Sentence examples for governing statutes from inspiring English sources

The attorney general's rule was not entitled to the deference the court usually gave to interpretations of governing statutes by executive branch officials, he said, because Congress had not given the attorney general the authority he was invoking.

"We view this as a matter of statutory construction: Does the G.A.O. have the authority under the governing statutes to conduct this kind of investigation of the vice president and his advisers?

Since then, led by the Supreme Court in its post-New Deal stance toward agency discretion, federal courts have generally deferred to administrative agencies' interpretations of their authority under their governing statutes, many of which are as open-ended as the Clean Air Act, if not more so.

Under the governing statutes of the foundation that runs the Paris center, that disqualifies him for the renewal, Pasteur's 21-strong board of directors has concluded.

The importance of an informed public - and especially an informed voting public - is enshrined in our nation's civic values and governing statutes such as the Freedom of Information Act and federal and state campaign donor disclosure laws.

The Casadys' lawyer, Michael J. Aguirre, argued that even so, the Fed was required to comply with its own governing statutes.

Combined with the new International Criminal Court, whose governing statute, agreed upon in 1998 over American objections, defined the recruitment or use of children under 15 as a war crime, this new accord represents a potentially powerful instrument for combating this horrific form of exploitation.

The York County prosecutor invoked Mosaic law instead of the governing statute - the laws of PA.

In fact to be crystal clear, what the government said was, "If this consideration leads to the conclusion that repayment would impose an undue hardship, the holder should consent to, or not oppose the discharge, as authorized by the governing statute and regulations".

She said the preamble of the union's governing statute "clearly clarifies the role of the staff council" as supervising the polling officers.

According to various sources, court officials might "gracefully" dispose of the additional five suspects, for example, by presumptively finding that none of them are among those "most responsible" for Khmer Rouge crimes, as the governing statute requires.