Constitution Crossword

7. procedural motion to end a debate on a bill
8. committee/both houses of congress that proposes compromise legislation
9. using spoken words
11. process by which congress allocates the number of representatives for each state, based on changes in the census
13. number of members in a group required to be present to carry out official business
14. president's selected advisors, usually consist of the heads of the executive departments.
17. process by which each state draws boundaries of it's congressional districts
19. veto/president's power to prevent passage of a bill by refusing to sign it
21. power to reject a bill passed by congress
24. Madison/father of the constitution
25. state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge citizens privileges

1. time of economic decline
2. on imports
3. Washington/Virginia delegate voted president of the constitutional convention
4. corpus/a court order direct that an officer who has custody of a prisoner show cause why the prisoner is being held.
5. debate on a bill designed to prevent a vote on its passage
6. law
10. voluntary association of independent u.s.
12. on domestic consumption of goods and services
15. of attainder/a legislative act that punishes a person without a trial
16. item veto/power to reject specific provisions in a law without defeating entire bill
18. post facto laws/those that criminalize actions after the fact
20. veto/congress voids actions of executive branch officials
22. powers/those powers that belong to the government of a sovereign state
23. privilege/president doesn't have to share certain information without congress or the judiciary