Substantive democracy consists of egalitarian socio-economic outputs that advance the well-being of the populace, protect the environment, and curb the abuses and often untrammeled powers of great wealth.

How's that for untrammeled Presidential power?

"Politically it acts as a brake on the untrammeled power of the provincial government."

Judges have almost untrammeled power over the outcome of a contested divorce, and they can also order the spouse with the deeper pockets to pay for the other spouse's lawyer.

Third, it may dilute the untrammeled power of the unelected press to transform tiny, tentative samples of public opinion into instant decisions about the kind of national leadership this nation needs.

Legislative leaders still have untrammeled power to bottle up bills and fill leadership positions and committee chairmanships, and they resist routine use of conference committees to work out differences between the two houses.

And what lends the narrative its tension is a familiar quality in Mr. Doctorow's fiction, namely the threat he perceives in untrammeled power.

Although much about Chandraswamy remains shadowy, Indian newspapers have portrayed him as a man who has gained virtually untrammeled power.

Her band leaned hard on blues and funk grooves for songs, many from a forthcoming album, about the untrammeled power of desire, while Ms. Osborne pushed her voice hard.

Though some must be secret, it need not be cause for fear of untrammeled power - provided it has the oversight of watchdog committees and nosy media.