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The moment a bill stops being an opinion and starts being the law.
means The formal act of a bill being signed or passed into law, making it legally binding and enforceable.
from From 'enact,' built from the prefix 'en-' (to put into a state or condition) plus 'act,' from Latin 'actus,' the doing or performance of a thing, rooted in 'agere,' to do or drive. So to enact is literally to 'put into action' — turning a proposal into something that actually moves and binds, rather than just sitting on paper.
- not the vote
- passage is approval, enactment is activation into force
- timing trick
- laws often enact months after passage, surprise included
- royal leftover
- traces back to monarchs enacting decrees by fiat
- theater overlap
- also means acting something out, fittingly for politicians