Constitutional vocab
Across
- 2. rights that let us be who we are
- 4. where each branch of government has some control over the others
- 5. the power that lets the Supreme Court declare a law unconstitutional
- 7. to accuse a public official of misconduct in office
- 9. a constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a law-making body
- 10. the authority of a court to rule on certain cases
- 15. necessary and proper clause
- 16. to sign or give formal consent
- 17. a system in which power is divided between the national and state governments
- 19. the tax levied on individual and corporate earnings
- 20. an order signed by a judge naming the individual to be arrested for a specific crime
- 21. money paid in order to vote
Down
- 1. the government must follow proper constitutional procedures in trials
- 3. the division of power among the 3 branches
- 6. rule by the people
- 8. statement that makes the Constitution the supreme law of the land.
- 11. a system in which the power of the government is limited, not absolute
- 12. a formally concluded and ratified agreement between countries
- 13. one of the seven main divisions of the body of the constitution
- 14. an appeal
- 18. to return a criminal or fugitive who flees across state lines back to the original state