informal amendment – Flashcards
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process by which over time many changes have been made in the Constitution which have not involved any changes in its written words
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informal amendment
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how many basic ways of informal amendment?
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5
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1st basic way of informal amendment
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basic legislation
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1st basic way of informal amendment
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basic legislation
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2nd basic way of informal amendment
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executive action
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3rd basic way of informal amendment
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court decisions
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4th basic way of informal amendment
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party practices
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5th basic way of informal amendment
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custom
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basic principal states that: Congress has done much to define words in the Constitution by exercising its commerce power with the passage of thousands of laws. Therefore, Congress has informally amended-added to-the Constitution
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basic legislation
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basic principal states that: the way in which many Presidents have used their powers has produced a lot of informal amendments. (declaring war without approval of Congress)
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executive action
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pact made by the President directly with the head of a foreign state. informal way. (vocab)
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executive agreement
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formal agreement between 2 or more sovereign states (vocab)
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treaty
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basic principal states that: the court system can make constitutional interpretations-informal amendments
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court decisions
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basic principal states that: political parties arent even mentioned in the Constitution. They still are the source of many informal amendments. Government in many ways in the U.S is government through party
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party practices
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group that makes the formal selection of the nations president. This is an informal amendment action. The Framers just intended each States popular vote for president. (vocab)
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electoral college
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basic principal states that: many unwritten customs have developed in our governmental system.
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custom
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heads of the 14 executive departments. This is by custom, not because the Constitution says so. (vocab)
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cabinet
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when a president dies in office, the vice president would take that office instead of just taking the responsibilities of the former president. This is an example of...
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custom
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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 (vocab)
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senatorial courtesy
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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 (vocab)
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senatorial courtesy
