But in practice they often work at cross-purposes or intrigue as clerical careerists to arrogate power to themselves.
That authority was a check on the power of the Police Department, which, in the words of one former department official, "tends to arrogate power to itself".
This decision is another example of the courts' arrogantly arrogating powers our Founding Fathers never intended them to have.
"The judges are not elected representatives of the people and they are arrogating power to themselves as if they are the only sanctimonious institution in the country.
The commanders, who installed an interim civilian leader, said they had acted to bring the country back together after millions of Egyptians demonstrated against Mr. Morsi, claiming he had arrogated power, neglected the economy and worsened divisions in society.
It now seems clear that Erdoğan, who is sixty-three, intonds to arrogate dictatorial powers to himself, have them ratified by a subservient political order, and stay in power for years to come.
Nor can Erdogan's plan to arrogate more powers to himself by changing the constitution and establishing a presidential system in Turkey.
For Man to arrogate that power, goes this argument, is an act of terrible blasphemy.
The second, increasingly the main line of argument by gun-rights advocates, is that's it's necessary to prevent governments from arrogating tyrannical powers to themselves.
In another email, West again objects to the way the department might handle zoning questions, arguing that Martens has no right to decide zoning issues, and for a commissioner to do so would be to "arrogate unauthorized power to himself".
