• A concurrent majority is a majority composed of majorities within various subgroups. As a system of government, it means that "major government policy...
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    and enslavers. To protect minority rights against majority rule, he called for a concurrent majority by which the minority could block some proposals that...
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  • theory of concurrent majority. This "localism" strategy was presented as a mechanism to circumvent Calhoun's perceived tyranny of the majority in the United...
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  • up concurrency, concurrent, or concurrence in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Concurrent means happening at the same time. Concurrency, concurrent, or...
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  • Concurrent Versions System (CVS, or Concurrent Versioning System) is a version control system originally developed by Dick Grune in July 1986. CVS operates...
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  • Enactment of primary legislation often requires a concurrent majority—the approval of a majority of members in each of the chambers of the legislature...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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    reconciling societal fragmentation along ethnic and religious lines. Concurrent majority can be a precursor to consociationalism. A consociational democracy...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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    Buchanan's project regarding generality norm is supported by Calhoun's concurrent majority developed in the Disquisition. In the Dictionary of Economics, Tullock...
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    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...
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  • 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)...
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  • Edmund Burke, "Letter to the Sheriffs of Bristol" John Calhoun, "The Concurrent Majority" Thomas Babington Macaulay, "Machiavelli" Voltaire, "English Men...
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    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...
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    states, to require a "concurrent majority" between themselves and the national majority to choose a U.S. president. Without a majority of Southern Electoral...
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    the government (bill of rights) but can also include requiring concurrent majorities in several constituencies (confederalism); guaranteeing regional...
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  • governor Tatsuya Maruyama being re-elected with an 86.27% majority. The election was concurrent with the 2023 Shimane Prefectural Assembly election. Kyodo...
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  • secession would lead to a "concurrent majority" that would possess every white minority's consent, as opposed to a "tyrannical majority" of Northerners controlling...
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  • 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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  • Compulsory voting - Concession (politics) - Concord Principles - Concurrent majority - Condominium (international law) - Conference of Socialist Economists...
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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...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • all populations are equally powerful despite size--the model of concurrent majority that John C. Calhoun had advocated for, in which nothing can happen...
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    Wisconsin's 8th congressional district special election will be held concurrent with the fall general election on November 5, 2024, to fill the vacant...
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    was held concurrently with various other local elections. All Knoxville municipal elections are non-partisan. Since Kincannon won a majority of the vote...
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