The Constitution

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Across
  1. 3. The house of representatives elect the President if the _____ college ties.
  2. 6. Who can ratify the constitution with a ¾ vote?
  3. 7. Appoints ambassadors and other officials
  4. 11. In order to amend the constitution, two ____ of the house and the senate need to agree.
  5. 14. The current U.S. Representative from New Jersey’s fifth district.
  6. 19. The eighteenth amendment was _____ in the twenty first amendment.
  7. 21. The Power the president has to reject a law Congressed passes.
  8. 22. What amendment declares freedom of religion, speech, the press, and assembly/petition?
  9. 24. The _______ court may rule that laws or executive acts are unconstitutional.
  10. 25. Each branch of government does this to make sure not one branch comes too powerful.
Down
  1. 1. The states themselves can run the _____.
  2. 2. A person convicted of a crime has the right to a ___ from the sixth amendment.
  3. 4. Checks and Balances ____ the power of each government branch.
  4. 5. Idea that the government divides power between the national and state governments.
  5. 8. The age a person is allowed to vote, written in the twenty-sixth amendment.
  6. 9. The Senate majority leader.
  7. 10. No single _____ can overpower the other two.
  8. 12. Current US senator from New Jersey.
  9. 13. The ______ powers can conduct foreign relations.
  10. 15. The concurrent powers ____ the law.
  11. 16. The ninth amendment entitles citizens to rights not ____ in the constitution.
  12. 17. If the house of representatives impeach the president the senate holds the _____ trials.
  13. 18. What does the nineteenth amendment allow women to do?
  14. 20. The _____ can override the President’s veto.
  15. 23. they hold office for life under the judicial branch