Section 4.3

A(n) _____________________ is an organization or alliance of several groups joined together.

• veto

• cabinet

• electoral vote

• confederation

This term commonly refers to the power of an executive to refuse to approve a law that the legislative branch wants to pass.

• veto

• warrant

• impeach

• sovereignty

This type of law is a body of rules that outline the private rights of individuals and the process for resolving disputes between individuals.

• criminal

• tyranny

• civil

• review

This says that Congress has the authority to make any new laws that are necessary for carrying out its powers already listed in the Constitution.

• Articles of Confederation

• Elastic Clause

• Bill of Rights

• Judicial Review

The term _____________________ refers to the number of votes that a presidential candidate receives in the electoral college.

• electoral vote

• due process

• amendment

• warrant

The ________________ is a group of advisers to the president of the United States

• defendant

• due process

• cabinet

• electoral vote

Formal procedures and rules that the courts have to follow when someone is accused of a crime or is involved in a lawsuit ,

• criminal law

• due process

• judicial review

• majority rule

The belief that the political power of a nation or state comes from the consent of the people is known as _____________.

• popular sovereignty

• presidential issue

• judicial review

• civil treaty

Doing this to a government official means that a legislative body, such as the Senate or House of Representatives, holds a trial to find out whether the official has committed a crime or wrongdoing.

• due justice

• seizure

• judicial review

• impeachment

This is the principle that the Supreme Court has the power to declare a federal law unconstitutional.

• judicial review

• seizure

• warrant

• popular soverneignty