Governments, which are accountable to their electorates, should decide matters of public policy.
Only the Bible – sola scriptura – could decide matters of liturgy and doctrine.
And, as much as one hears that demographics alone will decide matters, it's been an unusual race.
The easily-duped masses should not, he said, be permitted to decide matters too complicated for them to assess.
"This process is the proper forum to decide matters concerning individual cases of alleged doping violations," McCain said in a statement.
Earlier in the year, Ukraine had asserted that the role of the CIS should be to decide matters of mutual economic concern rather than political and military issues.
If these documents are seen by a judge or jury, and used to decide matters affecting someone's liberty, why shouldn't they be out in the open?
The court acted within its authority, the judge said, since it is the "exclusive function" of the state's judicial branch to decide matters pertaining to the Massachusetts Constitution.
To let the international body decide matters of law that would be binding for state courts seemed fundamentally undemocratic — an unjust usurpation of the judicial function.
To increase privacy and minimize litigation, he added, they can also designate third-party mediators like priests or pediatricians to help decide matters affecting children.
