Across
- 3. the power of a a court to determine the constitutionality of a governmental action
- 4. system of overlapping the powers that allows one system to check the actions of the others
- 5. change or addition that becomes a written part of the constitution
- 9. cheif's power to reject a bill passed by a legislature
- 10. presidential advisory body
- 11. group of people chosen in each state to make a formal selection of the president and the vice president
- 13. a pact made by the president directly with a head of a foreign state
- 14. a system of government in which a written constitution divides power between a central, or national, government and several local governments
- 16. basic principle that government and those who govern must obey the law, the rule of law.
Down
- 1. the first ten ammendments to the constitution
- 2. custom that the senate will not approve a presidential appt. opposed by a majority party senator from the state in which the appointe would serve
- 6. concept that government and its officials are always subject to the law
- 7. a change in, or addition to, a constitution or a law
- 8. the idea that the american systems of government are divided among 3 equal parts
- 12. introduction to the consititution
- 15. numbered sections in a document
- 17. a formal agreement between two or more sovereign states
- 18. contrary to constitutional provision and so illegal, null and void, of no force and effect