If a rule change is necessary to avoid filibusters, there are relevant recent precedents to secure rule changes with fifty-one votes".
Zimbabwe's first constitution, which was written in London during September December 1979 and which took effect at independence on April 18 , 1980 secured majority rule for Zimbabweans.
The Romans, however, had to deal with a number of revolts, and it was only in 19 bce, after almost 200 years of warfare, that they secured their rule over all of Iberia.
In the context of austerity and tax evasion, the rich and powerful have ripped up the social contract with the people that had secured the rule in return for our acquiescence.
Otto I successfully revived the empire in the West on Carolingian precedents and secured Ottonian rule in Germany, but his greatest triumph may have come near the end of his reign when he secured both recognition from the Byzantine emperor and a marriage arrangement between his son, Otto II, and the Byzantine princess Theophano.
The protest movements hit populous Yemen a month ago and spread to the Gulf states where dynasties who secured their rule in colonial times and have bought their people's acquiescence by dispensing petrodollars.
The government has allocated $80 million for an ultra-secure Rule of Law complex, which gives judges and others involved in some felony and corruption cases, including this one, a safe place to live, largely insulated from threats and violence.
(Unlike most developed countries, Australia was allowed to increase its emissions by 8% by that date, an achievement it knew it had already when it signed on to the pledge because it also secured special rules to allow it to count a reduction in land clearing that had already happened).
Meanwhile, General Musharraf took another step to secure his rule late Wednesday, announcing by decree a constitutional amendment intended to prevent any future court from challenging his emergency rule.
While trying to secure his rule over the Frisians, he was killed in battle.
