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Originally Posted by Boromir88
Well, they did have the power, clearly as we see in Arvedui's case. Did they "technically" have the power, I don't know. But, clearly that's what they did, and I think it was Kransha who did a thread similar talking about Arvedui's claim, the Stewards seemed to have the power whether they willingly backed down to the claimed King or not. My understanding was, if Faramir hadn't been such a good guy and did the right thing in letting Aragorn take the crown, he could have told Aragorn no.
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Okay, Pelendur (and, for the same reasons, Faramir) had the POWER to refuse Arvedui (and Aragorn). They had the power in the sense that if they said no, there really wasn't a way Arvedui or Aragorn would likely be able to forcibly change that- the Steward being the highest authority in Gondor without a King.
My point is that they didn't have the legitimate authority to do so. To change the laws of succession would be an abuse of their power- something that LEGALLY they could not do. While, in actual fact, they could prevent someone from taking the throne, it was not within their "constitutional rights" to prevent the legitimate heir from inheriting.