Word: rubberstamping
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...MATTER how earnestly Reagan may try to transform the Court, though, he will still to contend with a Senate that is unlikely to rubberstamp nominees, and future appointees are in for rigorous scrutiny and lengthy confirmation hearings. But thermore, the lower courts, which possess some degree of in dependence, are filled with Carter appointees able to safeguard many liberal laws...
...responsibility for his actions. During World War II, McCloy, as Assistant Secretary of War, "single handedly obstructed" requests to bomb the railroads leading to these policies. As assistant Secretary of War, he oversaw the concentration camps in Germany. More egregiously, contrary to popular belief, McCloy did not merely rubberstamp the decisions of the Advisory Board for Clemency for War Criminals. According to the Landsberg report, written by McCloy himself in 1951, McCloy commuted the sentences of 10 of the 15 prisoners sentenced to death, and substantially reduced the sentences of others. In explaining his actions, McCloy cited such reasons...
Students immediately accused Fox of "blackmail" and "duplicity." In a draft letter to The Crimson, they argued that "the issue here clearly transcends that of postering," saying the meeting "illustrates how the administration and in particular, Dean Fox, can manipulate an advisory committee to rubberstamp its own decisions...
...South Korea activate the provision in Park's 1972 constitution that established a national council of unification to select the next president. Furthermore, that constitution should be amended to curtail the executive powers that Park exploited and to expand the power of the National Assembly, now a mere rubberstamp body...
...them off to detention camps on the outskirts. Throughout the city, blue-uniformed members of Nhu's Republican Youth Organization made door-to-door calls, warning against public criticism of the government on pain of arrest. Schools were closed until further notice, and scheduled elections for the normally rubberstamp, 123-member National Assembly were postponed...