The federal government should not be the final authority on this decision.

And whatever happens, these people here are the final authorities.

You are, if you'll pardon me, really not the final authority.

It would be some years before electronics could become the final authority.

It's good to see that the mountain still has final authority here.

But the Bush administration, he said, had final authority to decide what would be turned over.

Establish God's word as the final authority in all financial matters.

It refers to the final authority of power in government.

Each claims to speak with final authority on all ethical questions.

The Council would also have final authority over land use.