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A ruling clique is a group of people who jointly rule an oligarchic form of government. Ruling cliques generally differ from another type of oligarchy: a military junta . Military juntas are always ruled by military personnel (often high-ranking like general ).
A magocracy consists of a ruling class that uses magic as a centerpiece of their political power. Magocracies can exist as a government of mages ruling over other mages, or as mages ruling over non-magical persons. Magocracies are portrayed primarily in fiction and fantasy settings. Some examples from popular culture include:
James McGill, a leading member of the Château Clique. The Château Clique, or Clique du Château, was a group of wealthy families in Lower Canada in the early 19th century. They were the Lower Canada equivalent of the Family Compact in Upper Canada. Like the Family Compact, the Château Clique gained most of its influence after the War of 1812.
A French (translated into English) humorous image of a cabal. A cabal is a group of people who are united in some close design, usually to promote their private views or interests in an ideology, a state, or another community, often by intrigue and usually without the knowledge of those who are outside their group.
In the face of the Supreme Court’s anti-environmental ruling, it's more important than ever that our elected leaders rein in climate pollution.
The ruling party or governing party in a democratic parliamentary or presidential system is the political party or coalition holding a majority of elected positions in a parliament, in the case of parliamentary systems, or holding the executive branch, in presidential systems, that administers the affairs of state after an election.
This ruling jeopardizes the case that special counsel Jack Smith will bring against Trump for federal election interference and the events that led to the Jan. 6 insurrection.
In August, the IRS provided the so-called private letter ruling to the unnamed company, stating that they could offer workers more flexibility with their 401(k) accounts. At the beginning of each ...