Attorney-General Yehuda Weinstein has used his powers of office to intimidate and threaten Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his government into backing away from all the proposed bills aimed at curbing judicial power.
Cyr said Palin abused the powers of her office to go after her sister's ex-husband.
An independent counsel, with all the powers of that office, is what we need.
Instead, the President has chosen to abuse the powers of his office to serve his political ambition.
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So I will use all the powers of this office to help advance efforts aimed at preventing more tragedies like this.
He originated the project and, as a senator from New York, used the powers of his office to push for it relentlessly, year after year.
Rather, it would be because President Yeltsin would use the powers of his office -- not least the KGB's responsibility for the security of elections, and the loyalty of Yeltsin-appointed mayors and governors -- to steal the election.
The powers of the Welsh Office were extended and a host of new quangos were set up to monitor and govern Thatcher's free market state.
"They have been issued an oath of office and now have arrest powers in the state of Louisiana, " she said.
"I'm proud we have entered the ranks of satellite powers, " office worker Hyun Day-sun said.
He has done away with the post of prime minister, vesting the powers of a head of government in the director of his own office.
If however the president's conduct does not implicate the office or the powers of the presidency, the remedy is in a legal process involving prosecution, conviction and punishment in the courts.
This week, the centre-right leader, who is also on trial for paying for sex with an underage prostitute and abusing his powers in office, was accused of bribing a senator to change sides in parliament in 2006.
The court rejected Clinton's claims that lawsuits against presidents in office violate the separation of powers between the judicial branch and the executive branch.
Give him credit for acknowledging that the demands of the office have superseded his failing powers.
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American presidents tend to get their authority less from direct popular mandate than from the powers of the presidency itself and from their behaviour in office.
In office, he will command enormous powers of patronage.
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The powers of the independent counsel will be narrowed, if the office survives at all.
But Mr. Bush, throughout his time in office, has taken a large view of the powers he has.
The assembly would, in Mr Donaldson's scenario, work in a committee-like structure to advise the ministers of the Northern Ireland Office, but would not have administrative powers or make executive decisions.
Most important of all are new powers for the prime minister, who gets a strengthened Cabinet Office, lots more staff and, in theory at least, a much bigger say in government spending.
The Sunday Times, which says it has seen leaked Home Office documents, reports that the consultative group is considering the benefits of extending the powers of traffic wardens.
Although the office is filled by election, the process is weighted in favour of the major economic powers, just as free, fair and democratic elections in many African countries are programmed to favour particular parties or ethnic groups.
The Attorney General's office said it was considering whether to refer the case to the Court of Appeal, which has powers to increase a sentence if it is "unduly lenient".
While the President was campaigning to change the constitution to allow him to stand for office beyond the limit of two terms, Baduel accused the President of attempting to usurp the constitutional powers of the Venezuelan people.
The NUS president, who has always championed partnership working in the past, said there would be a "desperate need" for a new universities' "watchdog", with powers to refer university pricing practices to the Office for Fair Trading or the Monopolies Commission and to monitor the accuracy of prospectuses.
This Mr Kim, who still has to be cofirmed in his job because of the opposition's refusal to co-operate, has been promised that the prime minister's office will be given far greater powers than it has had in the past in return for his support of the president.
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