Sentence examples for sweeping assertion of from inspiring English sources
They note that the president's action arose after Congress refused to change the law in line with his wishes, so the order rests on "an unprecedented, sweeping assertion of executive power," they say.
On Capitol Hill, the response to this sweeping assertion of presidential authority fell somewhere between somnolent and supine.
The president's speech was his boldest and most sweeping assertion of an "America first" foreign policy doctrine since he assumed office four months ago.
Bell's assertion that art appreciation involves an emotional response to purely formal properties proved widely influential for several decades, though he was later seriously criticized for his sweeping assertion of the primacy of form over content in art.
In nearly eight years in office, President Obama has sought to reshape the nation with a sweeping assertion of executive authority and a canon of regulations that have inserted the United States government more deeply into American life.
WASHINGTON — In nearly eight years in office, President Obama has sought to reshape the nation with a sweeping assertion of executive authority and a canon of regulations that have inserted the United States government more deeply into American life.
Like most proposed rules, the Administration's climate rule is far from perfect, but sweeping assertions of unconstitutionality are baseless.
For all those at home and abroad made uncomfortable by sweeping assertions of American power it was a moment of predictable provocation.
Whether they are viewed as modest or aggressive, however, the three terrorism decisions are consistent with the Supreme Court's longtime impatience with sweeping assertions of unilateral executive power.
Besides, he noted, if the Berliner Morgenpost had chosen "Einfach besser" instead of "Simply the Best" as a slogan, it might have violated the German law known as the "Unzulassige Alleinstellung," which forbids sweeping assertions of superiority in advertising.
Wright rests much of her argument on sweeping assertions culled from the characters she profiles and supplemented by public opinion polls.
