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Crippen Chap. 3Vocab
Question | Answer |
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introduction of constitution | Preamble |
the balance of the original docments | Articles |
government must be conducted according to the constitutional principles | Constitutionalism |
government and its officers are always sujject to the law and never above | Rule of law |
basic powers distributed among three distinct and independent branches of the government | Separation of powers |
each branch is subject to a number of constitutional checks by the other branches | Checks and balances |
to reject | Veto |
the power of courts to determine whether what government does is in accord with what the constituion provides | Judicial Reviews |
governmental action found to violate some provision in the constitution | Unconstitutional |
division of power among a central government and several regional governments | Federalism |
a change | Amendment |
changes or additions that become part of the written language of the constitution | Formal Amendment |
first ten amendments | Bill of Rights |
pact made by the President directly with the head of a foreign state | Executive Agreement |