Entrenchment is defined only as obstacles blocking present majority will

Evidence

For the purposes of this Article, however, we will work with a more limited definition of entrenchment. Rather than regarding some kinds of shifts in preferences as creating entrenchment barriers, we shall take individual political preferences, regardless of how they have been shaped or transformed, as given. Furthermore, we shall accept the satisfaction of present majority will—again, “black boxed” with respect to the process of its formation—as a benchmark for well-functioning democracy. Only impediments to giving effect to present majority will, such as supermajority rules for revising statutes or political dynamics like the mobilization of a powerful interest group, will be taken as examples of entrenchment. — Daryl Levinson and Benjamin I. Sachs, Political Entrenchment and Public Law, 57

Categorization

• DEFINE: Sharp stipulative definition of entrenchment as procedural/dynamical impediments to present majority will, excluding preference shifts — a clean analytic baseline.
• XREF: connects to: Entrenchment means past decision makers asymmetrically constrain future political choices. — Daryl Levinson and Benjamin I. Sachs, Political Entrenchment and Public Law, 486; Entrenchment is not unusual but a defining feature of all extended democracy — Daryl Levinson and Benjamin I. Sachs, Political Entrenchment and Public Law, 502; Entrenchment differs from ordinary path dependence though the distinction remains theoretically unresolved. — Daryl Levinson and Benjamin I. Sachs, Political Entrenchment and Public Law, 511 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Entrenchment analysis must bracket preference formation and judge only barriers to present majority will #expands (0.88) — Daryl Levinson and Benjamin I. Sachs, Political Entrenchment and Public Law, 57
• Entrenchment can serve public ends like precommitment and stability, not just self-serving power #complicates (0.76)
• Political entrenchment means making political change more difficult than it otherwise would be #qualifies (0.74) — Daryl Levinson and Benjamin I. Sachs, Political Entrenchment and Public Law, 47