And in 2003, Congress passed a bill that, while authorizing billions of dollars for nanotechnology research, also mandated additional research on potential societal implications.
While authorizing the maritime commission to file its own appeal to the Supreme Court, the Bush administration did not support that appeal.
The official added that the majority opinion "clearly rejects the position of those who say we should ban reproductive cloning this year while authorizing research cloning".
While authorizing vouchers for religious education, that decision did not require them, and the pro-voucher movement has in fact encountered a major obstacle across the country.
While authorizing the police to check immigration status, the law also restricted business contracts and transactions with illegal immigrants, and required public schools to check the status of students.
And the convention guarantees a defense counsel of the prisoner's choice, where the president's order, while authorizing defense lawyers, does not say whether the prisoner can choose his own.
But while he authorized the arrest and imprisonment of pirates, Farole has proven unwilling to attack their bases.
And last year, SkySafe raised $11.5 million for a radio-jamming approach similar to WhiteFox, which forces unauthorized drones out of restricted airspace while permitting authorized drones to still fly.
The wiretaps were authorized while the Securities and Exchange Commission had a continuing insider trading investigation of his hedge fund, Galleon Group.
While Dodd-Frank authorized the agency to double its $1 billion budget over the next few years, Congress never doled out the money.
