Chapter 13 Vocabulary- State Government

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Across
  1. 4. a legislative meeting called for a specific purpose
  2. 5. powers shared by the state and federal government
  3. 7. type of court in which a judge or jury listens to evidence and reaches a verdict in favor of one party or another in the case
  4. 12. a question placed on a ballot by a citizen petition to decide if a law should be repealed
  5. 13. to grant a prisoner an early release from prison, with certain restrictions
  6. 14. the clause in Article VI of the Constitution that makes federal laws prevail over state laws when there is a conflict
  7. 16. a meeting of a legislative or judicial body to conduct
  8. 17. type of crime more serious than a misdemeanor
  9. 18. the process of redrawing legislative districts
  10. 19. court case in which one party in a dispute claims to have been harmed in some way by the other
  11. 20. a vote called by legislature to seek voter approval of a law
  12. 21. the person in a civil case who is said to have caused harm
  13. 22. the sharing of power between the central and state government
Down
  1. 1. type of court in which a party who lost a case in lower court asks judges to review that decision
  2. 2. the person in a civil case who claims to have been harmed
  3. 3. the least serious type of crime
  4. 6. powers that the Constitution does not give to the national government and they are kept by the states
  5. 8. to reduce a criminal's sentence
  6. 9. having a one house legislature
  7. 10. to reject only a specific part of a bill
  8. 11. money awarded to the states by the federal government
  9. 15. unequal representation in state legislatures