Politicians have to make sure that we're unassailable, that we can make policy for the people".
"In their own minds, they're smarter than us," said an American expert who helps make policy for the region.
The chief justice presides over the Judicial Conference of the United States, which makes policy for the judicial system and speaks on behalf of the judiciary to Congress.
The prospect of the UK government being second-guessed by Scotland and unable to make policy for rUK for a protracted period would undermine democracy in rUK.
The Republican inability to articulate any coherent immigration policy other than "deport them all" amounts to a preference for fantasy over reality, rather than engaging in the messy job of making policy for the real world.
And Mr. Bernanke said the members of the Federal Open Market Committee, which makes policy for the Fed, "have not been able to come to an agreement" about the goals of the asset purchases or, by extension, when they should end.
Rather than leave the militia under Morton's control, the Legislature wanted to commission officers, make policy for the militia and create a four-man board to raise troops.
If he treats his own wife with such disrespect, I can only imagine how he would treat me, my daughters and all the women of this country if he should have the chance to make policy for us.
"We spoke about the financial markets and the fact that politicians should have the power to make policy for the people and not be driven by the markets," The Financial Times quoted her as saying after the meeting.
At its most recent meeting, in September, the Judicial Conference of the United States, a group of 27 judges who make policy for the federal courts, voted unanimously to ask Congress to repeal the amendment.
The ECB does need to make policy for the eurozone as a whole, but perhaps it should consider combining a rate hiking cycle for the core with greater realism in terms of the approach for the weakest peripheral countries.
