But George W. Bush, as governor of Texas, pushed through sweeping limits on tort suits.
The USA Patriot act became law in October 2001, sweeping away limits on the sharing of intelligence between agencies such as the FBI and CIA and giving the government considerably more intrusive powers to spy on Americans.
Civil liberties groups are calling for sweeping changes to limit warrantless phone and email data seizures by Australian enforcement and intelligence agencies.
Hundreds of thousands of people took the streets to demonstrate peacefully against the move, but the protests turned violent when the government introduced sweeping new legislation limiting basic freedoms in a bid to crush the opposition.
In the most significant court case dealing with money and politics since 1976, a special three-judge panel today upheld several major provisions of a sweeping new law limiting political donations, but found that some of its measures were unconstitutional.
The Constitution does not give the government sweeping emergency powers to limit civil liberties.
December 1 Mr Cavallo announces sweeping restrictions to put limits on the monies Argentinians can take from their accounts and stop the "bank run" that some fear could sink the economy.
We were caught in speeding traffic, but because the sheets of rain sweeping down the windshield limited visibility to a blurry tinge of lights ahead and behind, we couldn't slow down or pull over.
The president also complained Saturday about the proposal by the Pakistan Peoples Party, the main political party in the government, for sweeping constitutional changes intended to limit his authority.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — In its first substantial move since taking power, the main political party in Pakistan has proposed sweeping constitutional changes intended to limit the authority of President Pervez Musharraf.
After a yearlong review of governance issues, our trustees approved sweeping changes, including new term limits that will turn over about half the board over the next two years and achieve greater national representation.
