Chapter 13 - Federal and State Government

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Across
  1. 3. The more you earn, the more you are taxed.
  2. 6. Possessing supreme power
  3. 10. Small group who study bills and make recommendations to the membership of each house.
  4. 12. First 10 Amendments to constitution.
  5. 14. First Constitution of the U.S.
  6. 16. Reject or refuse to sign.
  7. 17. group of citizens chosen to hear evidence in a trial and to determine guilt or innocence.
  8. 20. Way for citizens to submit constitutional amendments to the MS legislature.
Down
  1. 1. Set up current government framework.
  2. 2. State and Federal gov't share power.
  3. 4. Authority to hear a case for the first time.
  4. 5. Gives Congress authority to make laws.
  5. 7. Decision of a jury.
  6. 8. Authority to review a case that has already been tried and decided at a lower court.
  7. 9. Allows gov't to take private property.
  8. 11. Joint committee whose purpose is to work out differences between versions of a bill.
  9. 13. Postponement of a sentence.
  10. 15. Authority to determine the constitutionality of laws passed by Congress.
  11. 18. Legal forgiveness of a crime.
  12. 19. Legal issue involving an inability to pay debts.