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  2. Police power (United States constitutional law) - Wikipedia

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    The authority for use of police power under American Constitutional law has its roots in English and European common law traditions. [3] Even more fundamentally, use of police power draws on two Latin principles, sic utere tuo ut alienum non laedas ("use that which is yours so as not to injure others"), and salus populi suprema lex esto ("the welfare of the people shall be the supreme law ...

  3. Law enforcement in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Policing in what would become the United States of America arose from the law enforcement systems in European countries, particularly the ancient English common law system. This relied heavily on citizen volunteers, as well as watch groups, constables, sheriffs, and a conscription system known as posse comitatus similar to the militia system.

  4. Federal law enforcement in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Federal agencies work with other law enforcement during events, such as presidential visits to the UNGA in NYC. Pictured: USSS, DSS and ATF. Federal law enforcement in the United States is more than two hundred years old. For example, the Postal Inspection Service can trace its origins back to 1772, [4] while the U.S. Marshals Service dates to ...

  5. Constitutional law of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Early in its history, in Marbury v.Madison (1803) and Fletcher v. Peck (1810), the Supreme Court of the United States declared that the judicial power granted to it by Article III of the United States Constitution included the power of judicial review, to consider challenges to the constitutionality of a State or Federal law.

  6. Law enforcement - Wikipedia

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    Law enforcement is the activity of some members of the government or other social institutions who act in an organized manner to enforce the law by investigating, deterring, rehabilitating, or punishing people who violate the rules and norms governing that society. [1] The term encompasses police, courts and corrections.

  7. The border is so bad, it’s time to let Texas police enforce ...

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    The porous Texas-Mexico border is a result of President Joe Biden’s bad policies. His decisions to lift the “Remain in Mexico” and stop the Title 42 policy have catapulted the border into an ...

  8. California agency enforces laws for workers. But 2 of its ...

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    A top official for Cal-OSHA was arrested for soliciting bribes from 14 companies. Why did the same office hire an accused embezzler months later?

  9. United States Department of Justice - Wikipedia

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    The law also created the office of Solicitor General to supervise and conduct government litigation in the Supreme Court of the United States. [15] With the passage of the Interstate Commerce Act in 1887, the federal government took on some law enforcement responsibilities, and the Department of Justice was tasked with performing these. [16]