But none of them has the authority to make policy decisions.

Did the commission have the authority to truly make changes?

"It means there is someone you can talk to who has the authority to make a decision," he said.

What the new leaders add is the political strength and authority to make these ideas real.

I had no authority to make any change in the conditions of the test.

Still, he did not always have the full authority to make things happen.

But did he have the authority to make such a deal?

But just who, precisely, has the authority to make those changes is still in question.

Because you're all here, and you have the authority to make the decision.

Where do you get the authority to make such statements?