Under the changes, the minimum sentence for gang rape, rape of a minor, rape by policemen or a person in authority will be doubled to 20 years and can be extended to life without parole.

BBC: Indian bill on tough rape laws passed by parliament

Under the changes, the minimum sentence for gang rape, rape of a minor, rape by policemen or a person in authority will be doubled to 20 years from 10 and can be extended to life without parole.

BBC: India president approves tough rape laws

It tested what would happen if a person in a position of authority ordered a subject to deliver a 400-volt electrical shock to another person, would the subject follow orders?

FORBES: Milgram-Jobs Effect: SNL Compares iPhone 5 Whiners, FoxConn Workers

Fifty percent of participants indicated that they have discovered a colleague engaging in wrongful behavior and 32% of participants indicated that they have discovered a person of greater authority engaging in wrongful behavior.

FORBES: The Bounty Hunter In All of Us

Mr Danto, a jolly, bearded man with a self-deflating sense of humour and an old-fashioned taste in clothes, is the last sort of person you would think of as an authority-figure in the world of contemporary art.

ECONOMIST: Contemporary-art criticism

It was disappointing that an unelected person who passes out petitions seems to have more power and authority in Congress with the Republican Party than its leaders.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

On your second question, I think the -- as I've also said in here before, obviously the person who is -- who has the authority to make decisions over national security and foreign policy and the primary national interests that we hold, as I've talked about, the nuclear weapons program and the support and sponsorship of terror are things that are directly under his purview.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

Fortunately, in 2005, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals (in Virginia) upheld federal agents' authority to conduct suspicionless border searches of a person, his personal property and his laptop computer.

WSJ: Roy Altman: Judges For Lax Border Security