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Are you working with those that are reflecting authority or generating authority? – Loren Weisman	added by anonymous 3 months ago
Governments must nurture freedom as a garden, tending to it vigilantly to prevent its withering under the shadow of authority. – Aloo Denish Obiero	added by Aloo-Denish 4 months ago
In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign.... Secondly, a just cause.... Thirdly... a rightful intention. – Saint Thomas Aquinas	added by Normando 5 months ago
Just because we're the same nationality doesn't mean I like you, just because we're the same race doesn't mean I like you, just because we're on the same team doesn't mean I like you, just because we're co-workers doesn't mean i like you, just because your an authority figure doesn't mean i like you, just because we listen to the same music and watch the same movies doesn't mean I like you, just because we share some similar interests doesn't mean I like you, you need to understand this and be cautious of me. – Ryan Pack	added by littleking 6 months ago
By liberty I mean the assurance that every man shall be protected in doing what he believes is his duty against the influence of authority and majorities, custom and opinion. – Lord Acton	added by Normando 9 months ago
It was a direct challenge to Putin’s authority. – State Antony J. Blinken	Found on New York Times 10 months ago
The Bill of Rights is a born rebel. It reeks with sedition. In every clause it shakes its fist in the face of constituted authority... It is the one guarantee of human freedom to the American people. – Frank I. Cobb	added by Normando 11 months ago
AI can not make you an expert or an authority. AI can only make you appear to be an expert or an authority. – Loren Weisman	added by weismanloren 1 year ago
The current conservative majority has generally been very skeptical of how much authority various agencies exercise, the one place where they have been less skeptical though, has been an agency’s authority, which is predicated on long settled and well developed technical and scientific expertise. – Supreme Court	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The preliminary ruling by a federal judge in Texas is an assault on science and the FDA’s long-standing role as the authority to make decisions on the safety and efficacy of medicines. For a court to invalidate the approval of a drug that was reviewed and approved more than two decades ago is without precedent. As legal scholars have noted, the courts do not have the medical expertise to make these types of scientific determinations. – Rachel King	Found on CNN 1 year ago
While each of those stories is unique, together, they reveal themes and behaviors typical of adults who abuse children, and those who enable that abuse by concealing it, what was consistent throughout the stories was the absolute authority and power these abusive priests and the church leadership held over survivors, their families and their communities. – Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I can’t do anything except plead with the Congress to act reasonably, i have done the full extent of my executive authority – to do on my own, anything about guns … The Congress has to act. The majority of the American people think having assault weapons is bizarre, it’s a crazy idea. They’re against that. And so I think the Congress could be passing an assault weapon ban. – Joe Biden	Found on CNN 1 year ago
With a new law like this, they may now be intimidated and discouraged by the legal hoops required to use social media out of fear of authority or their parents, or fear of losing their privacy at a time when teens are figuring out who they are. – Lucy Ivey	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Beijing will have no say in the US decision to mandate the sale of TikTok, but it will retain the ultimate approval authority over such a sale, it also seems extremely unlikely that Beijing will accept any deal that removes TikTok’s algorithm[s] from its direct control and regulatory authority. – Brock Silvers	Found on CNN 1 year ago
A bail agent can go get the defendant and haul him back to jail, you know it commonly as a bounty hunter. Charitable bail has no authority to make that person go to court. – Peggy Mayfield	Found on CNN 1 year ago
UBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse, this takeover was made possible with the support of the Swiss federal government, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority and the Swiss National Bank. – Swiss National Bank	Found on CNN 1 year ago
In Spain, this structure has been allowed to develop over the years and it hasn’t been challenged, you often have an individual judge, who is linked to a local authority or a regional authority, who then sits as a quasi-judicial figure instead of a disciplinary committee or regulatory commission, which is what happens in other countries. Vinicius Junior was racially by Barcelona fans during a match against Barcelona on October 24, 2021. David Ramos/Getty Images. – Piara Powar	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I do not recognise any authority, any value, higher than democracy. – Kenzaburo Oe	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The Second Amendment is what makes the rest of the amendments possible. If the state legislature wants to expand upon the foundational rights codified in the Second Amendment, they have the authority to do that. But SAPA is also about the Tenth Amendment. It’s about federalism and individual liberty, so we will be appealing the court’s ruling. – Andrew Bailey	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Where is the authority and authenticity in plagiarizing somebody else's authority and authenticity? – Loren Weisman	added by weismanloren 1 year ago
Over the past three years, millions of Americans have struggled to pay rent, utilities, food, and many have been unable to pay their debts, loan forgiveness is a paradigmatic form of debt relief, and the secretary acted within the heartland of his authority and in line with the central purpose of the HEROES Act( of 2003) in providing that relief here. To apply the major questions doctrine to override that clear text would deny borrowers critical relief that Congress authorized, and the secretary deemed essential. – Elizabeth Prelogar	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The ball goes back to the Biden administration, the administration could implement some other version of this installation under a different legal authority, but that may well generate its own litigation and we end up in the same place. – Luke Herrine	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The problem with the centralization of power under Xi Jinping is the lack of delegation of authority to lower levels. – Drew Thompson	Found on CNN 1 year ago
No one at the moment has authority to deal with the entire system, and we need to get that situation fixed, we’ve got the federal regulators overseeing the high voltage system that brings power across long distances. We’ve got state public utility commissions dealing with things at the state level, we got both private and public power. – Granger Morgan	Found on CNN 1 year ago

Are you working with those that are reflecting authority or generating authority?

– Loren Weisman

added by anonymous
3 months ago

Governments must nurture freedom as a garden, tending to it vigilantly to prevent its withering under the shadow of authority.

– Aloo Denish Obiero

added by Aloo-Denish
4 months ago

In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign.... Secondly, a just cause.... Thirdly... a rightful intention.

– Saint Thomas Aquinas

added by Normando
5 months ago

Just because we're the same nationality doesn't mean I like you, just because we're the same race doesn't mean I like you, just because we're on the same team doesn't mean I like you, just because we're co-workers doesn't mean i like you, just because your an authority figure doesn't mean i like you, just because we listen to the same music and watch the same movies doesn't mean I like you, just because we share some similar interests doesn't mean I like you, you need to understand this and be cautious of me.

– Ryan Pack

added by littleking
6 months ago

By liberty I mean the assurance that every man shall be protected in doing what he believes is his duty against the influence of authority and majorities, custom and opinion.

– Lord Acton

added by Normando
9 months ago

It was a direct challenge to Putin’s authority.

– State Antony J. Blinken

Found on New York Times
10 months ago

The Bill of Rights is a born rebel. It reeks with sedition. In every clause it shakes its fist in the face of constituted authority... It is the one guarantee of human freedom to the American people.

– Frank I. Cobb

added by Normando
11 months ago

AI can not make you an expert or an authority. AI can only make you appear to be an expert or an authority.

– Loren Weisman

added by weismanloren
1 year ago

The current conservative majority has generally been very skeptical of how much authority various agencies exercise, the one place where they have been less skeptical though, has been an agency’s authority, which is predicated on long settled and well developed technical and scientific expertise.

– Supreme Court

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The preliminary ruling by a federal judge in Texas is an assault on science and the FDA’s long-standing role as the authority to make decisions on the safety and efficacy of medicines. For a court to invalidate the approval of a drug that was reviewed and approved more than two decades ago is without precedent. As legal scholars have noted, the courts do not have the medical expertise to make these types of scientific determinations.

– Rachel King

Found on CNN
1 year ago

While each of those stories is unique, together, they reveal themes and behaviors typical of adults who abuse children, and those who enable that abuse by concealing it, what was consistent throughout the stories was the absolute authority and power these abusive priests and the church leadership held over survivors, their families and their communities.

– Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I can’t do anything except plead with the Congress to act reasonably, i have done the full extent of my executive authority – to do on my own, anything about guns … The Congress has to act. The majority of the American people think having assault weapons is bizarre, it’s a crazy idea. They’re against that. And so I think the Congress could be passing an assault weapon ban.

– Joe Biden

Found on CNN
1 year ago

With a new law like this, they may now be intimidated and discouraged by the legal hoops required to use social media out of fear of authority or their parents, or fear of losing their privacy at a time when teens are figuring out who they are.

– Lucy Ivey

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Beijing will have no say in the US decision to mandate the sale of TikTok, but it will retain the ultimate approval authority over such a sale, it also seems extremely unlikely that Beijing will accept any deal that removes TikTok’s algorithm[s] from its direct control and regulatory authority.

– Brock Silvers

Found on CNN
1 year ago

A bail agent can go get the defendant and haul him back to jail, you know it commonly as a bounty hunter. Charitable bail has no authority to make that person go to court.

– Peggy Mayfield

Found on CNN
1 year ago

UBS today announced the takeover of Credit Suisse, this takeover was made possible with the support of the Swiss federal government, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority and the Swiss National Bank.

– Swiss National Bank

Found on CNN
1 year ago

In Spain, this structure has been allowed to develop over the years and it hasn’t been challenged, you often have an individual judge, who is linked to a local authority or a regional authority, who then sits as a quasi-judicial figure instead of a disciplinary committee or regulatory commission, which is what happens in other countries. Vinicius Junior was racially by Barcelona fans during a match against Barcelona on October 24, 2021. David Ramos/Getty Images.

– Piara Powar

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I do not recognise any authority, any value, higher than democracy.

– Kenzaburo Oe

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The Second Amendment is what makes the rest of the amendments possible. If the state legislature wants to expand upon the foundational rights codified in the Second Amendment, they have the authority to do that. But SAPA is also about the Tenth Amendment. It’s about federalism and individual liberty, so we will be appealing the court’s ruling.

– Andrew Bailey

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Where is the authority and authenticity in plagiarizing somebody else's authority and authenticity?

– Loren Weisman

added by weismanloren
1 year ago

Over the past three years, millions of Americans have struggled to pay rent, utilities, food, and many have been unable to pay their debts, loan forgiveness is a paradigmatic form of debt relief, and the secretary acted within the heartland of his authority and in line with the central purpose of the HEROES Act( of 2003) in providing that relief here. To apply the major questions doctrine to override that clear text would deny borrowers critical relief that Congress authorized, and the secretary deemed essential.

– Elizabeth Prelogar

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The ball goes back to the Biden administration, the administration could implement some other version of this installation under a different legal authority, but that may well generate its own litigation and we end up in the same place.

– Luke Herrine

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The problem with the centralization of power under Xi Jinping is the lack of delegation of authority to lower levels.

– Drew Thompson

Found on CNN
1 year ago

No one at the moment has authority to deal with the entire system, and we need to get that situation fixed, we’ve got the federal regulators overseeing the high voltage system that brings power across long distances. We’ve got state public utility commissions dealing with things at the state level, we got both private and public power.

– Granger Morgan

Found on CNN
1 year ago

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