CHAPTER 3 "THE CONSTITUTION"

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  1. 1. introduction
  2. 4. presidential advisory body, made up of the heads of the executive departments and other officers
  3. 7. Contrary to constitutional provision and so illegal
  4. 11. a system of government in which a written constitution divides power between a central, government and several regional governments
  5. 12. basic principle of American system of government, that the executive, legislative, and judicial powers are divided among three independent and coequal branches
  6. 15. a formal agreement between two or more sovereign states
  7. 16. basic principle that gov. and those who govern must obey the law
  8. 17. power of a court to determine the constitutionality of a governmental action
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  1. 2. a pact made by the President directly with the head of a foreign state; does not require senate approval
  2. 3. system of overlapping powers of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches
  3. 5. the first ten amendments to the constitution
  4. 6. a change or addition that becomes part of the written language of the Constitution itself
  5. 8. Concept that holds that government and its officers are always subject to the law
  6. 9. 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
  7. 10. Chief executive's power to reject a bill passed by a legislature
  8. 13. group of persons chosen in each State and the District of Columbia who make a formal selection of the President and Vice President
  9. 14. a change or addition to a constitution or a law
  10. 18. numbered sections of a document. The unamended Constitution is divided into seven articles.