authority
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Her claim, she said, “is about whether government can use official authority to stigmatize a private citizen without facts, without process, without fairness, accountability, investigation or even an interview — not even a phone call.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
Staff there were instructed to not highlight events unrelated to day-to-day activities, but the authority said it would not be removing books from shelves.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
State insurance departments conduct regular audits, investigate consumer complaints, and have the authority to require corrective action.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
It also noted that Ryanair does not apply the fee on flights to and from Italy following action by the Italian civil aviation authority.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
And his conduct in providing clandestine instructions to Adams’s cabinet undermined the constitutional authority of the executive branch in ways that would have landed him in jail in modern times.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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