Only at the start of the 20th century, as executive-branch authority expanded under Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson, did timidity overcome the Senate.
As more and more of Medina was absorbed into the Muslim community and as the Meccans weakened, Muhammad's authority expanded.
This effort is contributing to the sense of Afghan authority expanding in the city, he said, although he noted that it is proving difficult in Dand district where there are continued IEDs and security issues.
Congressional authority expanded yet again when the Court decided Gonzales v. Raich in 2005, upholding the federal Controlled Substances Act and allowing prosecution of a cancer patient who used homegrown marijuana, which was legal under California law.
Yet little by little, police authority expanded, one weapon after another was added to the police arsenal, and one exception after another was made to the standards that have historically restrained police authority.
That changed after Sept. 11, 2001, when President George W. Bush gave the agency expanded authority to capture or kill Qaeda operatives around the world.
The bills would give federal authorities expanded powers to crack down on foreign sites suspected of piracy.
In July, the Romanian authorities expanded an investigation into Adrian Severin, a representative and former foreign minister, accusing him of helping Romanian companies sell "fictive services" that robbed the Parliament's budget of €436,663.
LAKEWOOD, N.J. — Even as the authorities expanded their search for a man wanted in the killing of a police officer in this central New Jersey town, charges were filed against the suspect on Saturday.
NEW DELHI -- The authorities expanded a strict curfew across Kashmir on Tuesday and sent more security officers across the restive Himalayan region after bloody protests erupted there a day earlier, fueled partly by a report of Koran desecration in the United States.
