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Russ, this only means быть во власти. The other one is TO BE EMPOWERED (to do something)
Russ, this only means быть во власти. The other one is TO BE EMPOWERED (to do something)
When a judge has a power to prescribe a sentence... would you call it 'власть'? To me, it is more like 'полномочия'. No?
When a judge has THE power to pronounce a sentence, he’s EMPOWERED to do so. We use IN POWER when we talk about governments, elected officials, rulers, presidents, monarchs, etc.
Here are examples in books of how IN POWER is used:
So быть во власти is correct, but the other one isn’t.