authority
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Together, these cases established a consistent rule: Federal authority shields private actors from state accountability only when federal involvement is real, specific, and congressionally authorized.
From Slate • Jun. 25, 2026
Sanchez alleges administrative irregularities in the handling of the overseas vote, which represents around 300,000 ballots, by the electoral authority.
From Barron's • Jun. 24, 2026
By 2014, those trucks made up less than 1% of sales, according to data from car-research authority Edmunds.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 24, 2026
Both officers were found to have breached standards of professional behaviour relating to authority, respect and courtesy, and discreditable conduct.
From BBC • Jun. 24, 2026
In effect, the political institutions and the very authority of the federal government were too new and ill-formed to cope effectively with the foreign and domestic challenges facing the new nation.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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