"enjoy authority" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you are talking about someone having a certain degree of power or influence. For example, "The Prime Minister enjoys great authority in the country."
Is the main problem that they enjoy authority which needs justification, or that they are perceived as potentially exercising unjustified coercion?
Raz, however, denies that the subjects of any existing state or indeed anything remotely like it have a general duty to obey the law; rather, law's authority is piecemeal, both with respect to who has a moral duty to obey a particular law and with respect to the number of laws within a given legal system that enjoy authority over anyone.
They enjoy authorities that they really shouldn't be entitled to.
Furthermore, according to one chronicler, the Saxon Widukind, he had already become emperor because he had subjected other peoples and enjoyed authority in more than one kingdom.
The president enjoys authority over classified information, of course, but at a minimum it would be highly irregular to disclose an intelligence wiretap via Twitter.
What they haven't had before is the chance to hear their peers disapprove of bad behavior, to see teenagers who carry that message enjoying authority and respect, and to become one of those people themselves.
The Board enjoyed authority to reject films that it considered obscene or that tend[ed], in the judgment of the Board, to debase or corrupt morals or incite to crimes, characteristics defined by the statute in broad terms.
Having a position that enjoys authority; possessing a personality that is astute enough to maximize the use of that authority; and operating at a point in history where one's actions have the chance to be pivotal — all these are important ingredients in the power mix.
But there's another reason: since the 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1933 repealed the 18th Amendment (Prohibition), the states have enjoyed authority over beverage alcohol regulations.
I liked him because he allowed me to explore the notion of authority — he's someone who enjoys authority and holds onto it at all costs.
Because the U.S. Constitution establishes a federal system, the state governments enjoy extensive authority.
