American Government
Across
- 3. states that if the President dies in office the vice president becomes president
- 4. chief decision makers of the federal judiciary
- 5. issues that will be considered and debated in Congress during the coming year
- 7. postponement of a sentence
- 10. elects the President
- 13. a collection of legislative proposals aimed at providing socialist benefits
- 14. material presented as proof at a trial
- 15. large, complex organization made up of appointed officials
- 17. legal exoneration for a crime
- 20. commands given by the President
- 21. formal agreement between two nations
Down
- 1. happens when the government spends more annually than it receives in revenue
- 2. the amendment that limited the number of terms a president could be elected
- 6. an informal agreement entered into by the President and the leader of a foreign nation or by their representative
- 8. head of the executive branch
- 9. reduce a penalty
- 11. they determine if there is significant evidence against the accused to try a case
- 12. swapping political support for a government job
- 15. statement of an individual citizen's legal privileges
- 16. the number of years in a Presidential term
- 18. request that a higher court review the case records and verdict of the lower course
- 19. a general pardon issued to a group of persons all at once