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the principal overstepped her authority in ordering everyone to remain in the unheated school
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On the same day that the agency issued the rule, two bank lobby groups, the Bank Policy Institute and the Kentucky Bankers Association, sued the CFPB, claiming the regulator overstepped its authority.
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Luisa Beltran, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2024
Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft accused the DOJ of overstepping its authority and using its monitors to punish red states that have tightened voter identification laws, the Washington Post reports.
—Sareen Habeshian, Axios, 1 Nov. 2024
Incidents like the sieges at Ruby Ridge and Waco in the early 1990s, the latter of which resulted in dozens of deaths, would be used as further evidence by figures like Mack who already believed the federal government was overstepping.
—David Gilbert, WIRED, 24 Oct. 2024
The 55-year-old has a taste for provocation and is known for deliberately overstepping accepted boundaries.
—Stephanie Liechtenstein, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2024
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Luisa Beltran, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2024
Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft accused the DOJ of overstepping its authority and using its monitors to punish red states that have tightened voter identification laws, the Washington Post reports.
—Sareen Habeshian, Axios, 1 Nov. 2024
Incidents like the sieges at Ruby Ridge and Waco in the early 1990s, the latter of which resulted in dozens of deaths, would be used as further evidence by figures like Mack who already believed the federal government was overstepping.
—David Gilbert, WIRED, 24 Oct. 2024
The 55-year-old has a taste for provocation and is known for deliberately overstepping accepted boundaries.
—Stephanie Liechtenstein, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2024
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“Overstep.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overstep. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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