Prior to being ratified by the U.S. Senate , the Keene Act had failed to garner support .
Eventually , growing anti-vigilante sentiment sweeps the U.S. general public , coupled with a massive nationwide police officer strike , enables the passing of , and U.S. Senate ratifying , the Keene Act , which was previously proposed and failed to garner support , but now a Federal Law deeming all `` costumed adventuring '' and `` vigilantism '' , leads to outlawing masked crime-fighters and their actions .