Sentence examples for prerogatives of state from inspiring English sources

They are reluctant to trample the prerogatives of state governments, which have traditionally exercised authority over the grid and have little incentive to push improvements that would benefit neighboring states.

But for Justices Roberts, Alito, Thomas, Scalia and Kennedy, the prerogatives of states, and "notions of finality," have more power than the interests of simple justice.

Traditionally taxes are seen as a prerogative of nation states and any move by the commission to levy taxes directly is likely to be opposed by Eurosceptics wary of Brussels's powers.

"Sovereignty" points to the prerogative of states to act, but only insofar as the state is in line with those standards.

Bundesrat members are appointed by the state governments, and the body exercises its authority to protect the rights and prerogatives of the state governments.

Down the Rio Grande, in Matamoros and Reynosa, the drug cartels are taking over the prerogatives of the state.

Few Tunisians or Egyptians or Omanis question their national identity or deny the prerogatives of their state.

Most of its articles concerned individual liberty, but the declaration's emphasis fell equally on the prerogatives of the state as expressed through law.

Certainly, we have had reason of late to fear those who would place their religious beliefs above the prerogatives of the state.

The doge lost his monarchic character, becoming a mere official (though he still assumed resounding titles), and a commune took over the powers, functions, and prerogatives of the state.

The K.G.B. archives have been selectively closed, and many obstacles have been placed in the path of researchers; Vladimir Putin's Russia began reimposing the power and prerogatives of the state in a way that owed as much to czarist as to Soviet traditions.