Sentence examples for authorized power from inspiring English sources

The agreement between the two departments has been in the works since April, when the homeland security secretary, Michael Chertoff, to the dismay of environmentalists and some scientists in the Interior Department, used his Congressionally authorized power to waive environmental laws to speed access to broad swaths of land.

Moreover, only a fraction of the groups in place actually use their legally authorized power to create spending plans, select curriculums and draw up blueprints to improve academic standards, according to parent groups and legislators who spearheaded the sweeping law's passage.

For decades, federal judges, following the Supreme Court's explicit instructions, have systematically abdicated their responsibility to ensure that the U.S. government only exercises constitutionally authorized powers.

And they said the military mission was constrained by a United Nations Security Council resolution, which authorized air power for the purpose of defending civilians.

Constraint (14) ensures that a fraction (alpha) of the total demand is satisfied by facilities serving only demand points within a distance D. Constraint (15) stipulates that every demand point is at most assigned to one facility within the specified distance limit D. Constraint (16) authorizes power distribution only from locations within a distance D at which facilities have been located.

He questioned Mr. Olson closely about what he said was his view that the Legislature did not specifically authorize such power.

Immediately after Sadat's assassination, in 1981, Mubarak imposed emergency rule, which essentially authorized unbridled dictatorial power masked by a façade of democratic elections.

It was apparently a lawful transfer of power, authorized by the company's rules that allowed the council to remove the president for just cause.

Some judges have upheld the provision, which mandates the purchase of health insurance in some circumstances, while others have ruled that the requirement exceeds the scope of Congressional power authorized by the Constitution.

The U.S. has not authorized a new power plant since the accident at Three Mile Island in 1979, and it's not likely to approve another one for years.

Claiming he had authorized several new power projects to address shortages, Maduro maintained his opponents were conspiring to destabilize the country.