Sentence examples for claiming authority from inspiring English sources

The idea has support from members of Congress in both parties, but it has been caught in a parliamentary logjam, with several committees claiming authority.

Exiles saw it as another onslaught on the much-cherished Tibetan Buddhism by the Chinese government, and foreign commentators were struck by the paradoxical scenario of a communist party claiming authority over an otherworldly matter.

The 9/11 commission pointed to the hydra-headed system that hobbles Congress in its what-went-wrong role: There are 88 separate committees and subcommittees claiming authority in the homeland security field, plus a parallel welter of panels for intelligence.

Last week, "a senior administration official" floated the idea to the New York Times that the White House was claiming authority to wage war on Isis based on the Iraq War Resolution from 2002 – the very statute the Obama administration wanted to repeal just a year ago.

In a democratic society, there are many other voices claiming authority, whether on presumed evidential grounds or as part of campaigns to manipulate public opinion.

He's claiming authority based on the immigration statute," said Walter Dellinger, a White House lawyer under President Clinton.

Holder's speech does not materially limit that claimed authority.

The European Union has now claimed authority over the country, and the United States has yielded.

Like church authorities claiming to speak for God, environmentalists claim authority by speaking for nature and translating what the Earth is "telling" us.

At a minimum, we cannot have a serious debate about this critical issue unless the government is more forthcoming in defining the limits of its claimed authority.

He founded a line of Amorite rulers of whom the first five claimed authority over the city of Ur to the south.