Sentence examples for expanded the prerogatives of from inspiring English sources
At the height of his power, Mr. Gellman goes on, the vice president "made big things happen": he "reshaped national security law, expanded the prerogatives of the executive branch, midwifed the birth of domestic espionage, rewrote the president's tax bill," shut down negotiations with North Korea and played a major role in bringing war to Iraq.
When Mr. Cheney and Mr. Bush took office in January 2001, Mr. Savage says, they quickly set about trying to put these theories of executive power into action, with Alberto R. Gonzales, then the White House legal counsel, urging his staff to do everything in its capacity to defend and expand the prerogatives and privileges of the White House.
These rulings reveal the court's fundamental inclination to the right, with the conservative majority further expanding the ability of the wealthy to prevail in electoral politics and the prerogatives of businesses against the interests of consumers and workers.
Constitutional provisions related to the prerogatives of presidents and governments were frequently subject to political conflict during the 1990s.
(Subsequent amendments revised the prerogatives of the Port Authority, but it still remains in force).
