Sentences with phrase «majority rules system»

In the case of a dispute, a simple majority rules system will decide how to handle the situation.

Not exact matches

Because our political system requires majority control to rule, the rise of two predominant parties is an inevitable result.

Jesus condemned the oppression and marginalization of his impoverished people by the Romans and other ruling elites who sought through their unjust system of taxation to extract as much wealth as possible from the majority of people to benefit the rich, powerful, ruling elites.

After all, he'll say, our system of government is based on majority rule.

While in a democratic system the majority gets to set the rules, in a civilized society no minority is denied equal protection.

A perfect counter-example is Hinduism, which by construction is more spiritual than religious — it's adherents do not have strict rules or norms, and there is incredible diversity of norms within one umbrella (some who believe in caste system, even though a large majority of urbanites study in Christian missionary schools; some who believe cows are sacred though 2/3 of Indians are actually non-vegetarian).

Most people live by the ethical rules of their community with minor modifications and infringements, but the vast majority adhere to the norms of their birth or acquired ethical system and community.

The high court in Pakistan, a Muslim - majority country, ruled on March 9 that citizens must declare their religious affiliation before joining government positions such as the military, civil service or judiciary system.

Yes 300 years ago there were obvious problems with Christians majorities, even 50 years ago their were problems, however, we have progressively learned and atoned for our sins, Islamcontinues to rule as a fascist system.

While a majority spoke in support of stricter regulations for pet shops, Debbie Boronda, a customer of the only Orland Park business that would be affected by any new rules said the shop, Happiness is Pets, is «a victim of a broken system that allows puppy mills,» arguing a ban on sales wouldn't address the root of the problem, the mills themselves.

Are there ways to setup a legislative system that keeps the ruling majority in check without needing to split the body up into a bicameral pair of chambers?

Here, I use the phrase eligible candidate to mean that the candidate is actually in the image of the voting system (if three candidates exist but you accept that one of them can not be elected in any situation, then you can consider the simple majority rule on the other two candidates, which is neither dictatorial nor manipulable).

You can also design a non-manipulable voting system like this: you draw two candidates at random, and voters choose between these two according to a specific voting rule (for example simple majority).

When the British Columbia considered the question of whether to reform its electoral system from majority rule election of legislators to some form of proportional representation, the Government of British Columbia created a body called the British Columbia Citizen's Assembly, composed of citizens from throughout the province.

a: government by the people; especially: rule of the majority b: a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections

«The reality is the vast majority of New York state public officials entered the public pension system well before then and therefore continue to operate under the old rules,» Buchwald said.

Caro anatomizes the genius for political strategy and tactics by which, in an institution that had made the seniority system all - powerful for a century and more, Johnson became Majority Leader after only a single term — the youngest and greatest Senate Leader in our history; how he manipulated the Senate's hallowed rules and customs and the weaknesses and strengths of his colleagues to change the «unchangeable» Senate from a loose confederation of sovereign senators to a whirring legislative machine under his own iron - fisted control.

According to the city's website, Elizabethton was the first permanent settlement outside the original 13 colonies and the first majority - rule system of American democracy, called the Watauga Settlement.

This isn't the U.N. with a «majority rules» system.

The science occurs when different voting systems are considered: the electoral college vs majority rule vs approval voting vs rank voting.

We still have a system of payment for the vast majority of criminal defence work in the Crown Court that undervalues the skills of the Criminal Bar and their crucial role in the Crown Court and above in maintaining the rule of law and in making the administration of justice a reality.

The majority of the Court of Appeal held this practice amounts to a separate system of legal rules unaffected by the ordinary principles of property and company law.

We then adjusted these proportions to exclude Medicare and Medicaid spending, reflecting the fact that the vast majority of participating Medicare and Medicaid providers will not be able to pass through the costs of complying with this rule to the federal government because they are not reimbursed under cost - based payment systems.

According to the city's website, Elizabethton was the first permanent settlement outside the original 13 colonies and the first majority - rule system of American democracy, called the Watauga Settlement.

European Americans tend to be blind to this because the general systems in the United States favor them, and minorities have learned to play by the rules of the European American majority.