The phrase "affirmatively authorized" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in legal or formal contexts to indicate that something has been explicitly permitted or approved.
Example: "The actions taken by the committee were affirmatively authorized by the board of directors."
Alternatives: "explicitly permitted" or "clearly approved".
I do believe it's attracted a lot of public attention because it creates the perception that it affirmatively authorizes discrimination".
It governs not by prohibiting harsh techniques, but by affirmatively authorizing 19 specific techniques that can be used to elicit information.
On its face, the statute does not affirmatively authorize, much less command, the States to adopt durational residency requirements or other eligibility restrictions applicable to aliens; it merely directs the Secretary not to approve state-submitted plans that exclude citizens of the United States from eligibility.
In their brief to the Supreme Court, which eventually heard the case, Priests for Life and its fellow plaintiffs argued that they didn't want to "affirmatively authorize, and facilitate coverage for contraception, sterilization, abortifacients, and related education and counseling".
All the more reason the African Union should have stood firmly by its resolution of March 10 calling for a political solution to the crisis, and not have its member states vote affirmatively for Security Council Resolution 1973, which authorized military action in Libya.
Nothing else was presented for decision, unless it be the question whether the acts of the State legislature authorized the ordinances; and that was ruled affirmatively.
3. Overdraft transactions not required to be authorized or paid.Section 205.17 does not require a financial institution to authorize or pay an overdraft on an ATM or one-time debit card transaction even if the consumer has affirmatively consented to an institution's overdraft service for such transactions.
Thatcher authorized her release.
