Government terms
Across
- 2. liberties, constitutional protections against the infringement by the government.
- 3. courts, lowest federal court that has original jurisdiction over most federal cases.
- 5. Rule, Policy that police officers must inform all suspects of their rights
- 7. Power, Authority given to the president that is specifically mentioned in the Constitution.
- 8. written expression that is both false and malicious.
- 11. The party that initiates a lawsuit.
- 12. jure segregation, Racial segregation enforced by law.
- 14. Incorporation, process of gradually applying the Bill of Rights to the states.
Down
- 1. Jurisdiction, The authority of a court to hear a case first
- 3. Jeopardy, provision states that an individual may not be tried for the same crime twice.
- 4. speech, Expressing a political message through action.
- 6. The constitutional process of bringing charges against a government official.
- 9. A legal rule stating who is authorized to start a lawsuit.
- 10. Court, The highest court in the United States
- 13. Spoken expression that is both false and malicious.