Vigilantes.
Citizens should take the law into their own hands when the government will not, or cannot, enforce the law.
Both depend on the support of the citizens to enforce the law, raise taxes and raise troops. The writers of the Articles of Confederation were representatives appointed by the individual states and were not elected. A policeman also has the backing of the government by law and by appointment by the local government.
Because they enforce the law!
The president has the power to enforce any law upon all citizens
No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States
The government has various purposes with some of the most important listed below. 1. Provide security for citizens. 2. Provide important services to citizens. 3. Seek investors and foreign markets for its citizens. 4. Enforce Law and Order. 5. Uphold the rights of its citizens.
It's simple, to protect the society from criminals.Another View: SOMEONE has to enforce the laws and regulations passed by the government. Without law there is anarchy. Laws and rules without enforcement to enforce them are merely 'suggestions.'
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Police officers enforce the law.
A president may not have any power to enforce the law at all; in most places the position is solely one of civilian leadership.
It is in the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution, it is not a part of the articles.