nonenforcement
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7.4
- noun
- /ˌnɒnɪnˈfɔːrsmənt/
- The nonenforcement of certain regulations has led to increased violations of environmental laws.
- executive nonenforcement
- nonenforcement discretion
- nonenforcement policy
Examples
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Presidents have been using nonenforcement to effectively amend statutory policies.
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The Court then deferred to Congress to determine whether executive nonenforcement should be reviewed by the courts.
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The Obama administration justified its immigration initiative upon its authority to exercise executive nonenforcement discretion.
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If such a finding is made, the Panel will propose an action plan to remedy the nonenforcement.
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As discussed above, in United States v. Texas, the Supreme Court requested briefing on the scope of executive nonenforcement.
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The Supreme Court has indicated that judicial review of agency nonenforcement in the civil context may be permissible if Congress speaks clearly enough.
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To understand executive nonenforcement in the contexts of DACA and DAPA, it is necessary to briefly review immigration law.
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The Court has effectively abdicated its role of judicial review by demonstrating its unwillingness to evaluate an executive nonenforcement decision.
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In the future, the OLC should first consider the size of the executive nonenforcement action in its assessment of whether enforcement discretion is made on a case-by-case basis.
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The courts have cited the Take Care Clause to justify executive nonenforcement discretion, but when courts found that enforcement discretion went too far, they evaded defining the Clause's parameters.
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Synonyms
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9.9
Not doing something you must do by law or duty that hurts people
Antonyms
How Enforced
Surface Forms
Morphology
nonenforcement = enforcement (transparent) = non + enforce + ment
The prefix 'non-' straightforwardly negates the noun 'enforcement', yielding the meaning 'the absence or refusal to enforce'.
Etymology
Nonenforcement begins with non- meaning 'not' and uses enforce, from force meaning 'power' and here 'to make people follow a rule'. So nonenforcement is 'not making rules happen', which is why it means a decision or failure not to apply laws or regulations.