Majority Rule

Mr. Bernanke's willingness to override three dissents could be evidence of a shift toward a majority-rule, decision-making process at the Fed, in which a minority of officials worried about higher inflation, such as Mr. Fisher, Mr. Kocherlakota and Mr. Plosser, are marginalized. ❋ Luca Di Leo (2011)

The “basic idea of a majority-rule democracy” in the U.S. has never meant the unobstructed and simple rule by majority vote. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Bringing majority-rule back to the Senate would no doubt help, but that's not even on the table. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The Senate was designed as a majority-rule institution that allowed for extended debate. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It could in application as the all-comers reflect a majority-rule bias that could infringe minority views in application but neednot. ❋ Unknown (2009)

'Democracy' REQUIRES majority-rule --- not the plurality-rule which now installs most American politicians in government offices. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In the crucial next few days – and in the weeks to come – advocates of the public option will be arguing that the principle of majority-rule democracy should be allowed to work. ❋ Unknown (2009)

When I spoke to a philosophy department at a university this month, a number of the professors objected to my advocacy of majority-rule on the grounds that experts often know best. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Mugabe, a leader in the Rhodesian liberation movement in the 1960's and 1970's, was elected Prime Minister of the country in its first majority-rule election in 1980. ❋ Stephen Retherford (2008)

Yet, the only difference is that, instead of tyranny of minorities, we want democracy and freedom, under majority-rule. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Gaddis: You want democracy and freedom, under majority-rule. ❋ Unknown (2008)

What matter is, we obey majority-rule, regardless of whether we like it. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The new majority-rule government often engages with these forces as "foreign" investors, which is to say on less favourable terms. ❋ Unknown (2007)

When one uses the filibuster because one is in a minority, this subverts the majority-rule principle, which is supposed to prevail in this case though not in all cases. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Some of us agree with the traditionalist thinking that marriage should be left up to the majority-rule of each state. ❋ Unknown (2007)

We live in a majority-rule system, where to a certain extent minority rights are protected. ❋ Ann Althouse (2007)

The purpose of elections is freely choosing our public servants by majority-rule elections. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Annex changes that to a simple majority-rule vote. ❋ Unknown (2004)

I [couldn't be] [sacked] going to the park man, but Mike and that [Majority Rules'd] me so I had to go. ❋ Akg1 (2010)