Sentence examples for prerogative over from inspiring English sources

And the institutionalists in Congress would fiercely protect their constitutional prerogative over the purse strings of government.

This maneuver enabled Henry V (1106 25) to continue the struggle for the crown's prerogative over the empire's churches against the demands of the papacy.

Ultimately, there are only two types of governments: those that value government prerogative over the individual's rights, and those that place the citizen before the state.

NEW HAVEN: Seventeen years after taking control of Hong Kong, pledging universal suffrage for the territory, Beijing has made one-person one-vote meaningless by giving itself sole prerogative over choosing the candidates.

President Obama has stepped into the breach, but the nuance of his recent announcement — affirming the ideal of equality while also expressing deference to state prerogative over marriage law — has not simplified matters.

The language of the statute, its structure, its purpose, and the history of administration of trust funds pursuant to the Act since it was passed, all support the conclusion that this is a matter of management prerogative over which the union has no right to strike.

National governments are deeply reluctant to surrender their prerogatives over deciding who gets what.

Development of 4G and 5G in Europe are suffering because national governments jealously guard their prerogatives over spectrum allocation.

Alternatively, "pure" clerical power can use its prerogatives (over sacraments like baptism or marriage or absolution) to exercise authority over everybody else, including worldly rulers.

It hardly feels momentous — or even surprising — when she chooses allegiance with Helena and her parents (and by extension her class and its prerogatives) over Jimmy in what should be the wrenching emotional turning point.

Ian Traynor wrote in the Guardian recently:Berlin for months has been demanding to reopen the EU treaties to facilitate a big pooling or surrender of – depending on your point of view – national sovereignty to facilitate a federalised eurozone, with what amounts to a core European government of an expanding 17 countries that would take on prerogatives over tax-and-spend powers.