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Majority rule

Defined in 2 lectures. Each definition is in that lecture's terms.

Definitions are written by AI from each lecture’s transcript. The time opens the lecture where the lecturer explains it.

  • The foundational premise that where no specific supermajority or other rule is specified in the Constitution, decisions are governed by a majority.
    10:00Interpreting Government Practices, Part 2Akhil Reed Amar · Yale University
  • An unwritten constitutional principle where decisions are made by a simple majority vote of participants.
    18:14Heeding the Deed, Part 1Akhil Reed Amar · Yale University