.
Whether his infamously efficient security apparatus and well-financed but politicized military could enforce that order — and whether it would stay loyal to him even if it came to shedding blood — was the main question for many Egyptians.
Problem is, back in February, the Department of Labor issued "Field Assistance Bulletin No. 2012-2," which announced that it would enforce regulations regarding what its spokesman Scott Allen called "the inaccurate use of tip credit".
For the Obama administration, which had signalled early in its term that it would not enforce marijuana laws in states that took a lenient approach to cannabis, this crackdown amounts to a puzzling U-turn; lawsuits are already trying to block the crackdown.In California it seems especially bizarre, and it has not been echoed in Colorado.
Under the 1994 law, the agency had the power to enforce manufacturing standards, but until yesterday's announcement, it never issued specific regulations on what companies had to do to comply or indicated that it would enforce those rules.
The state showed that it would enforce political unity but protect economic opportunism.
After the Obama administration announced that it would enforce the Defense of Marriage Act but would not defend it in court, G.O.P. House leaders enthusiastically stepped in.
In the aftermath of that confrontation, Mr. Lugo's government said last week that it would enforce a longstanding law against foreigners' buying agricultural land from citizens.
The Government Press Office also warned news organizations that it would enforce a prohibition on hiring Palestinians who did not have permits to work in Israel.
The Federal Aviation Administration said late Wednesday that it would enforce a temporary ban on flights below 2,000 feet for the area surrounding the estate on the Hudson River where Ms. Clinton is to be married.
