"The city attorney's office is under the direction of the District Attorney," not the voters, he asserted, and besides, "these are state-level charges, not city ordinance violations".
Mr. Nubani said prosecutors were "banking on the ignorance of the general public" by asserting that only 17 Muslims were being prosecuted besides his client.
And besides, there was a moment after the first TV debate when boasting of Lib Dem inclination was a kind of proxy for asserting a vague constitutional right to resist the status quo.
He is asserting himself".
has been acquiring & asserting authority.
One issue, besides the statute of limitations, is the testimony by an expert witness that the bones of the victims indicated they were still alive when they were thrown into the river, Ms. Nester said, asserting that the science upon which the witness relied is in doubt.
China asserting itself in Asia.
Asserting your needs and boundaries.
It is not a welcome prospect for groups like the Australian Society for Kangaroos, which asserts that besides being unfit for human consumption, the animals are in danger of being hunted to extinction.
Yet until a Supreme Court ruling, early next year, Congress's budget would apply; and even if the court backed Mr Fox, the opposition would almost certainly still have the two-thirds majority needed to overturn his veto.Which is why he has little else left to do, besides being seen to assert the prerogatives of his office.
