Sentence examples for authority invoked from inspiring English sources

Over the last decade, pretty much every arm of American authority invoked "homeland security" as an excuse to acquire boatloads of new technology, and used it to help expand their power and authority to unprecedented levels.

What kind of revolutionary authority invokes "ethics" and "religious democracy" as it allows plain-clothes thugs to beat women?

Boehner appealed to a higher authority, invoking a familiar motto: "Remember those words today: In God we trust.

This inner quality of authority invokes the touchstone of certainty by which we know first-hand that we're alive.

Then the authorities invoked the emergency policing law, known as Section 144, to lock down the area around the presidential palace, Parliament and the main government offices.

On Wednesday Zimbabwean authorities invoked a strict security act that allows them to ban public gatherings, after the military broke up opposition protests in Harare.

A senior United States official said Monday that federal authorities invoked a public safety exemption to standard criminal procedures and questioned Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on Sunday without telling him that he had the right to remain silent, in order to learn whether he knew of remaining active threats.

The authorities, invoking the Terrorism Act, questioned Miranda for nine hours; they confiscated his computer, cell phone, video-game consoles, DVDs, and U.S.B. sticks.

The case against her parents was effectively closed after the federal authorities, invoking the discretion that the Obama administration has afforded them, offered the couple a reprieve based on their strong family ties to this country and without regard for their criminal record.

The motive for the shooting remains unclear; Loughner did not cooperate with authorities, invoking his right to remain silent.

Re your May 28 editorial "Censoring Terrence McNally": Censorship exists when government authority is invoked to suppress free expression.