Sentence examples for assert the power from inspiring English sources

The president's popularity and the White House's determination to assert the power of the executive branch has turned the administration into a legislative juggernaut.

The centre-left bloc in Strasbourg is backing him too to assert the power of the elected parliament over the bureaucracy in Brussels.

It heralded a programme of radical public sector reform intended to assert the power of the consumer and bring market discipline into schools and hospitals.

Alexander Hamilton, secretary of the Treasury, had proposed the excise (enacted by Congress in 1791, the first national internal revenue tax) to raise money for the national debt and to assert the power of the national government.

Carvalho's regalistic policies were intended to assert the power of the crown and to create a mercantile class; this brought him into conflict with the nobility and the church.

The invocation of De Gaulle is an obligatory deceit; all presidential wannabes have to pretend to the voters that they could assert the power of France as though the rest of Europe and the world did not exist.

Johnson asserted the power of intellect and self-will over mind and body.

At the time, the Court was striking down one law after another and had asserted the power to declare constitutional amendments unconstitutional.

One of its most notorious opinions asserts the power of states "as sovereign entities" to crack down on illegal immigration even if the federal government has not delegated them that power.

LOS ANGELES — Asserting the power and versatility of the new Nashville, the country-pop trio Lady Antebellum was the big winner at the 53rd annual Grammy Awards, which were presented on Sunday night at the Staples Center arena here.

First, this is indeed a "novel" issue for the Supreme Court: Never before has the federal government asserted the power to require people to engage in economic activity under the guise of regulating commerce.