A | B |
appoint | to choose someone for a position |
Senate | the body with advice and consent |
advice and consent | approving presidential appointments and treaties |
treaties | formal agreements with other nations, negotiated by the President |
judicial review | the Court's power to declare laws (and executive orders) unconstitutional |
impeachment | to formally accuse an official of a crime |
Cabinet | the President's body of advisors |
veto | the President's check on laws he doesn't like |
implement | to put into practice (from paper law to action) |
tyranny | cruel or oppressive gov't that is not responsive to the people |
executive order | the way a president makes policy without Congress's approval |
implied powers | national gov't powers that are not directly state (enumerated), but flow logically from them |