Sentence examples for sovereign power from inspiring English sources

He has not been given some role of sovereign power".

Law is what the sovereign commands, and it cannot limit his power; sovereign power is absolute.

James Otis, in two long pamphlets, ceded all sovereign power to Parliament with this proviso.

"While we talk of sharing sovereignty, they talk about exercising sovereign power.

The small port is home to what remains of Libya's sovereign power.

It dreams of a sovereign power, fixed in place at the top.

More commonly, he has had his way.The most important check on a president's authority is Congress, formally the sovereign power.

After World War II, a U.S.-approved constitution stating that "sovereign power resides with the people" replaced the Meiji Constitution.

The UN argues that it had to deal with the Iraqi government as the recognised sovereign power.

The second accusation is that imperial nostalgia blinds Britain to the limits of its sovereign power today.

The Japanese insist they are not telling a sovereign power how to negotiate, but just defending Japanese interests.