Sentence examples for assertion of broad from inspiring English sources

"We are deeply concerned by the F.C.C.'s assertion of broad authority for sweeping new regulation of broadband networks and the Internet itself," Michael E. Glover, a senior vice president and deputy general counsel for Verizon, said in a statement.

"We are deeply concerned by the FCC's assertion of broad authority for sweeping new regulation of broadband networks and the Internet itself," said Michael E. Glover, Verizon's senior vice president and deputy general counsel.

The assertion of broad latitude by the president in areas of national security resembles the struggles of the Bush years, when in the months after the Sept. 11 attacks the administration claimed sometimes sweeping power in the name of fighting terrorism.

Verizon, while claiming to be "committed to preserving an open Internet" (whatever that means), says that it's "deeply concerned by the FCC's assertion of broad authority for sweeping new regulation of broadband networks and the Internet itself".

The Bush administration made those arguments as well, but it also often included extensive assertions of broad executive authority.

In three major rulings between 2004 and 2008, the Supreme Court rejected aspects of the Bush administration's assertions of broad executive power to detain and try prisoners held at Guantánamo.

Government lawyers introduced what they contend is damaging evidence from internal Visa and MasterCard documents and from letters and depositions that they say undermine the companies' assertions of broad and vigorous competition.

That is a broad assertion of executive authority that clearly left some justices uncomfortable.

This patchwork approach has revealed a flexibility in the justice system but also what critics call an overly broad assertion of presidential authority.

That broad assertion of power, even with limits described by administration officials, combined with the initial White House refusal to release even a sanitized summary of the memo touched off protests from left and right.

Morsi's broad assertion of control came less than 24 hours after a diplomatic triumph in arranging the cease-fire in Gaza had given new credence to Morsi's international bona fides.