• An entrenched clause or entrenchment clause of a constitution is a provision that makes certain amendments either more difficult or impossible to pass...
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    method because alternative procedures may be used. An entrenched clause or entrenchment clause of a basic law or constitution is a provision that makes...
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    Look up entrenchment, entrenched, or entrench in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Entrenchment, Entrenched or Entrench may refer to: A trench Entrenchment...
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    Accused) and government officials served in the name of the Crown. An entrenched clause in the Constitution mentioned Dutch and English as official languages...
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  • an effective entrenchment clause seeking to tie the hand of future governments. Some constitutions use entrenched clauses to restrict the kind of amendment...
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  • amendment – Formal change to the text of the constitution of an entity Entrenched clause – Part of a constitution that restricts amendments Parliamentary sovereignty –...
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    the Cape Province could vote for the House of Assembly. This was an entrenched clause, protected by a provision requiring a two-thirds majority in a joint...
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    milled dollars for each slave imported into the country. This clause was further entrenched into the Constitution by Article V, where it is explicitly shielded...
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  • on amendments found within Article V (excluding the one remaining entrenched clause), the ability and willingness of the Supreme Court of the United States...
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  • action is taken. Changes to constitutions, especially those with entrenched clauses, commonly require supermajority support in a legislature. Parliamentary...
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