Pre-AP Chapter 3

	introduction to the Constitution
	numbered sections of a document; the unamended Constitution is divided into seven of these
	basic principle that government and those who govern must obey the law; the rule of law
	concept that holds that government and its officers are always subject to the law
	basic principle of American system of government, that the executive, legislative, and judicial powers are divided among three independent and coequal branches of government
	system of overlapping the powers of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches ot permit each branch to check the actions of the others
	chief executive's power to reject a bill passed by a legislature
	the power of a court to determine the constitutionality of a governmental action
	contrary to constitutional provision and so illegal, null and void, of no force and effect
	a system of government in which a written constitution divides power between a central, or national, government and several regional governments
	a change in, or addition to, a constitution or law
	change or addition that becomes part of the written language of the Constitution itself through one of four methods set forth in the Constitution
	the first ten amendments to the Constitution
	a change in meaning, but not the wording, of the Constitution.
	a pact made by the President directly with the head of a foreign state; a binding international agreement with the force of law but which does not require Senate consent
	a formal agreement between two or more sovereign states
	group of persons chosen in each State and the District of Columbia every four years who make a formal selection of the President and Vice President
	Presidential advisory body, traditionally made up of the heads of the executive departments and other officers
	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