Supermajority Rules in the United States
Supermajority Rules
United States Constitution
According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled SUPERMAJORITY RULESA supermajority rule is a rule that requires a legislative body to pass a class of legislative enactments, such as treaties or bills of certain types, by more than a bare majority. Supermajority rules are created either by the legislature or by the Constitution. An example of a
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