make sure they don't have to much power

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Across
  1. 4. The power to refuse to allow something
  2. 6. To charge the president with misconduct
  3. 11. An official change to a legal document
  4. 12. Powers that aren't directly written in the Constitution but are suggested/implied
  5. 13. The power that the legislative branch has to make laws
  6. 16. Required money to pay to contribute based on income, and to pay when buying certain things/services
  7. 17. Powers written in the constitution
  8. 18. The power that the judicial branch has to interpret and rule accordingly
Down
  1. 1. Power is split evenly between 3 branches so that neither gets too much power.
  2. 2. Powers that both the federal and state governments have
  3. 3. A political power reserved by a constitution to the exclusive jurisdiction of a specified political authority
  4. 5. Each branch can check the others to make sure no one gets too much power.
  5. 7. Any power not written in the constitution is reserved for the states.
  6. 8. The branch that enforces laws
  7. 9. Review by the US Supreme Court of the constitutional validity of a legislative act
  8. 10. To approve
  9. 14. When congress has 2 braches
  10. 15. A meeting where members of a political party register their preference among candidates running for office