Indeed, the practice has been formalised: Senate rule number 22 states that a filibuster can be overridden only by a vote of 60 of the 100 senators.
Yet they may protest too much: a California governor has a line-item veto power that can be overridden only by a two-thirds vote.
By comparison, the Council overrode only three vetoes during the first two years under Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, in 1994 and 1995, and only one veto during Mayor David N. Dinkins's entire term, from 1990 through 1993.
Far from using the Social Security surplus to pay down debt or restructure America's pension system a goal both parties claimed to be overriding only nine months ago Mr Bush's budget uses the surplus to pay for defence spending and, particularly, tax cuts.
Even after Buck v. Bell, the Supreme Court has ruled that procreation is a fundamental constitutional right that can be overridden only by the most compelling reason.
The key reason of fluid segregation leading to the foam process losing efficiency is not only gas override but also surfactant slumping with water.
Although evidence has shown that a computerized DDI alert system (DIAS) could reduce the incidence of DDIs [ 6– 10], the burden of numerous reminders and alerts may cause clinicians to override not only unimportant, but also important alerts [ 8, 11].
The final approval of the bill on Wednesday was a surprisingly unemotional event, with the House consideration of the override taking only moments — less time than it took just before to recognize a college volleyball team.
But they never had the authority to override Congress; only Congress holds the legislative power, and Congress exercised that constitutional authority by making torture unlawful and forbidding the military and everyone else from engaging in it.
