The Constitution

4. Concept that holds the government and its officers are always subject to the law.
8. A pact made by the president directly with the head of a foreign state; a binding international agreement with the force of law but which (unlike a treaty) does not require Senate consent.
11. Change or addition that becomes part of the written language of the Constitution itself through one of four methods set forth in the Constitution.
12. Contrary to constitutional provision and so illegal, null and void, of no force and effect.
13. Presidential advisory body, traditionally made up of the heads of the executive departments and other officers.
14. Introduction.
16. Custom that the Senate will not approve a presidential appointment opposed by a majority party senator from the State in which the appointee would serve.
17. A system of government in which a written constitution divides power between central, or national, government and several regional governments.
18. The power of a court to determine the constitutionality of the governmental action.

1. Basic principle of American system of government, that the executive, legislative, and judicial powers are divided among three independent and coequal branches of the government.
2. The first ten amendments to the Constitution.
3. A formal agreement between two or more sovereign states.
5. A change in, or addition to, a constitution or law.
6. Group of persons chosen in each State and the District of Colombia every four years who make a formal selection of the President and Vice President.
7. System of overlapping the power so of the legislative, executive and judicial branches to permit each branch to check the actions of the others.
9. Numbered sections of a document. The unamended Constitution is divided into seven articles.
10. Basic principle of the government and those who govern must obey the law; the rule of law.
15. President rejects any act of Congress.