9.30 Government
Across
- 2. review power of the judicial branch to check the power of the legislative and executive branches by declaring their acts unconstitutional
- 5. the form of political organization in which power is divided among a central government and territorial subdivisions; in the United States, among the national state, and local governments
- 8. Papers collection of essays on the principles of government written in defense of the Constitution in 1787 and 1788
- 10. government principle that the powers and functions of government are restricted by the U.S. Constitution and other laws
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- 1. sovereignty the idea that government is created by and subject to the will of the people
- 3. and Balances are a system in which each branch of government is able to limit the power of the other branches.
- 4. of Powers is a division of government powers among the executive, legislative, and judicial branches.
- 6. Clause part of the U.S. Constitution that declares the Constitution "the supreme law of the land"
- 7. of Rights is the 1st ten amendments to the US Constitution concerning basic individual liberties.
- 9. is a refusal by the president or a governor to sign a bill.