It was the second court ruling this week that affirmed local authority over the process known as hydrofracking.
A New York state judge ruled Friday that the town of Middlefield in Otsego County can ban natural gas drilling within its borders, the second time in a week that a state court has affirmed local authority over the drilling process known as hydrofracking.
The Rev. Larry Snyder, president of Catholic Charities USA, said that while the new rules formally affirm the bishops' authority over church-affiliated charitable organizations, the activity of most charities in the United States won't be dramatically affected.
Sisi had affirmed his government's authority over the region following claims from the Islamic State that it was responsible for the crash of Kogalymavia Flight 9268, which killed 224 people on board.
The learned justice who delivered the opinion in the Circuit Court and in this court expressly affirms the authority of a State over persons not only, but property as well, within its limits, and this by means of a substituted service.
Mr. Karzai, bowing to overwhelming pressure, scrapped the special court and publicly affirmed the election commission's final authority over the vote, but suggested that the commission take another look at the results.
The court affirmed the authority of the federal Environmental Protection Agency over state regulators in a Clean Air Act case from Alaska.
A1 THE SHIITES -- Nearly 100 Islamic clerics have affirmed an emerging fundamentalist, anti-American position for Shiite Muslims in the capital, asserting authority over Iraq's Shiite community, whose governance is one of the most pressing issues.
Nearly 100 Islamic clerics have affirmed an emerging fundamentalist, anti-American position for Shiite Muslims in the capital, asserting authority over the country's Shiite community, whose governance is among the most pressing issues in the new Iraq.
While its specific purpose is to affirm marriage rights for same-sex couples, supporters say the law also is an effort to assert tribal culture and authority over outside influences by people whose very identities have been under assault for more than two centuries, since non-Indian settlers began arriving in the Pacific Northwest.
