The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.
The GAO does not have authority to determine the constitutionality of duly enacted legislation.
Since Watson did not have authority, he made use of what he did have: publicity.
This is a flaw that cannot be fixed, because the Senate does not have authority to amend the articles.
And the CFPB does not have capacity, does not have authority, to supervise those entities until there's a director.
Powys council said in January that Welshpool Town Council did not need authority from it or the Welsh government to issue the dog control order.
All this was intended to placate countries that say America is being too heavy-handed and is not ceding authority to Iraqis as fast as it should.
Israeli observers have suggested that even if parts of the Fatah leadership are serious about reducing the level of violence, they plainly do not exercise authority over some of the various armed bands.
However, it was a white paper that did not carry any legal authority and did not satisfy congressional demands for detailed information.
But since the split between Hamas-controlled Gaza and the Palestinian-Authority-run West Bank, Hamas does not recognise the authority of President Mahmoud Abbas.
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Queen bees may be with us but that does not mean that women over whom they have authority do not have options.
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Because he was not there to assert his authority, there was not one Soviet attempt to reach the Moon, but several rival schemes to reach the Moon.
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In the case of the contingency contracting corps, we do not believe statutory authority is necessary.
Their Bible is a version written by their king and not a religious authority.
Which means he is not ceding any authority, even though he is under pressure to do so.
If they have any shares, they must sell them off so that they could not abuse their authority.
Falkirk Council's objection withdrawal would mean the authority not taking part in a forthcoming public inquiry on the proposals.
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Prosecutors explored whether Blagojevich had abused his power and did not have the authority to shut the landfill down.
The Department of Commerce does not have the authority to stop an acquisition.
They are funded by central government and are not in local authority control.
Also in Virginia a federal judge ruled that the EPA did not have the authority to declare storm water a pollutant.
The high representative was supposed only to promote compliance with the agreement, but originally did not have much authority to do so.
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Finally in 1999 a Reykjavik judge ruled that the sale was invalid because Ingimarsson did not have the authority to sell the company.
Court of Appeals has ruled that the FCC does not have statutory authority to regulate broadband or the Internet, i.e. mandate net neutrality.
The state of Texas also sued claiming the EPA did not have the authority to do what it did under the Clean Air Act.
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They do not recognise the authority of the United States, on the ground that Texas (briefly independent 150-odd years ago) never legally joined it.
Uber rebel Douglas Carswell dislikes the term "rebel", since he believes he is doing his duty, by voting his conscience, and is not defying legitimate authority.
Because Pharmanex calls Cholestin a nutritional supplement, and a court case found that the FDA does not have the authority to regulate Pharmanex in the sale of nutritional supplements.
Milosevic's lawyers add that Milosevic was handed-over by the current Yugoslav regime despite not having the authority to do so because it preceded a decision by its Constitutional Court.
Appeals Court that is hearing the case ruled, in 2010 in an analogous case, that the FCC does not have unbounded authority to regulate broadband or the Internet.
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