gov&soc
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- Introduction
- Preamble
- Numbered sections of a document; the unamended Constitution divided into seven articles.
- Articles
- The basic principle that government and those who govern must obey the law; the rule of law.
- Constitutionalism
- Concept that holds that government and its officers are always subject to the law.
- Rule of Law
- The basic principle of American system of government that the executive, legislative and judicial powers are divided among three independent and coequal branches of government.
- Separation of Powers
- System of overlapping powers of legislative, executive, and judicial branches, to permit each branch to check the actions of the others.
- Checks & balances
- Chief executiveÂ’s power to reject the bill passed by a legislature; literally in Latin: forbid
- Veto
- The power of a court to determine the constitutionality of a governmental action.
- Judicial Review
- Contrary to constitutional provision, and so illegal, null and void, of no force and effect.
- Unconstitutional
- A system of government in which a written constitution divides power between a central or national government and several regional governments.
- Federalism
- A change in or addition to a constitution or law.
- Amendment
- Change or addition that becomes part of the written language of the constitution itself thru 1 of four methods set forth in the constitution.
- Formal Amendment
- The first 10 amendments to the constitution.
- Bill of Rights