It is true that in subsequent New Deal cases, the court vastly expanded Congress's power to regulate "interstate commerce, " although it has never done what the administration asks it to do now, namely authorize Congress to force individuals to engage in commerce.

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Security Council approved a resolution Friday to authorize a multinational force to go into Liberia, by a vote of 12-0.

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While the proposed use of drones is for surveillance purposes only, the Security Council resolution authorizing UN operations in the DRC could allow for the drones to be armed and would authorize the use of force if necessary to protect individuals from an imminent threat of violence.

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Rand Paul, Holder said it was possible, "I suppose, " to imagine an "extraordinary circumstance in which it would be necessary and appropriate" under U.S. law for the president to authorize the military to "use lethal force" within the United States.

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Fabius is urging Russia to authorize the use of force in Syria under Chapter 7 of the Charter of the United Nations, which allows for action to stop the escalation of targeted violence.

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Security Council put Darfur on its agenda, it took more than three years to authorize a robust peacekeeping force.

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First of all, what my opponent wants you to forget is that he voted to authorize the use of force, and now says it's the wrong war at the wrong time at the wrong place.

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Edwards voted to authorize the use of military force against Iraq, while Kucinich opposed it.

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Even after the Security Council put Darfur on the agenda, it would take three more years of resolutions and debate to authorize a large U.N. peacekeeping force.

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