And following a suggestion from Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, Lincoln authorized a system in which loyal owners who allowed their slaves to enlist might receive "just compensation".
Instead, the President authorized a system of detention and interrogation that operated outside the international standards for the treatment of prisoners of war established by the 1949 Geneva Conventions.
Soon after the war on terror began, I authorized a system of military commissions to try foreign terrorists accused of war crimes.
After some debate, on March 24 , 1825 Coahuila y Tejas authorized a system granting land to empresario, who would recruit settlers for their particular colony.
In New York State, the Charter Schools Act of 1998 authorized "a system of charter schools to provide opportunities for teachers, parents, and community members to establish and maintain schools that operate independently of existing schools and school districts".
"Before Congress authorizes a mandatory system for sales tax collection, they need to resolve some outstanding issues," said Vincent Randazzo, director of public policy for the Business Roundtable, which represents the chiefs of 150 big companies.
The White House submitted a bill this month to authorize a tribunal system, setting off intraparty fighting as the three Senate Republicans, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, John McCain of Arizona and John W. Warner Jr. of Virginia, insisted that they would not support a provision that in any way appeared to alter the commitments under the Geneva Conventions.
But two years after Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger authorized a similar system in California, the project has stalled and is in turmoil.
In the United States, the Clean Air Act (1970) authorizes an intricate system of regulation and oversight to support outdoor air quality and a network of top-down mandates that originates with national legislation and standard setting and extends to states, counties, and localities for execution and monitoring.
After North Korea tested its first intercontinental ballistic missile in July, Mr. Moon responded by authorizing an American missile-defense system that the Americans had been pushing for and that he had resisted.
