These men do NOT have "absolute faith in unelected officials to make the right decisions...". They WANT unlected officials, chosen by them and their cronies to HAVE unlimited power to do THEIR bidding. It has NOTHING to do with "right decisions for the right reasons at the right times" and EVERYTHING to do with bringing about a totalitarian form of government in this country (run by people who think like they do).
Lautenberg has been hard at work on it for DECADES.
The mafia dons used a similar method to avoid prosecution for conspiracy to commit murder.
Our govenrment: Soon to be the mafia writ large.