make law
Example Sentences
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The legislative branch would have chambers representing the people and the states, holding the power of the purse and the power to make law.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025
They could make law alone, change the law or remit its penalties alone, and sit as judge in particular cases alone.
From Slate • Feb. 26, 2025
“You can’t make law like that,” Lankford said.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 5, 2023
On Tuesday, the judges agreed with the government, saying that only parliament could make law and the judges could only interpret them.
From BBC • Oct. 17, 2023
Can aliens make treaties easier than friends can make law?
From The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln A Narrative And Descriptive Biography With Pen-Pictures And Personal Recollections By Those Who Knew Him by Browne, Francis F. (Francis Fisher)