Bill of Rights Vocabulary

4. An order to bring an imprisoned person before a judge or court to find out if that person should really be in jail.
7. A person who strongly supports a particular leader, group, or cause.
10. A person who opposed the adoption of the U.S. Constitution.
12. To formally decide that someone should be put on trial for a crime.
13. A statement in which you say you are unhappy or not satisfied with something.
15. An issue decided and settled in a court of law.

1. The highest court of law in a country or U.S. state.
2. A group of people who are not part of the armed forces of a country but are trained like soldiers.
3. A member of a political party in the early years of the U.S. that wanted a strong central government.
5. The power of a governing body over itself.
6. A document issued by a court that gives the police the power to do something.
8. To make an agreement official by signing or voting for it.
9. To make an official decision about who is right in a dispute.
11. A right that government cannot violate under any circumstances.
14. A written document that people sign to show that they want a person or organization to do or change something.