Sentences with phrase «sweeping legal powers»
Just prior to Melanie Aitken's August 2009 appointment to the federal Competition Bureau's top job (Commissioner), the government implemented sweeping legal powers, dictatorial and unconstitutional in nature, in my opinion, that enabled Ms Aitken to impose «Administrative Monetary Penalties» (AMPs) on businesses that she alone determined to be in violation of the Competition Act.
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In some states, like Ohio, fights have broken out among anti-abortion activists over how to use their new - found power, with one faction pushing for sweeping new restrictions and the other urging more incremental limits that they say will withstand legal challenges.
The sweeping nature of President Obama's proposed regulations limiting carbon dioxide emissions from coal - fired power plants is likely to open his initiative to serious legal challenges.
If they withstand the expected legal challenges, the regulations will set in motion sweeping policy changes that could shut down hundreds of coal - fired power plants, freeze construction of new coal plants and create a boom in the production of wind and solar power and other renewable energy sources.
Courts could be given powers to recognise wills in cases where the legal requirements haven't been followed but the deceased's intentions are clear, under sweeping reforms proposed by the Law Commission.
Small Rule Change That Could Give the U.S. Government Sweeping New Warrant Power, posted by Richard Salgado, Legal Director, Law Enforcement and Information Security, by Sabrina I Pacifici, BeSpacific Blog
Overall the IPB is a strange combination of very targeted and seemingly limited steps, along with sweeping data collection powers, broad unchecked legal authority and gag orders that will stifle oversight and legitimate objections from service providers.»