The Constitution

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Across
  1. 3. political power the US gov. has but isn't outright stated in the constitution
  2. 4. the concept of a government limited in power
  3. 6. the court can review an action by a body and secure a decleration
  4. 11. an introduction (specifically to the US constitution)
  5. 13. Not in accordance with the US constitution
  6. 14. a charge of misconduct against a holder of office
  7. 15. a permanant committee
  8. 18. Political philosophy that all citizens and institutions within a country, state, or community are under the same laws
  9. 20. a system allowing each gov. branch to veto each other to prevent excessive power
  10. 21. Pieces of writing within others
  11. 22. reject, override
  12. 24. system of government in which the same territory is controlled by two or more levels of gov.
  13. 25. powers not explicitly specified in the const. that the gov. possesses
  14. 26. all political power is vested in and taken from the people
  15. 27. powers shared by the federal and state governemnts
  16. 28. the opinion of a judge who disagreed with the majority
  17. 29. judicial opinion where more than half the judges decide a case
Down
  1. 1. vesting the legislative, executive, and judicial powers of gov. in separate bodies
  2. 2. a purposely prolonged debate to delay decisions
  3. 5. the ________ is made up of the president
  4. 7. powers of the national gov. outright stated in the constitution
  5. 8. the highest federal court in the US
  6. 9. in charge of deciding the meaning of laws and how to apply them
  7. 10. an indirect rejection by the president or governer by not signing a bill until it is too late
  8. 12. the _______ is in charge of making laws
  9. 16. a temporary committee
  10. 17. Adherence to a system of constitutional Government
  11. 19. granted congress the power to pass all laws to carry out their powers
  12. 23. powers not specifically granted to the federal gov. by the constitution