make sure they don't have to much power

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