Sentence examples for exercise its discretion from inspiring English sources

The argument that Obama's executive order is unconstitutional is almost transparently illogical: Congress left immigration enforcement to the discretion of the executive branch by giving it inadequate resources to enforce the policy set by Congress, forcing it to exercise its discretion.

After having found that some of the items met this test, the Chamber then went on to assess whether it should exercise its discretion to allow the re-opening of the Prosecution's case for these items, which entailed weighing the probative value of the evidence against the need to ensure a fair trial.

After a short period of deliberation, the panel reported that it was not minded to exercise its discretion to discount any of Elsworth's whip uses.

Second, if the response to the first question is affirmative, it is necessary to decide if the court should exercise its discretion to hear the case.

The municipality here did exercise its discretion and no one challenges that exercise.

And what I am concerned about is what is the boundaries upon which the secretary or the commission could exercise its discretion and have those voters ignored?

In the first case, the High Court inquires into whether the public authority was empowered to take a particular course of action or make a decision, and, in the other, whether it exercised its discretion wrongly even though it was empowered to act.

The court properly exercised its discretion when it admitted expert testimony concerning circumstances that indicate an intent to sell drugs (see People v Hicks, 2 NY3d 750 ).

The Court cannot substitute its judgment for that of the agency, but the agency must "cogently explain why it has exercised its discretion in a given manner". State Farm, 463 U.S. at 48.

Where the Court finds that the public authority had exceeded its jurisdiction or had exercised its discretion wrongly, it may invalidate the act or decision.

Where the Court finds that the public authority had exceeded its jurisdiction or had exercised its discretion wrongly, it may strike down the decision on the basis of illegality.