Sentence examples for powers of judges from inspiring English sources

Mr. Berlusconi, a defendant in multiple court cases, pressed to weaken the powers of judges and prosecutors.

We saw the power of judges in the Kelo decision.

We saw the power of judges in Boumediene v. Bush.

The incorporation into British law of the European Convention on Human Rights will increase the power of judges.

It would curb the power of judges to deliver sentences manifestly at odds with the letter of the law.

In an interview yesterday, he said Judge Lippman's changes could actually increase the patronage power of judges.

These appointments are often made through out-of-court settlements or mediation, a practice that some critics say pre-empts the power of judges.

We saw the power of judges in 2002, when the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals declared the Pledge of Allegiance unconstitutional because it contained the words "under God".

While the 1997 Constitution rescinded by the coup leaders sought to consolidate Thai politics and avoid the fractured coalitions of the 1990s, its proposed replacement seeks to decentralize power by buttressing the power of judges and bureaucrats.

Reformers wanted to amend that law to restrict the power of judges to close newspapers and to make it easier for journalists from those publications that have been shut to move on to new newspapers.

Across the ideological spectrum, the Supreme Court has a substantial stake in rejecting any suggestion that the power of judges "to say what the law is," in Chief Justice John Marshall's famous phrase, amounts to "usurpation".