When Mr. Somare finally returned in September, he fought for reinstatement, while Mr. O'Neill's government drafted legislation to retroactively authorize Mr. Somare's ouster.
When Sir Michael, whose reputation has been tarnished by accusations of corruption and heavy-handedness, finally returned in September, he fought for reinstatement, while Mr. O'Neill's government drafted legislation to retroactively authorize Sir Michael's ouster.
When Sir Michael, whose reputation has been tarnished by accusations of corruption and heavy-handedness, then returned to the country in September, he fought for reinstatement, while Mr. O'Neill's government drafted legislation to retroactively authorize the ouster.
Isn't it possible that the Democrats are now retroactively authorizing wiretaps of their own phones?
Authorized by a 2008 amendment to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (which retroactively ratified what the Bush administration had been doing since soon after 9/11) the program empowers the government to intercept every international communication between Americans and non-Americans that potentially contains "foreign intelligence information".
He was retroactively awarded two Purple Hearts for his World War I service, a decoration that he authorized in 1932 based loosely on the defunct Military Badge of Merit.
The S.E.C. already ran into this issue when it tried to apply a Dodd-Frank provision retroactively by filing an administrative proceeding against Rajat Gupta for insider trading, which it was not authorized to do until after the law went into effect.
It also authorized a new process for individuals in the state to get previous marijuana-related convictions retroactively reduced, reclassified as lesser offenses or dismissed altogether.
But the law did more than legalize marijuana, it also authorized a new process for individuals in the state to get previous marijuana-related convictions retroactively reduced, reclassified as lesser offenses or cleared altogether.
