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tricameral

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tri·cam·er·al  (tr-kmr-l)
adj.
Of or being a legislature composed of three chambers.
[tri- + Latin camera, chamber; see camera + -al.]
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For instance, in the United States' effectively tricameral system, it takes a substantial political consensus of the House, Senate, and President to pass a law, including a law repealing an international human rights norm.
Democracy and international human rights law by McGinnis, John O.; Somin, Ilya / Notre Dame Law Review
To be more exact, statutes are passed not under simple majority rule but under a tricameral process that creates the equivalent of a mild supermajority rule.
A pragmatic defense of originalism by McGinnis, John O.; Rappaport, Michael B. / Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy
International law would be controlling whenever the forces opposing the norms of raw international law cannot meet the requirements for tricameral passage of legislation, meaning the three-tiered approval process involving the House, Senate, and presentment to the President.
Should international law be part of our law? by McGinnis, John O.; Somin, Ilya / Stanford Law Review
 
 
 
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