The Scottish National Party also said it will be abstaining from today's vote, raising a raft of concerns about the current draft, including what it dubbed "vague definitions," the wide-ranging scope of ICRs and the continued role of ministers in authorizing warrants (versus a system based solely on judicial authorization, as is the case in the U.S. and elsewhere).
A new engine-durability study that found damage in engines run on gasoline with 15-percent ethanol content proved one of two things: either the Environmental Protection Agency was hasty in authorizing the sale of the fuel blend or the study's authors produced "junk science," in the words of one critic.
In its 1963 Arizona v. California decision, the court found that in authorizing the Hoover Dam, Congress had delegated to the secretary of the interior authority to apportion the river among Arizona, Nevada and California.
His son Gustavo Vargas Villegas, a former official with Bolivia's aviation authority, is also being held on charges that he misused his influence in authorizing the license of the plane that crashed.
Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly said that quality was the main factor in authorizing a supplier.
Prosecutors are investigating whether the central bank acted properly in authorizing those bids.
The paper denies Congress and the federal courts a role in authorizing the killings — or even reviewing them afterward.
Secret Fisa court hearings have served as little more than a rubber stamp in authorizing its activities.
Instead, he said, he had been struck, in fact, by "what a terrible 'political' decision" Mr. Obama made in authorizing the mission.
Rumsfeld's purpose in authorizing a high-value list of terrorists, the adviser said, is "obviously to go after the command structure of Al Qaeda".
But the commissioners do play crucial roles in authorizing investigations and in ultimately deciding whether the agency should bring or close a case.
