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
The NRLA, which represents landlords, has called the move a "shoddy and outrageous way to make law" that will force their members to "shoulder even greater risks" when letting out property.
From BBC • Jul. 8, 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
Atkins said that as a legislator who has to work with others to make law, she believes in civility and diplomacy even with those whose positions are opposed to her own.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2023
Judges, of course, were no longer to make law, but to propose amendments in the 'Pannomion' or universal code, when new cases arose.
From The English Utilitarians, Volume I. by Stephen, Leslie, Sir
