Chapter 3: "The Constituion"

3. Organized group that seeks to win elections in order to influence the activities of governments.
4. A refusal by the president or the government to sign a bill.
6. Any majority that is larger than a simple majority, such as three-fifths, two-thirds, or three-fourths.
8. A system in which each branch of government is able to limit the power of the other branches.
9. The leaders of executive departments, who also act as advisers to the president.
10. Division of government powers among the executive, legislative, and judicial branches.
12. that every member of a society, including the ruler of government, must follow the law.
13. The principle that the powers and functions of government are restricted by the U.S. Constitution and other laws.
14. The body of 538 people elected from the 50 states and District of Columbia to cast the official votes that elect the president and vice president.

1. The inability to govern effectively due to separation of powers or a conflict between political parities.
2. A law that violates the Constitutional.
5. The power of the judicial branch to check the power of the legislative and executive branches by declaring their acts unconstitutional.
7. Agreement or compacts the U.S. President makes with foreign leaders or foreign governments.
11. The form of political organization in which power is divided among a central government and territorial subdivisions, the United States, among the national, state, and local government.
15. To cancel or revoke a law by a legislative act.