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The specific supermajoritarian system Hamilton and Madison had in mind and were wary of was that of the Articles of Confederation they were attempting to replace.
Matthew Yglesias » The Filibuster Was Never a Good Idea 2010
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But I don't miss the dysfunctional, supermajoritarian budget process, which has sent the state to the edge of total bankruptcy, and I don't know that Washington would be wise to adopt it.
Wonkbook: Should Washington look to California for guidance on how to do the budget? Ezra Klein 2011
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Further, the argument is stupid in this particular case because if the Framers cared so much about the Senate being a supermajoritarian body they could have explicityly made it so.
Matthew Yglesias » Longstanding Problems Are Still Problematic 2010
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The Founders were acutely aware of the dangerous consequences of minority obstruction indeed, their very presence in Philadelphia was spurred by the manifest failures of the supermajoritarian Articles of Confederation.
Winner-Take-All Politics Jacob S. Hacker 2010
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The Founders were acutely aware of the dangerous consequences of minority obstruction indeed, their very presence in Philadelphia was spurred by the manifest failures of the supermajoritarian Articles of Confederation.
Winner-Take-All Politics Jacob S. Hacker 2010
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As Ron Brownstein likes to say, we've got parliamentary politics clashing with supermajoritarian rules.
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The Founders were acutely aware of the dangerous consequences of minority obstruction indeed, their very presence in Philadelphia was spurred by the manifest failures of the supermajoritarian Articles of Confederation.
Winner-Take-All Politics Jacob S. Hacker 2010
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The Founders were acutely aware of the dangerous consequences of minority obstruction indeed, their very presence in Philadelphia was spurred by the manifest failures of the supermajoritarian Articles of Confederation.
Winner-Take-All Politics Jacob S. Hacker 2010
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Liberal Democrats are the supermajoritarian party of mainstream America.
OpEdNews - Quicklink: ERIC ALTERMAN: The Times, They Have A-Changed 2008
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OpEdNews - Quicklink: ERIC ALTERMAN: The Times, They Have A-Changed 2008
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