Sentence examples for powers authorized from inspiring English sources

It said the new definition "does not rely on the president's authority as commander in chief" beyond the powers authorized by Congress.

With respect to its powers authorized under the police law, it appears that TEK must act like the police and get judicial warrants to search houses, to wiretap and to capture electronic data when these activities are part of a criminal investigation.

Civil rights group Liberty is also crowdfunding a legal challenge to the various bulk powers authorized by the Act, arguing they are unlawful in light of a recent European Court of Justice ruling stating that EU Member States cannot impose a "general obligation to retain data on providers of electronic communications services".

Statutory directions addressed to the executive authorities may impose absolute duties, or they may confer discretionary powers authorizing a specified action in certain circumstances.

It was apparently a lawful transfer of power, authorized by the company's rules that allowed the council to remove the president for just cause.

Some judges have upheld the provision, which mandates the purchase of health insurance in some circumstances, while others have ruled that the requirement exceeds the scope of Congressional power authorized by the Constitution.

Proponents of the Act including Trumbull and Wilson argued that Section 2 of the Thirteenth Amendment (enforcement power) authorized the federal government to legislate civil rights for the States.

In the Colorado bioterrorism statute enacted in 2000, no new powers were authorized for either the health department director or the governor because existing authority to manage emergencies, disasters, and epidemics, though long-standing, was determined to have sufficient latitude to deal with the new threat of bioterrorism.

Judge Brown attacked her seven colleagues for appending "a cryptic statement" that she said would "muddy the clear holding" that international law does not limit the war powers Congress authorized.

"I am clear we need a significantly strengthened regime to govern how these powers are authorized and overseen.

The FBI's interpretation of the AWA transforms the law into something it was never meant to be: a tool granting government agencies boundless powers not authorized under the Constitution or in existing federal law.