Sentence examples for vague powers from inspiring English sources

Gabe Feldman, director of the sports law program at Tulane University, said Selig was testing the breadth of his vague powers.

Millie Graham Wood, a legal officer at the campaign group Privacy International, said the report was "a damning verdict of the government and intelligence agencies' use of very vague powers as a justification of mass surveillance of innocent people".

Undermining liberty and freedom of speech Amnesty's report said the terrorism bill - currently before parliament - contained "sweeping and vague" powers, which would further undermine rights to liberty, freedom of expression and to a fair trial.

"The agencies have used this vague power to demand our internet and telephone network providers hand over huge swaths of our personal data.

Recent legislation has made legal the president's right to detain a person indefinitely on suspicion of affiliation with terrorist organizations or "associated forces," a broad, vague power that can be abused without meaningful oversight from the courts or Congress (the law is currently being blocked by a federal judge).

Just because other people think and say appallingly short-sighted and out-of-date terms from the kind of sitcom the BBC would have pulled in the 70s for being too racist, that doesn't excuse their use, especially from a parliamentary candidate who's supposed to be shooting for some position of vague power.

The bill, critics say, would amount to creating a secret police force with little oversight and vague, disruptive powers.

Brazil's democratic constitution gives the army vague tutelary powers.

This provided the blueprint for control orders.Open-ended orders and vague summary powers present a greater threat to liberty than specific laws.

A favorite of emperors and imbued with vague medicinal powers, Pu'er was supposedly invented by eighth-century horseback traders who compressed the tea leaves into cakes for easier transport.

Earlier this month, McConnell joined Paul's 13-hour stand against vague drone powers and then sought to fundraise off his part in the historic display.