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the principal overstepped her authority in ordering everyone to remain in the unheated school
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The court ultimately did not rule on the veracity of Lewis’ rape allegation against the filmmaker, but rather if Polanski had overstepped a free speech boundary and defamed Lewis in responding to her allegations.
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Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2024
And states with Republican attorneys general have filed legal challenges against most if not all of Mr. Biden’s regulations, including a suit announced on Thursday by 27 states arguing that the administration overstepped its authority in cracking down on smokestack pollution from power plants.
—Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 9 May 2024
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Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2024
And states with Republican attorneys general have filed legal challenges against most if not all of Mr. Biden’s regulations, including a suit announced on Thursday by 27 states arguing that the administration overstepped its authority in cracking down on smokestack pollution from power plants.
—Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 9 May 2024
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“Overstep.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overstep. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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