Citizenship Handbook

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Across
  1. 2. someone who is entitled to all the rights and privileges of a particular nation
  2. 5. no person may be held in prison without being charged with a specific crime
  3. 7. a law despite a presidential veto
  4. 9. the publication of false and malicious information that damages a person's reputation
  5. 10. proposal of a new law
  6. 12. the idea that powers of government must be clearly defined and divided into legislative, executive, and judicial branches
  7. 18. the government has only the powers that the Constitituion gives it
  8. 20. ask that the decision be reviewed by a higher court
  9. 21. reject
  10. 22. approving
  11. 23. a government in which citizens rule themselves through elected representatives
Down
  1. 1. dissagreement
  2. 2. each branch of government has the power to check, or limit, the actions of the other two
  3. 3. the power to review, change, or prevent the publication of news
  4. 4. changing the Constitution
  5. 6. asserts that the people are the primary source of the government's authority
  6. 8. the power to hear and decide cases
  7. 11. not allowed under the Constituiton
  8. 13. canceled
  9. 14. an organization that represents the concerns of a particular group
  10. 15. the official legal process of becoming a citizen
  11. 16. property owned by an individual
  12. 17. a division of power between the federal government and the states
  13. 19. a government in which one person or a small group holds complete authority