Words in the News rig truquer Asia watchers say that Malaysia's government has clung to power only through rigged elections. routinely systématiquement Political analysts draw attention to the fact that Republicans routinely thwarted Democrats' moves in the Senate through their frequent use of filibuster, until the alteration of the rules in late 2013. row dispute A row erupted in September 2015 over the dropping of the word "mosque" from Cordoba's eighth-century mosque-cathedral, one of Spain's top tourist destinations. rubber-stamp chamber chambre d'enregistrement International observers expected that the parliamentary elections in Egypt that were held in late 2015 would result in a rubber-stamp chamber. rule rendre une décision, juger, statuer syn. hand down a ruling, hold When the Supreme Court ruled in June 2015 that states could not ban same-sex marriage, civil rights activists underlined that this affirmed the growing support amongst Americans for gay marriage. rule of law état de droit After the victory of Poland's conservative Law and Justice party in the October 2015 parliamentary elections, concerns were raised by its EU partners as to the new government's approach to media freedom and the rule of law. 118