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NAME CLASS DATE<br />
Section 3: Guided Reading and Review<br />
Informal Procedures<br />
CHAPTER<br />
3<br />
As You Read<br />
As you read Section 3, complete the chart below by writing a brief definition of each method of<br />
constitutional change shown, and by giving an example of each.<br />
Basic Legislation<br />
1. Definition: ______________<br />
passage of laws<br />
____________________________<br />
that refine or define the Constitution<br />
2. Example: ________________<br />
establishing court<br />
_______________<br />
system<br />
Executive Action<br />
3. Definition: _______________<br />
using the President’s<br />
____________________________<br />
power to act independently of Congress<br />
4. Example: ________________<br />
expanding President’s<br />
war powers; making pacts with foreign<br />
leaders _______________<br />
without consent of the Senate<br />
Constitutional<br />
Change<br />
Court Decisions<br />
5. Definition: ______________<br />
using court cases<br />
____________________________<br />
to interpret the Constitution<br />
6. Example: _______________<br />
Marbury v. Madison<br />
_______________<br />
and judicial review<br />
Party Practices<br />
9. Definition: ______________<br />
using practices<br />
of political parties to change<br />
______________________________<br />
political processes<br />
10. Example: _______________<br />
nominating<br />
presidential candidates at<br />
national ______________<br />
conventions<br />
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Custom<br />
7. Definition: _______________<br />
upholding long-held<br />
_____________________________<br />
customs as constitutional necessity<br />
8. Example: _________________<br />
making executive<br />
department heads the<br />
_______________<br />
President’s Cabinet<br />
B. Reviewing Key Terms<br />
Define the following key terms.<br />
11. treaty ____________________________________________________________<br />
a formal agreement between two or more sovereign states<br />
a pact made by the President directly with the head of a foreign state, skirting the<br />
12. executive agreement ______________________________________________________________<br />
need for Senate approval<br />
the Senate’s rejection of a presidential appointment when that appointment is opposed<br />
13. senatorial courtesy ________________________________________________________________<br />
by a majority party senator from the State in which the appointee would serve<br />
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