A concurrent majority is a majority composed of majorities within various subgroups. As a system of government, it means that "major government policy...

and enslavers. To protect minority rights against majority rule, he called for a concurrent majority by which the minority could block some proposals that...

theory of concurrent majority. This "localism" strategy was presented as a mechanism to circumvent Calhoun's perceived tyranny of the majority in the United...

up concurrency, concurrent, or concurrence in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Concurrent means happening at the same time. Concurrency, concurrent, or...

Concurrent Versions System (CVS, or Concurrent Versioning System) is a version control system originally developed by Dick Grune in July 1986. CVS operates...

Enactment of primary legislation often requires a concurrent majority—the approval of a majority of members in each of the chambers of the legislature...

opposition to slavery, the 100-page Disquisition promotes the idea of a concurrent majority in order to protect what he perceived to be the South's interests...

International Court of Justice for the 2018–2027 term, having received a concurrent majority of votes in the United Nations General Assembly and Security Council...

reconciling societal fragmentation along ethnic and religious lines. Concurrent majority can be a precursor to consociationalism. A consociational democracy...

leader), while serving concurrently as chairman of the Senate Democratic Caucus. In 1925, the Republicans (who were in the majority at the time) also adopted...

In property law, a concurrent estate or co-tenancy is any of various ways in which property is owned by more than one person at a time. If more than one...

Buchanan's project regarding generality norm is supported by Calhoun's concurrent majority developed in the Disquisition. In the Dictionary of Economics, Tullock...

party leader serves as majority leader and the other as minority leader. Unlike the Senate Majority Leader, the House Majority Leader is the second highest-ranking...

A concurrent resolution is a resolution (a legislative measure) adopted by both houses of a bicameral legislature that lacks the force of law (is non-binding)...

Edmund Burke, "Letter to the Sheriffs of Bristol" John Calhoun, "The Concurrent Majority" Thomas Babington Macaulay, "Machiavelli" Voltaire, "English Men...

It provided that the Senate and the House could, by a simple majority in a concurrent resolution, revoke the war powers granted to the president. Dirksen...

states, to require a "concurrent majority" between themselves and the national majority to choose a U.S. president. Without a majority of Southern Electoral...

the government (bill of rights) but can also include requiring concurrent majorities in several constituencies (confederalism); guaranteeing regional...

governor Tatsuya Maruyama being re-elected with an 86.27% majority. The election was concurrent with the 2023 Shimane Prefectural Assembly election. Kyodo...

secession would lead to a "concurrent majority" that would possess every white minority's consent, as opposed to a "tyrannical majority" of Northerners controlling...

per year and ultimately purchased Concurrent Computer Corporation (a spinoff company that was part public but majority-owned by Perkin-Elmer) in 1988 in...

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led the Senate Democratic Caucus from 2005 to 2017 and was the Senate Majority Leader from 2007 to 2015. After earning an undergraduate degree from Utah...

a failed attempt by LeRoux to take control of the team. Mrs. Yawkey's majority ownership of the team passed upon her death in February 1992 to JRY Trust...

such a "Findley concurrent" procedure, a stimulus (e.g., the color of the main key) signals which schedule is in effect. Concurrent schedules often induce...

to the polls to vote on constitutional amendments—of which 8 have been concurrent with a federal election. There have also been three nationwide non-constitutional...

must vote on agreeing to the concurrent resolution.: 16–17  The War Powers Resolution provides for the use of concurrent resolutions, which are not subject...

all populations are equally powerful despite size--the model of concurrent majority that John C. Calhoun had advocated for, in which nothing can happen...

was held concurrently with various other local elections. All Knoxville municipal elections are non-partisan. Since Kincannon won a majority of the vote...

Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018, Pub. L. 115–97 (text) (PDF)...