overenforcing

Verb

overenforce (third-person singular simple present overenforces, present participle overenforcing, simple past and past participle overenforced)

1. (transitive) To enforce excessively.
   • The application of substantive canons typically overenforces the Constitution. But because overenforcement in the context of statutory interpretation clips congressional prerogatives much less than overenforcement in the context of judicial review, the application of substantive canons is not in...2010, Amy Coney Barrett, “SUBSTANTIVE CANONS AND FAITHFUL AGENCY”, in Boston University Law Review, volume 90, number 109, page 176