Rubber stamp
WordNet
noun
(1) Routine authorization of an action without questions
(2) A stamp (usually made of rubber) for imprinting a mark or design by hand
WiktionaryText
Adjective
- Of a person, organisation, or process, making decisions or approving matters routinely or without real power, as rubber stamp politics, a rubber stamp committee.
Noun
- A piece of rubber or similar material with a design or text carved or molded for the purpose of transferring ink or dye to imprint that design on another object.
- The library had a rubber stamp to imprint the due date.
- A person or organisation who approves, routinely or as a formality, matters decided by some other person or organisation.