chapter 13

3. powers that are given to congress on the last paragraph of Article 1, section 8 of the U.S. constitution
5. the authority to determine the constitutionality of laws padded by the congress and state legislatures, and any actions taken by the executive branch
8. a joint committee made up of both houses of the legislature, whose purpose is to work out differences between different versions of a bill
11. having two houses (like a legislature)
14. the body of presidential electors that has the power to choose the president
16. the authority to review a case that has already been tried and decided in a lower court
18. postponement of a sentence
20. to approve
21. a small group of representatives or senators who study bills on a particular subject and make recommendations to the full membership of each house
22. the authority that the government has to take private property from citizens for public use

1. those powers given specifically given to congress in the constitution
2. a tax where, the more a person earns, the larger percentage of that income a person pays on taxes
4. a legal issue involving a personal or an organization's inability to pay its debts
6. a clause in Article 1,section 8 of the U.S. constitution that gives the authority to make all laws "necessary and proper" for carrying out the expressed powers granted in the Constitution
7. the decision of a jury
9. a way for citizens to submit constitutional amendments to the ms legislature
10. the first ten amendments to the U.S. constitution,adopted in 1791, which enumerate the rights of American citizenship
12. legal forgiveness of a crime
13. possessing supreme powers
15. the authority to hear a case for the first time
17. to reject or refuse to sign (a bill)
19. a group of citizens chosen from a list of registered voters to hear evidence in a trial and to determine the guilt or innocence of the person on trial