Sentence examples for law compelled from inspiring English sources

Mr. Forrester argued that the law compelled equal treatment of all gubernatorial candidates on the ballot.

Justice Berkman said the law compelled consecutive sentences for Mr. Williams, whom she called an "extremely dangerous man".

Another law compelled phone companies and internet providers to keep data for 12 hours, so the state might examine it.

"I sympathize with all that, but I thought that was a clear case of what the law compelled".

Partly because it was so difficult to do business when the law compelled firms to hire by skin colour instead of skill, apartheid South Africa stagnated.

Supporters of the proposition had said a federal law compelled the government to preserve the cross as a monument to veterans.

Election officials say the law compels them to release the documents.

A Pentecostal Christian, Davis says "God's authority" instructs her not to issue licenses for gay marriage, even though the law compels her to.

Opponents of reform, who are led by Jeff Sessions, a Republican senator from Alabama, believe that national security, along with the rule of law, compels a different approach.

Should a child result, the law compels child support (at least in the West) regardless of marriage status; a wife merely adds to the potential cost of alimony.

Helmets are almost never seen, even among under-16s, despite a new, if loosely enforced, Spanish law compelling this group to wear them.