CIA Unit 3 Crossword 23-24
Across
- 7. group of people who vote for president on behalf of their state
- 10. a document that sets up the rules and structure of a government
- 13. type of law dealing with crime
- 16. power Congress has to cancel out a president's veto
- 21. word for the legislative branch
- 23. president and tie-breaking vote of the Senate
- 24. created by the executive branch to enforce laws
- 27. oversee __________ agencies who carry out the work
- 28. branch of government that makes laws
- 29. dealing with the rights of citizens, also a type of law
- 32. branch of government that carries out laws
- 33. court you can ask to reconsider a lower court's decision because of legal errors
- 34. power the president has to say no to a law passed by Congress
- 35. word that describes our legislative branch, means two chambers
- 36. power of the Supreme Court to decide what is constitutional
- 37. the political party with fewer people in office at the time
Down
- 1. person who leads the Senate when the Vice President isn't there
- 2. agree with the lower court's decision
- 3. piece of legislation proposed by Congress
- 4. majority needed to cancel out a president’s veto
- 5. person elected by the representatives to lead the House
- 6. part of Congress with 435 members
- 8. person running to become an elected official
- 9. branch that interprets laws
- 11. political party other than the two main ones
- 12. who serve on the Supreme Court
- 14. people who run departments in the executive branch
- 15. are led by the secretaries
- 17. political party with the most people in office at the time
- 18. organized group of people who share ideas about how to run the government and fix issues in society
- 19. commander-in-chief of the US military
- 20. send a decision back to trial court and start over
- 21. main justice of the Supreme Court
- 22. change the lower court's decision
- 25. highest court in the US
- 26. person running in a campaign to be an elected official
- 30. process of attempting to accuse an elected official of something and possibly remove him from office
- 31. part of Congress with 100 members