Sentence examples for exercised its authority from inspiring English sources

He has been critical of the way in which FSOC has exercised its authority and accused it of being improperly influenced by politics.

In Federal Energy Regulatory Commission v. Electric Power Supply Association (14-840), the Supreme Court held that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") properly exercised its authority to oversee wholesale energy prices when it issued an order regulating how much regional grid operators should pay for demand response bids that clear wholesale energy markets.

The Pentagon has exercised its authority frequently, dispatching commandos to countries including Pakistan and Somalia.

Regarding the Kushner degree, Mr. Hershenson said, "The CUNY board of trustees acted independently and exercised its authority".

6. Congress, in addition to making rules for the government of our Armed Forces, by the Articles of War has exercised its authority under Art.

This is because the question at issue is not merely whether the EPA observed the relevant procedural niceties or properly exercised its authority on the margin.

21 As Justice REHNQUIST stressed, such extraordinary writs are used in aid of appellate jurisdiction only to confine an inferior court to a lawful exercise of its prescribed authority, or to compel it to exercise its authority when it is its duty to do so.

The board's authority is tempered by grant requirements for funder approval before key personnel can be replaced, however, and the Silent Spring Institute board developed additional mechanisms to ensure that it exercises its authority responsibly.

But Melbourne city council senior counsel, Richard Niall QC, told the court there had been no refusal or failure by council to exercise its authority, because it had investigated complaints against the centre.

In short, it cannot freely exercise its authority over its citizens or territory in any meaningful manner.

Regardless of how serious the problem an administrative agency seeks to address, however, it may not exercise its authority "in a manner that is inconsistent with the administrative structure that Congress enacted into law".