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the principal overstepped her authority in ordering everyone to remain in the unheated school
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Republican attorneys general and far-right parent groups sued the Biden administration in a flurry of challenges, accusing the federal government of overstepping its authority.
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Kayla Jimenez, USA TODAY, 1 Aug. 2024
While there is certainly a need for some statewide standards to ensure consistency and fairness, this bill overstepped by imposing regulations that could potentially harm property rights and undermine local governance — principles we as Americans hold so dear.
—Scott Singer, Sun Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2024
But in 2022, a federal judge overturned that decision, saying the government overstepped its authority and based its determination on faulty reasoning.
—Tyrone Beason, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2024
And the conservatives agreed that the Trump administration had wrongly banned bump stocks by classifying them as machine guns, a decision not about the 2nd Amendment but about whether a regulatory agency had overstepped its authority.
—Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 25 July 2024
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Kayla Jimenez, USA TODAY, 1 Aug. 2024
While there is certainly a need for some statewide standards to ensure consistency and fairness, this bill overstepped by imposing regulations that could potentially harm property rights and undermine local governance — principles we as Americans hold so dear.
—Scott Singer, Sun Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2024
But in 2022, a federal judge overturned that decision, saying the government overstepped its authority and based its determination on faulty reasoning.
—Tyrone Beason, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2024
And the conservatives agreed that the Trump administration had wrongly banned bump stocks by classifying them as machine guns, a decision not about the 2nd Amendment but about whether a regulatory agency had overstepped its authority.
—Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 25 July 2024
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“Overstep.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overstep. Accessed 13 Sep. 2024.
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