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roving commission

noun

  1. authority or power given in a general area, without precisely defined terms of reference
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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

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鈥淭he judiciary doesn鈥檛 sit as a roving commission to rule on the legality of either Congress鈥檚 enactments or the executive鈥檚 implementation of those enactments,鈥 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 鈥 to preserve the currency as a store of value 鈥 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 鈥渄eputized as enforcers鈥 with a 鈥渞oving commission to enforce the State鈥檚 abortion laws.鈥

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Prosecutors shouldn鈥檛 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鈥檚 a risk.

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