41.   The high court said federal judges generally do have broad discretion to abstain from those cases when a parallel suit is already under way in a state court.

42.   The harsher treatment of minority defendants is especially meaningful because the courts have broad discretion in lesser felonies.

43.   The measure would give the SEC broad discretion in setting up an oversight body to regulate and discipline corporate accountants.

44.   The lawyer acknowledged that he was worried by the broad discretion the law allows a judge in deciding who should have won the election.

45.   The Interior Department post, he said, allows broad discretion to balance those competing interests.

46.   The Mullers sued, and a federal appeals court said the principal had broad discretion to block flyers that could disrupt the school environment.

47.   The police have broad discretion in whom to stop.

48.   The states have broad discretion to decide on the details of their individual programs, within federal guidelines, and all have chosen to cover prescription drugs.

49.   The states would have broad discretion to set eligibility criteria and the amount of assistance for each recipient, bypassing federal standards that now establish uniform national policies.

50.   When Congress has entrusted the Secretary with broad discretion, we are especially reluctant to substitute our views of wise policy for his.