Sentence examples similar to upheld authority from inspiring English sources

Foucault maintains that all socially-constructed hierarchal systems demand forms of surveillance, whether actual or imaginary, to preserve dominant and subordinate positions according to those upholding authority or power.

In 2002 the FCC agreed, and in 2005 the Supreme Court upheld its authority to agree.

The State Court of Appeals upheld the authority of the Public Service Commission to approve a program for low-income consumers.

As Condoleezza Rice put it, the alliance action "upheld the authority of the council".

Four appeals courts have since upheld presidential authority for such warrantless searches.

Since the courts upheld the authority, it would take an amendment to the Clean Air Act to exclude the gas.

Over Suez, the US upheld the authority of the UN and led the pack against the law-breakers.

The justices upheld the authority of Palm Beach County -- and by extension other counties -- to proceed with the manual tabulations.

The supreme court has already upheld the authority of America's Environmental Protection Agency to limit carbon from power stations".

The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals recently upheld his authority to investigate any federal crimes he comes across in the course of investigating the Clintons and their associates.

The decision upheld the authority of the Federal Communications Commission to exempt Internet service providers from interstate access charges paid to local phone companies.