Chapter 6 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 1. freedom from prosecution for witnesses whose testimony ties them to illegal acts
  2. 6. exclusive right of an inventor to manufacture, use, and sell his or her invention for a specific period
  3. 7. ______ powers; the powers that have allowed Congress to expand its role to meet the needs of a growing nation
  4. 10. _________ commerce; commerce among the states
  5. 11. legal order that a person appear or produce requested documents
  6. 12. willful obstruction
  7. 13. bills of ______; laws that establish guilt and punish people without allowing them a trial
  8. 17. ________ bills; proposed laws to authorize spending money
  9. 19. writ of _____ corpus; a court order to release a person accused of a crime to court to determine whether he or she has been legally detained
  10. 20. lying under oath
  11. 21. the president’s refusal to spend money Congress has voted to fund a program
  12. 22. exclusive right to publish and sell a literary, musical, or artistic work for a specified period of time
Down
  1. 2. ________ and proper clause; this clause implies that Congress has powers beyond those expressed in the first 17 clauses; also known as the elastic clause
  2. 3. ______ bills; proposed laws for raising money
  3. 4. legislative ______; a continuing review of how effectively the executive branch carries out the law Congress passes
  4. 5. ________ powers; the powers that are specifically given to Congress in the Constitution
  5. 8. national _____; the total amount of money the government owes at any given time
  6. 9. the process by which immigrants to the United States may become citizens
  7. 14. ex post ______ laws; laws that make crimes of acts that were legal when they were committed
  8. 15. a formal accusation of misconduct in office
  9. 16. legal proceedings to administer the assets of a person or business that cannot pay its debts
  10. 18. national _____; yearly financial plan for the national government