Hazleton "has attempted to usurp authority the Constitution has placed beyond the vicissitudes of local governments," the panel of three judges concluded unanimously.
When judges, whether on the left or right, do that, they are usurping authority left by the Constitution to the people and their elected representatives.
There was outrage from Morsi's political opponents, including the prominent opposition figure Mohamed ElBaradei, who accused him of usurping authority and becoming a "new pharaoh".
The second is whether the I.M.F., in prying open markets and attacking structural problems that did not directly precipitate the crisis, is usurping authority and in some cases becoming a trade warrior for Washington.
The Taliban here exploit many of the same weaknesses that have allowed them to expand in other areas: an absent or intimidated police force; a lack of attention from national and provincial leaders; a population steadily cowed by threats, or won over by hard-line mullahs who usurp authority by playing on government neglect and poverty.
"But I suffer not a woman to teach nor to usurp authority over the man".
Jones complained to Bostock of the latter's "insubordinate tone" and "repeated attempts to usurp authority of this Headquarters".
The real risk is a chairman who behaves like a dictator, usurping authority that does not belong to him...
Jones sent a signal to Bostock complaining of the latter's "insubordinate tone" and "repeated attempts to usurp authority of this Headquarters".
He has also suggested that women should be silent in church, claiming in a sermon, "I suffer not a woman to teach nor to usurp authority over the man".
In a more specific condemnation of Anderson, the Senate and General Assembly approved a resolution in late February that strongly criticizes her plan to change the district's teacher layoff process, calling the plan an "attempt to usurp authority of the Legislature".
