The British used "general warrants," which authorized blanket searches without any individualized suspicion or specificity of what the colonial authorities were seeking.
Both Miró and Picasso were attracted to Surrealism's extreme psychology, which authorized outlandish forms with reference to ungoverned instincts.
The letter refers to the independent counsel statute, adopted in 1978, which authorized the appointment of a special prosecutor for investigations of government officials.
And they said the military mission was constrained by a United Nations Security Council resolution, which authorized air power for the purpose of defending civilians.
And it acted on the basis of a clear U.N. mandate, which authorized taking the necessary measures to protect Libyan civilians.
In 1856, the U.S. Congress passed the Guano Islands Act, which authorized Americans to lay claim to any deserted guano islands they could find.
The plan, which authorized paying gestores up to $280,000 to "facilitate" a single permit, was approved with a minor change.
The Security Council, which authorized the monitors, has begun to weigh whether to renew their 90-day mandate, which expires on July 20.
Its first modern version appeared in the federal tax code in 1916, three years after the ratification of the 16th Amendment, which authorized the federal income tax.
After his appointment in 1934 as Reich commissioner for disarmament at Geneva, he negotiated in June 1935 the Anglo-German Naval Agreement, which authorized German naval rearmament.
At a minimum, Congress, which authorized the use of military force at the president's behest, should want to know if the assertions about Iraq were warranted.
