"They presented a draft that gave the president virtually unchecked authority and the ability to do virtually anything," Mr. Daschle said in the interview.

Critics of the approach said it would give the president virtually unchecked authority if the program were to be declared legal.

As a lesson in democratic activism, the film shows what it takes to provoke people to speak against unchecked authority, no matter the consequences.

Based in Washington, D.C., the firm is "dedicated to the defense of individual liberties against the increasingly aggressive and unchecked authority of federal and state governments."

Equally disturbing is the fact that the President's new consumer protection czar will have unchecked authority to meddle in every corner of our economy.

What needs attention is the unchecked authority over communications sought to be imposed upon the global networked communities.

History proved the dangers of such unchecked authority.

In effect, the attorney general has asserted unchecked authority to determine who may have confidential conversations with attorneys and who may not.

Let's also dispel the myth that these provisions grant broad-sweeping, unchecked authority for the government to collect information on innocent Americans.

By arbitrary application of this policy via unchecked authority, soon nail clippers, key chains, and aspirin were considered dangerous and violations of the rules.