Constitution Vocab

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Across
  1. 1. powers that strictly belong to the states
  2. 4. the system wheres each branch of government exercises some control over the others
  3. 5. principle in the fifth amendment stating that the government must follow proper constitutional procedures in trials and in other actions it takes against individuals
  4. 16. the tax that is levied on individual and corporate earnings.
  5. 17. statement in article 5 of the constitution that establishes that the constitutions laws passed by congress and treaties of the united states shall be the supreme law of the land
  6. 18. what does the bill of rights give the people
  7. 19. powers directly stated in the constitution
  8. 20. one relating to disputes among two or more individuals or between individuals and the government.
  9. 21. rejection of a bill.
Down
  1. 2. an order signed by a judge describing a specific place to be searched for specific items.
  2. 3. the division of power among the legislative and executive and judicial branches of government.
  3. 6. rule by the people
  4. 7. the power of the supreme court to declare laws and actions of local, state or national governments unconstitutional.
  5. 8. a system in which the power is divided between the national and state governments.
  6. 9. powers that the government requires to carry out the expressed constitutional powers
  7. 10. money paid in order to vote.
  8. 11. to approve
  9. 12. a law that requires periodic checks of government agencies to see if they are still needed.
  10. 13. to accuse a public official of misconduct in office
  11. 14. the concept of a government limited in power.
  12. 15. clause in article 1 section 8 of the constitution that gives congress the right to make all laws necessary and proper to carry out the powers expressed in the other clauses of the article