Mr. Ban and his advisers believe they have the prerogative to make decisions in some administrative matters, which has become an issue with the court, he acknowledged.
Senior Democrats like George J. Mitchell of Maine and Daniel K. Inouye of Hawaii wanted part of the first big televised inquiry since Watergate, and they exercised the prerogative of their seniority.
They usurped the prerogative of senior officer promotion and appointed generals based on loyalty to the palace, giving orders directly to officers.
Victim and witness protection are fundamental to democracy because they affect the prerogative of citizens to participate in self-governance and exercise basic rights of citizenship.
Neither responsible for the public's safety or for international relations, nor having to vie for votes, they had the prerogative of expressing positions of principle.
The medical regulators are essential players in the SAMU as they have the prerogative to regulate access to the care service, thus making them public health authorities.
Rather, they recognized the prerogatives of the patrician class and of the patriarchal family, the validity of enslavement for unpaid debt, and the interference of religious custom in civil cases.
With the full knowledge that we Americans are susceptible to buying things associated with princesses, the answer, in Andrew's case, often seems to have been ones ruled by kings, emirs, and autocrats who act as though they have the prerogatives, and impunity, of royalty.
We're a creature of Congress, and if Congress is unsatisfied with the way this is operating, they certainly have the prerogative and duty to change things in a way that are more conducive to what they want.
"The citizens of Michigan, like those of over half the states, made their decision at the ballot box, and only they should have the prerogative to change that decision," said Austin R. Nimocks, senior counsel for the Alliance Defending Freedom.
