The Constitution

2. the legal process by which a fugitive from justice in one State is returned to that State
3. system of overlapping the powers of the branches of government to permit each branch to check the actions of the others
6. a provision of the US Constitution that states that the Constitution, federal law, and treaties of the US are the "Supreme law of the land"
8. concept that government and its officers are always subject to the law
11. one type of federal grants-in-aid, made for specific projects to States, localities, and private agencies who apply for them
12. formal approval
13. group of persons chosen in each State and the District of Columbia every four years who make a formal selection of the President
17. a legislative body composed of two chambers
19. the power of a court to determine the constitutionality of a government action
20. the executive, legislative, and judicial powers are divided among three independent and coequal branches of government
21. those powers that the Constitution does not grant to the National Government and does not deny to the States
22. asserts that the people are the source of any and all governmental power

1. those powers that both the National Government and the States possess and exercise
4. the lower federal courts
5. powers the Constitution is presumed to have delegated to the National Government because it is the government of a sovereign state within the world community
7. chief executive's power to reject a bill passed by a legislature
9. a system of government in which a written constitution divides power between a central government and several regional governments
10. a change in, or addition to, a constitution or law
14. a formal agreement between two or more sovereign states
15. government is restricted in what it may do
16. those delegated powers of the National Government that are spelled out expressly in the Constitution
18. those delegated powers of the National Government that are suggested by the expressed powers set out in the Constitution