The court is in the midst of its most active and skeptical scrutiny of Congressional action in more than 50 years.

However, what guarantees that powerful institutions get skeptical scrutiny isn't a lot ofstagy self-mutilation.

He subjected Bo's weekly budget to the most skeptical scrutiny.

The rationale for such an increase is weak; it deserves skeptical scrutiny from budget experts in the Administration and Congress.

But in December 2001 the page proofs of that little book still did not escape skeptical scrutiny.

The Court applied a searching standard that Justice Ginsburg called "skeptical scrutiny" in deciding the case.

And in the last couple of decades, he has found his own pioneering work subjected to skeptical scrutiny.

The health agency is receiving skeptical scrutiny from Republican members of the House determined to cut the Federal budget deficit.

They invalidated four federal laws, continuing on the path of subjecting the exercise of congressional authority to close and skeptical scrutiny.

Indeed, Churchill's reputation has been subject to skeptical scrutiny by scholars and biographers for the past few decades.