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roving commission

noun

  1. authority or power given in a general area, without precisely defined terms of reference

ā€œCollins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridgedā€ 2012 Digital Edition Ā© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 Ā© HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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ā€œFederal courts do not possess a roving commission to publicly opine on every legal question,ā€ all the conservatives but Justice Clarence Thomas pronounced just two years ago.

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ā€œThe judiciary doesn’t sit as a roving commission to rule on the legality of either Congress’s enactments or the executive’s implementation of those enactments,ā€ U.S. solicitor general Elizabeth B. Prelogar pointed out.

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There you have it: The Fed, having slipped the leash of its primary job — to preserve the currency as a store of value — now claims a roving commission to do whatever it wants.

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The judge pointed out that the state tried to disclaim responsibility for the law by allowing private individuals to be ā€œdeputized as enforcersā€ with a ā€œroving commission to enforce the State’s abortion laws.ā€

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Prosecutors shouldn’t have a roving commission to comb through all the outrages of the Trump administration in search of a fact pattern that fits the criminal code, and that’s a risk.

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