Less attention is paid to the ethnic rivalries and abuse of judicial authority that so often accompany it.
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Not every grievance, however, is subject to judicial authority (part of the inherent checks and balances of our system).
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They fear that Ms Sotomayor takes a more expansive view of judicial authority.
"The majority has concluded that the Swedish public prosecutor was a 'judicial authority', " said Nicholas Phillips, U.K. Supreme Court president.
They worry that Ms Sotomayor takes a more expansive view of judicial authority: she once said that appeals-court judges make policy.
Some conservative critics interpreted those remarks as a challenge to judicial authority, suggesting Obama was putting direct political pressure on the high court.
Chilean Judge Mario Carroza ordered an investigation into Neruda's death in June, noting that police, witness and medical records would be examined, Chile's judicial authority said.
She argued that the Supreme Court's judges had reached their decision based on the definition of "judicial authority" published in the 1969 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties.
Confronted by the anarchic warlordism that followed, many Somalis freely submitted to the judicial authority of the courts and took advantage of their ability to offer basic social services.
Spain's central judicial authority has reported than 150, 000 evictions of Spaniards and immigrants from their homes since 2008, when the crisis started, for falling behind on their mortgage payments.
Other questions include the judicial authority needed for some forms of surveillance, although police in France can tap telephones with the approval of the Prime Minister and an administrative panel.
Judge Jerry Smith of the 5th Circuit responded to the president's comments by ordering the Department of Justice to submit a three-page, single-spaced memo stating the administration's position on judicial authority to invalidate unconstitutional laws.
Spain's judicial authority removed him from the bench last February after his conviction in a case in which his home nation's Supreme Court determined Garzon had improperly ordered wiretaps while investigating a financial corruption case.
Taylor's decision to grant standing to plaintiffs in the case - an assembly of lawyers, academics and journalists represented by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) - in the first place was in itself a gross violation of judicial authority.
In response to what he described as "the most vicious ... attack on the judicial authority's independence" ever, only seven of Egypt's 34 courts are still operating and 90% of its prosecutors have gone on strike, said Judge Mohamed al-Zind of the Egyptian Judge's Club.
This will be a serious reversal of historic and constitutional congressional authority and judicial deference to that authority in matters of governance of the armed forces.
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To protect the endangered creatures, the chief warden at Chitwan has quasi-judicial powers, including the authority to convict and jail alleged poachers for up to 15 years.
Wiltshire Council's Toby Sturgis said the authority considered a judicial review and sought legal advice, but was told there had been no flaw in the planning process and was advised not to proceed.
In law, he established the principle of judicial review, giving the courts authority over the political branch.
People against plans to build 700 homes near Swindon are angry that the local authority will not launch a judicial review of the planning decision.
Some of Mr Clinton's allies thought this subpoena could be challenged on constitutional grounds, arguing that the judicial branch (unlike Congress) lacks the authority to compel evidence from the executive.
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He may also have been affecting a spurious veneration for the court and his belief in the judicial system, seeking to compare his deference for authority with the unruliness and general disrespect exhibited by most criminals.
Councillor Nick Parsons said the authority believes there are "reasonable grounds for a judicial review".
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