Sentence examples for invoke authority from inspiring English sources
"invoke authority" is a correct and usable expression in written English
You can use it when you need to refer to the power or ability to act or make decisions. For example, "The school principal decided to invoke his authority and put an end to the dispute between the students."
But Mr. Obama declined to answer directly, and his administration has ruled out proposals to either invoke authority under the 14th Amendment or mint a platinum coin as a sort of collateral for more debt.
The most widely discussed strategy would be for President Obama to invoke authority under the 14th Amendment and essentially order the federal government to keep borrowing, an option that was endorsed by former President Bill Clinton during an earlier debt standoff in 2011.
The judge, Jed S. Rakoff, of Federal District Court, could conduct the inquiry under a rarely invoked authority in which judges are considered supervisors of the grand jury.
Judge Rakoff said he considered examining the situation himself under a rarely invoked authority in which judges are considered supervisors of the grand jury.
The move, which the F.D.A. announced on Wednesday, represents the first time the agency has invoked authority under a 2007 law that empowered it to order changes in a drug's prescribing information.
While Baghdadi invokes authority as a religious leader, the constant threat from the skies has led to some of its command and strategic decisions being made by other members of the leadership.
Mr. Martin had called for the agency to invoke this authority under the so-called 70/70 rule of the Cable Communications Act of 1984.
We invoke its authority when we agree with it, and dispute its authority when we don't.
"To allude to the 'Odyssey' is to invoke an authority of talismanic psychological power," Hall writes, and every age has used this authority to its own ends; the late 19th century, for example, exploited the fact that the poem, while relatively empty of overt sex, is full to bursting with latent sexual tension.
Taken together, the two laws allowed the Justice Department to invoke its authority over interstate communications as a means of blocking all Internet gambling.
After watching Putin's performance at the Kremlin, it's pretty clear that President Obama is going to have to invoke this authority.
