Sentence examples for power discretion from inspiring English sources

"When you grant police a power like this, you are putting a great deal of power discretion in their hands, and that's troubling".

Laws like "stand your ground" give citizens unfettered power and discretion with no accountability.

THE very mention of certain apartment buildings in New York evokes a genteel world of wealth, power and discretion.

Until DHS moves to disclose its policies, it does not deserve the benefit of the doubt that it uses its unchecked power with discretion.

He was a supporter of states' rights, drawing on a Southern political legacy that predated the Civil War; his vision of liberty often entailed granting power and discretion to state governments, to help them stand firm against federal tyranny.

Just saying that Senator Ashcroft will enforce and respect existing law ignores the reality that the attorney general has vast power and discretion to shape legal policy in the federal judiciary unhindered by any devotion to existing law.

"If those documents do not contain any restrictions or limitation, which they might not, then the board would have the power and discretion over operation of the common elements of the condominium, which probably include the storage spaces".

And in the middle of a financial panic I would guess he wants to stay flexible about his objective and keep his power of discretion over interest rates, rather than hand it over to a technocratic committee.The other radical proposal regards the government bond market.

Re "California's Governor Plays Tough on Crime" (news article, May 23): The marginal success of Gov. Gray Davis's zero tolerance crime policies underscores the dangers of a government that cedes the power of discretion in deference to public demand for law and order.

They wield enormous power and discretion.

The legislation provides state licenses for business, but leaves the power and discretion of licensing mostly in the hands of municipalities.