legal authority

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“You will have to wait and see. I have some things in the works,” Greer said in response to a question about the legal authority for the tariffs in the trade pacts.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

The hearing carries no legal authority, but was planned with the intention of keeping the Epstein case in the spotlight.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

By forming their own local government, Von Ormy citizens would have the legal authority to make their own laws.

From Salon • May 3, 2026

Who has legal authority to speak to doctors?

From MarketWatch • Apr. 27, 2026

What is more, the members of the committee could be held personally responsible for all of this money because they had no legal authority to borrow or spend it.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy