Sentence examples similar to assertion of executive prerogative from inspiring English sources

His assertion of parliamentary sovereignty in the face of executive prerogative has provoked a constitutional crisis in Britain, a country where the balance of power has historically rested firmly with the executive.

But a valid assertion of executive privilege would provide a lawful basis to decline to answer.

What about Obama's assertion of executive privilege?

Thus, the letter from the Ministry was not an exercise of executive prerogative power, but merely a statement of opinion.

"Holder's defense of executive prerogative today is stirring, but it comes too late without White House backing.

Moreover, as a creature of executive prerogative rather than an agency established by Congress, the PWG never attained responsibility for ensuring the integrity of the financial system and therefore did not quell the inevitable turf wars between financial regulators.

But even John Locke defended the principle of executive "prerogative," in 1690, as long as it violated no rights.

The debate centered on the arbitrariness of executive prerogative and the role of Parliament in colonial governance, and greatly deepened divisions in the province.

Mr. Ridge's refusal to testify with the support of President Bush under the assertion of an executive prerogative has no foundation in our democracy.

This is the Democrats' riposte to the grandiosity of the current president's notion of executive prerogatives?

If there are specific assertions of executive privilege, then, you know, those can be examined.