Constitution and Bill of Rights

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Across
  1. 1. Provides each branch of the government the power to check the other branches to prevent any other branch from becoming too powerful and keep the branches balanced.
  2. 3. A system of rules created and enforced to regulate behavior
  3. 9. When someone or a group of people exercises self-government
  4. 10. The governing body of a community, state, or nation.
  5. 12. A branch of the government that adjudicates legal disputes/disagreements and applies the law in legal cases
  6. 15. A founding father of the Declaration of Independence
Down
  1. 2. The first 10 amendments of the Constitution
  2. 4. A change or addition to the Constitution
  3. 5. The ability to do something
  4. 6. The branch of the government that is responsible for enforcing laws of the land
  5. 7. The supreme law of the United States of America
  6. 8. A branch of the government that is made of the House and the Senate
  7. 11. Legal, social, or ethical principles of freedom
  8. 13. A country that contains 50 states and is located in North America
  9. 14. A right to act freely without restraint