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Across
  1. 4. a power given to the federal government by the Constitution
  2. 5. a refusal of the president or of a governor to sign a bill
  3. 6. a system in which a decision of more than half the people is accepted by all
  4. 7. a power shared by the federal government and the states
  5. 8. Government by consent of the governed
  6. 12. The branch of Government that interprets the laws and punishes lawbreakers
  7. 13. a power set aside by the Constitution for the states or for the people
  8. 15. The leaders of the executive departments who also act as advisers to the president
  9. 16. and Balances a system in which the powers of government are balanced among different branches so that each branch can check, or limit, the power of the other branches
Down
  1. 1. a written change to the Constitution
  2. 2. a system in which government powers are carefully spelled out to prevent government from becoming too powerful
  3. 3. The three-way division of power among the branches of the federal government
  4. 9. the lawmaking body of Government
  5. 10. to cancel or revoke
  6. 11. The branch of Government that carries out the laws
  7. 14. The beginning of the US Constitution, which describes its purposes