State Government
Across
- 1. A legislative meeting called for a specific purpose
- 4. To grant a prisoner an early release from prison, with certain restrictions
- 5. Having a one-house legislature
- 7. The person in a civil case who claims to have been harmed
- 9. To reduce a criminal's sentence
- 11. Powers that the constitution does not give to the national government and that is kept by the states
- 13. A vote by a legislature to seek voter approval of a law
- 14. A question placed on ballot by a citizen petition to decide if a law should be replaced
- 18. Powers shared by the states and the federal government
- 19. The person in a civil case who is said to have caused the harm
Down
- 2. Type of court in which a party who lost a case i a lower asks judges to review that decision and reverse it
- 3. Money awarded to the states by the federal government
- 6. Court case in which one party in dispute claims to have been harmed in some way by other
- 8. The sharing of power between the state and central government
- 10. The least serious type of crime
- 12. Type of crime more serious than a misdemeanor
- 15. The in Article VI of the Constitution that makes federal laws prevail over state laws when there is a conflict
- 16. To veto only a specific part of a bill
- 17. A meeting of a legislative or judicial
- 20. Type of court in which a judge or jury listen to the evidence and reaches a verdict in favor of one party or another in the case