causus

First, get rid of the supers, have winner take all states, count all votes including those in causus states or just abolish caususes all together, only use primaries.

Florida delegates file lawsuit to get delegation seated 2008

"Under this background, it is clear that Douglas Gibson's letter to certain members of our causus is a misrepresentation of the facts ... and a clear indication that the DP's only aim is to mislead voters and that it is not interested in any form of political cooperation," Bakker said.

ANC Daily News Briefing 1998

I think a catastrophic conflict is now all but inevitable, and if Israel is a — or the — causus belli — it could get fairly ugly.

Matthew Yglesias » American Public Prepared to Support Israel in Endless War With Arabs 2010

Texas was annexed by the US in 1845, and that was one causus belli for the Mexican-American War of 1846-48 (which happened to bring my state, NM, into the Union as a territory).

Think Progress » Arizona militia recruiting veterans with ‘kill records’ to patrol border. 2010

And I'll back them stripping you of your chairmanship and kicking you out of the Democratic causus.

Lieberman: I'll back health care bill without Medicare expansion 2009

Dershowitz has taken my point a step further, giving the legal arguments why carrying armaments through the Suez Canal meant for war supplies in Gaza, not to mention the subterfuge of carrying false cargo manifestos, and the transfer of said equipment in Syria to cargo vessels headed for Egypt -- carrying equally false cargo manifestos - in effect, constituted a "causus belli."

Robert Eisenman: Ultimatums Work -- Sarkozy and Cameron Intervene Robert Eisenman 2011

Most non-contiguous nations fall apart – or become a causus belli.

Matthew Yglesias » By Request: An Egyptian Gaza? 2009

Dershowitz has taken my point a step further, giving the legal arguments why carrying armaments through the Suez Canal meant for war supplies in Gaza, not to mention the subterfuge of carrying false cargo manifestos, and the transfer of said equipment in Syria to cargo vessels headed for Egypt -- carrying equally false cargo manifestos - in effect, constituted a "causus belli."

Robert Eisenman: Ultimatums Work -- Sarkozy and Cameron Intervene Robert Eisenman 2011

They should have taken away his charmanships and kicked his butt out of the Dem causus immediately after the election.

Senate Democrat fuming at Lieberman 2009

Dershowitz has taken my point a step further, giving the legal arguments why carrying armaments through the Suez Canal meant for war supplies in Gaza, not to mention the subterfuge of carrying false cargo manifestos, and the transfer of said equipment in Syria to cargo vessels headed for Egypt -- carrying equally false cargo manifestos - in effect, constituted a "causus belli."

Robert Eisenman: Ultimatums Work -- Sarkozy and Cameron Intervene Robert Eisenman 2011