I mean, this specific example of it you clearly could not have, because it happened days ago. The problem writ large is years old. The actual legislative moves are very current

A major attempt by our Republican legislature to strip powers from incoming politicians www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...

Part of it is also an issue of presentation around the thing being discussed: it’s not as clear what authority means on the open questions of theology or philosophy, but it’s a bit clearer on pragmatic issues (how to construct a homily, or experience leading a social movement, to take our examples)