Conversely, a Supreme Court decision invalidating the mandate would not seriously undermine congressional authority.
Mr Warcup said there had been "persistent attempts" to undermine his authority as Acting Chief Officer of Police.
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Former CIA chief Robert Gates recalls Rice's accosting a Treasury Department official who tried to undermine her authority.
Mrs Kumaratunga has another worry that could undermine her authority.
Emperor Napolon III and his ministers have the idea that France's foremost illusionist could undermine the authority of Algeria's foremost holyman, thereby preventing him from proclaiming a jihad against the aggressive French.
What started with rows over access to the team and withheld payments became almost open warfare when the 65-year-old was given cause to believe the ABAE was trying to undermine his authority by leaking a damaging story about the team to the national press.
If the court had handed down such a ruling in 1880, it probably would have accomplished nothing more than to undermine its own authority.
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Giving evidence to the committee scrutinising the LCO on 3 December 2009, Rex Phillips from the NASUWT said that they were concerned the new powers could, at best, undermine the local authority control of schools in Wales and, at worst, lead to the privatisation of services to schools.
President Karzai has become increasingly frustrated by what he sees as American attempts to undermine Afghanistan's authority, the BBC's Quentin Sommerville reports from the capital, Kabul.
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Klaus argued that a directly elected president would have greater popular authority and that this could undermine the Czech Republic's parliamentary system of government.
The Scottish Qualifications Authority has urged teachers to take account of mistakes which can undermine pupils.
Finally, the frequent use of referendums can actually undermine democracy by encouraging elected legislators to sidestep difficult issues, thus damaging the prestige and authority of representative institutions, which must continue to perform most of the business of government even if referendums are used frequently.
There are fears that Hungary's new data protection authority will come under Fidesz influence and that a plan to make 274 judges retire early will undermine the judiciary's independence by enabling new pro-Fidesz appointees to replace them.
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