Sentence examples for enforcement a state from inspiring English sources

A similar bill filed in Tennessee would also make federal gun enforcement a state crime, though it's more "moderate" than Wyoming's: federal agents doing their jobs would be charged only with Class A misdemeanors.

Rand Paul, for instance, the Republican Senate candidate in Kentucky, has enraged local law enforcement officials — and provided advertising fodder for his Democratic opponent, Jack Conway — by opposing federal funding for drug enforcement in a state plagued by methamphetamines.

The heightened enforcement -- a state responsibility -- is a lesson learned the hard way, often from a horrific case that explodes onto the front pages.

Critics say it promotes racial profiling by the local police and would undermine trust between immigrants and law enforcement, in a state that has particularly strict immigration laws.

The importance is even greater where the decree enjoins the enforcement of a state law or the action of state officials thereunder.

315, 89 L.Ed. 430 (1945), held that the First Amendment barred enforcement of a state statute requiring a permit before soliciting membership in any labor organization.

Here we are concerned with the requirement of 'due process of law' in the enforcement of a state's criminal law.

After serving as state auditor (1973 75), Ashcroft in 1976 was elected to the first of two terms as state attorney general, a post in which he earned much attention for his enforcement of a state law that restricted abortions.

A judge granted an injunction Monday blocking enforcement of a state law that would require women seeking abortions to have an ultrasound and listen to a detailed description of the fetus.

The suit was brought in a district court to restrain enforcement of a state statute alleged to deny equal protection in suppressing the freedom to pursue a particular trade or calling.

A federal judge blocked enforcement of a state law that prevents people from registering to vote if officials cannot match their Social Security or driver's license numbers to federal or state databases.