two-thirds rule
Americannoun
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Under the new two-thirds rule, that will be raised to 10 out of 15 jurors.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2025
Mr. Vairma, the Hoffa-backed candidate for president, supported some of the reform measures as well, including ending the two-thirds rule, and seemed to try to seize the reformist mantle himself at times during the campaign.
From New York Times ● Nov. 19, 2021
Baumgartner said the two-thirds rule would give the Senate “discipline” that it needs to be able to fully fund education.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 14, 2016
The two-thirds rule was dissolved in 1936, which didn’t dissolve convention drama.
From Salon ● May 14, 2016
The two-thirds rule was adopted, and on the fourth day of the convention, Lewis Cass, of Michigan, was nominated on the fourth ballot, defeating James Buchanan and Levi Woodbury.
From Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis by Benjamin Perley Poore
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