Class puzzle
Across
- 6. neither prohibited to be exercised by an organ of government, nor given by law to any other organ of government.
- 8. the action of signing or giving formal consent to a treaty, contract, or agreement, making it officially valid.
- 11. powers wielded by either the federal or state governments.
- 12. An amendment is a formal or official change made to a law, contract, constitution, or other legal document.
- 14. 25 members, plus the Vice President:: 15 principal officers; 10 other members
- 15. An act that is against what is written in constitution.
- 17. Founding Father who served as the fourth chief justice of the United States from 1801 until his death in 1835.
- 19. The U.S. Bill of Rights. Note: The following text is a transcription of the first ten amendments to the Constitution in their original form.
- 20. powers of a state or branch of government that are not expressly written in a Constitution.
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- 1. An interstate compact is a pact or agreement between two or more states, or between states.
- 2. the action of extraditing a person accused or convicted of a crime.
- 3. a system of government in which the same territory is controlled by two levels of government.
- 4. money given by the federal government to state and local governments or to an individual.
- 5. the tendency of U.S. senators to support a Senate colleague opposing the appointment to federal office of a nominee from that senator's state.
- 7. a grant-in-aid of a specified amount from a larger government to a smaller regional government body.
- 9. programs federal money granted to a recipient to fund a project or program.
- 10. Having two branches
- 13. onstitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a law-making body.
- 16. power of the courts of a country to examine the actions of the legislative, executive, and administrative arms of the government
- 18. of law All are accountable under the law