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| numbered sections of a document. the unnamed constitution is divided into seven branches |
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| basic principle that the gov. and those who govern must obery the law; the rule of law |
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| concept that holds that gov. and its officers are always subject to the law |
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| basic principle of americans system of gov, that the executive, legislative, andjudicial powers are divided among three independent and co-equal branches of gov. |
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| system of overlapping the powers of legislative, executive, and judicial branches to permit each branch to check the actions of the others |
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| chief executive's power to reject a bill passed by a lesgislature; literally |
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| the power of a court to determine the constitutionality of a governmental action |
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| contrary to the constitutional provision and so illegal; null and void, of no force and effect |
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| a system of gov in which a written constitution divides power b/t a central, or national, gov and several regional govs. |
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| a change in, or addition to, a constitution or law |
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| change or addition that becomnes part of the written language of the constitution itselt through one of four methods self forth in the constitution |
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| the first 10 amendments to the constitution |
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| a change made in the constitution not by actual written amendment, but by the experience of gov, including (1)the passage of laws by changes; (2)actions taken by the President; (3)supreme court decisions; (4)the activities of political parties; and (5)custom |
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| a part made by the president directly w/ the head of a foreign state; a binding international agreement w/ the force of law but which (unlike a treaty) does nbot require senate consent |
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| a formal agreement b/t two or more sovereign states |
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| a group of persons choes in each state and the district of columbia every four years who make a formal selection of the president and vice president |
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| presidential advisory body, traditionally made up of the heads of the executive departments and other officers |
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| custom the the senate will not approve a presidental appointment opposed by a majority party senator form the state in which the appointee would serve |
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