The phrase "ability to overturn" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where one has the power or capacity to reverse a decision, ruling, or situation.
Example: "The court has the ability to overturn previous rulings if new evidence is presented."
Alternatives: "power to reverse" or "capacity to annul".
We'll try to be more effective in the return leg, we have confidence in our ability to overturn today's scoreline.
Yet his weak party, lack of organisation and an inevitable need to compromise cast doubt on his ability to overturn the old order.
British negotiators are known for their ability to overturn seemingly hopeless positions, yet they face an asymmetry when it comes to finance.
The McCaskill approach would strip commanders of their ability to overturn jury verdicts and mandate dishonorable discharge or dismissal for anyone convicted of sexual assault.
While House Republicans continue to oppose it and may find ways to attack it through legislation, they now know that they do not have the ability to overturn it.
The provisions include one similar to the Senate measure that would limit a commander's ability to overturn sentences and another that would require minimum sentences for sexual assault convictions.
Senator Claire McCaskill, Democrat of Missouri, is particularly interested in the ability of commanders to overturn sexual assault convictions, and repeatedly questioned why a service record could mitigate such a conviction.
Senior Pentagon officials agree that the Uniform Code of Military Justice should be reviewed with an eye to limiting the ability of commanders to overturn the convictions of a court-martial, and they are seeking the authority from Congress to accomplish that.
Spacey's killer boasts of his ability as a murderer to overturn everyone's complacency, to disrupt the bourgeois order, and a version of that disruption is enacted upon the body and the spirit of Michael Douglas's wealthy and pleasureless banker, Nicholas Van Orton, in Fincher's "The Game" (1997).
Trump has criticized the Citizens United ruling — although he hasn't explicitly called to overturn it — and has touted his ability to self-fund his campaign and refuse super PAC support in the hopes of galvanizing voters.
