- The police must obey the law while enforcing the law.
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"The police must obey the law while enforcing the law."—Chief Justice Earl Warren
Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill. 2009.
The police must obey the law while enforcing the law.
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