Alternatively, "pure" clerical power can use its prerogatives (over sacraments like baptism or marriage or absolution) to exercise authority over everybody else, including worldly rulers.
The government is appealing against the high court judgment in the case brought by Gina Miller over whether the government could invoke article 50 using its prerogative powers, without winning parliament's backing.
If the Obama administration wants to expand upon its recently proposed commitment to tackling climate change, it could use its executive prerogative to encourage the developing shale gas industry to prevent these leakages.
Just because millions of Americans don't or haven not yet had a problem with these products doesn't mean government cannot or should not use its regulatory prerogative to shape how these products are consumed.
Yet in what sense is parliament taking back control, if the government is able, using its ancient prerogative powers, to manage the whole EU withdrawal process without any significant parliamentary involvement?
At a news conference the day after the midterm elections, the Senate majority leader warned that it would be "presidential harassment" if the newly elected Democratic majority in the House used its constitutional prerogative to act as a check on a president who has pushed ethics, decency and the rule of law to the brink.
Over all, the Karma Lounge is surprisingly low-key about its rare smoking prerogative, preferring to use its Facebook page to post the special events it holds in its basement performance space.
The underlying assumption here is that each state uses its own sovereign prerogatives to affect the citizenship constellation, since it is less likely to have a considerable leverage on the preference of its counterpart.
Let them opt out of using anything they don't want to use, it's their prerogative.
Paul said he would use his prerogative as a Senator to block the resolution from coming to the floor unless a provision was added saying that nothing in the measure "shall be construed as a declaration of war or an authorization of use of force.... .. Senate Democratic leadership, takings its cue from AIPAC, would not agree, so Paul blocked it.
