If he does not, the man yelled, "we will vote you out!" The White House, carefully following Mr. Grassley's activities, presumed he was no longer interested in negotiating with Democrats after he initially made no effort to debunk misinformation that the legislation could lead to "death panels" empowered to judge who would receive care.
But now the American people are more empowered to judge the secret interpretations of the PATRIOT Act — and to see how those interpretations have been used to expand collection of Americans' telephone records.
DREDD 3D In the increasingly familiar dystopian America of the near future, police officers are empowered to act as judge, jury and executioner — and one of them, Judge Dredd (Karl Urban), is determined to take a dangerous new drug off the streets with the help of his new, psychic partner (Olivia Thirlby).
Nevertheless, because the judge is empowered to disregard previous judgments (either his own or of other judges) and can apply his personal interpretation of Sharia to any particular case through ijtihad, divergent judgements arise even in apparently identical cases.
Summary tribunals would be held inside stadiums, with judges empowered to impose sentences on the spot.
It is hardly an exercise in idealism when Cambodian activists insist on basic attributes of a fair and independent tribunal, like judges empowered to resist political pressure and threats; prosecutors permitted to follow the evidence; and defense counsel owing loyalty to clients instead of to the state.
Some of its members were also empowered to act as local judges for minor offenses, although Winthrop was only able to exercise this authority in cases affecting his estate.
"One of the virtues of this decision is that the magistrate judge is empowered to hand out penalties, without the plaintiffs' lawyers having to go back to court to file a separate contempt motion," Mr. Merjian said.
However,we have long been appropriately allergic to officials empowered to act as investigator, prosecutor, judge and jury.
The election judge is empowered to exempt from being an illegal practice any particular act or omission by a candidate, his election agents or any other agent or person in paying a sum, incurring an expense or entering into a contract if it was done in good faith and was due to inadvertence, accidental miscalculation or the like.
The final sentencing decisions will be up to federal judges, newly empowered to do as they wish.
