JimKandJulieB@xxxxxxx wrote: > So would it be fair to say that the police had the power to do that which > they had not the right to do? Julie, Are you OK? It would be 'fair to say' that the police had the power to do that which they had no right to do only if 'power' is understood as 'capacity,' or 'ability,' not if 'power' is understood as something like 'authority,' 'authorization,' or 'permission.' Still, may I have this dance? Robert Paul ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html