Chapter 3 - The Constitution

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Across
  1. 2. Advisory body to the President
  2. 3. people are the source of all government power
  3. 4. the distribution of power to the three branches of government
  4. 5. the division of power between a central and regional governments (National and states)
  5. 7. the power of the court to determine whether or not a government act is constitutional or not
  6. 8. The custom of refusing to approve any presidential appointee unless that person has the support of all senators from the appointee's home state (if from the same party as President)
  7. 10. this means that government is not all-powerful
  8. 11. a violation of a provision of the Constitution
  9. 12. it is the first ten amendments to the Constitution listing the basic rights held by the people
  10. 15. Presidential power to reject a bill sent by Congress
  11. 16. it is responsible for making the formal selection of the President
Down
  1. 1. the act of approving a proposed
  2. 2. government must be conducted according to constitutional principles
  3. 6. this keeps one branch of government from dominating the actions of others
  4. 9. a formal agreement between two or more independent states that must be ratified by the Senate with a two-thirds vote
  5. 13. the government and all its officials must always obey the law
  6. 14. these are changes to the written language of the Constitution using one of the four methods