| The Executive Branch arrogates the authority to become the investigator, the prosecutor, the judge, the jury, and then the executioner. |
| As the ramifications of Jimmy's attempt to dispose of the intruder's corpse – a responsibility he arrogates to the dismal Tony Cusack – begin to assert themselves, we see the stories of these characters collide and transform. |
| Since President Bush arrogates to himself the task of constitutional interpretation, I suppose we can tell judges and constitutional law experts to go home. |
| But in any case the United States is the centre of a global empire, a state with a military presence in most countries which arrogates to itself the role of world leader and policeman. |
