Legislative branch
Across
- 1. a constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a law-making body
- 5. social work involving direct consideration of the problems, needs, and adjustments of the individual case
- 6. of attainder an act of a legislature declaring a person, or a group of persons, guilty of some crime, and punishing them, often without a trial
- 7. an official count or survey of a population
- 9. powers powers congress exercises that the constitution does not explicitly define
- 10. of habeas corpus used to bring a prisoner or other detainee before the court to determine if the person's imprisonment or detention is lawful
- 11. to set a congressional bill aside in committee without considering it
- 14. charge the holder of a public office with misconduct
- 15. interest group a group of people or an organization seeking or receiving special advantages, typically through political lobbying
- 16. committee permanent committee to discuss specific issues
- 17. a practice intended to establish an unfair political advantage for a particular party or group by manipulating district boundaries
- 18. made up of two parts, called chambers
- 20. veto the constitution grants the president 10 days to review a measure passed by the congress
- 21. party political party with the most members in a house
Down
- 2. powers powers that the Constitution has specifically given to the federal government
- 3. being a voting member of a community or organization and having the power to appoint or elect
- 4. a person who takes part in an organized attempt to influence legislators
- 8. political procedure where one or more members of parliament or congress debate over a proposed piece of legislation to delay or entirely prevent a decision being made on the proposal
- 12. post facto law law that retroactively changes the legal consequences of actions that were committed, or relationships that existed before the enactment of the law
- 13. party political party with less members in that house
- 15. priority given to those members who have been there for the longest
- 19. a procedure for ending a debate and taking a vote in a legislative assembly