Constitution Vocab
Across
- 1. powers that strictly belong to the states
- 4. the system wheres each branch of government exercises some control over the others
- 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
- 16. the tax that is levied on individual and corporate earnings.
- 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
- 18. what does the bill of rights give the people
- 19. powers directly stated in the constitution
- 20. one relating to disputes among two or more individuals or between individuals and the government.
- 21. rejection of a bill.
Down
- 2. an order signed by a judge describing a specific place to be searched for specific items.
- 3. the division of power among the legislative and executive and judicial branches of government.
- 6. rule by the people
- 7. the power of the supreme court to declare laws and actions of local, state or national governments unconstitutional.
- 8. a system in which the power is divided between the national and state governments.
- 9. powers that the government requires to carry out the expressed constitutional powers
- 10. money paid in order to vote.
- 11. to approve
- 12. a law that requires periodic checks of government agencies to see if they are still needed.
- 13. to accuse a public official of misconduct in office
- 14. the concept of a government limited in power.
- 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