[Avodah] daas torah and voting

[Rich, Joel]

Rather that the authority of the melekh fell to the Sanhedrin when the melukhah ended, and from the Sanhedrin to the Rabbanim. 
Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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What an interesting formulation. What is the source that gives this "fall" halachic force?
KT
Joel Rich
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