The Constitution
Across
- 4. gives Congress the right to make all laws "necessary and proper" to carry out the powers expressed in the other clauses in Article I.
- 5. to accuse a public official of misconduct in office
- 6. a formal agreement between the governments of two or more countries.
- 7. government censorship of information before it is published or broadcast.
- 9. new trial location.
- 10. money paid in order to vote.
- 11. the power of the Supreme Court to declare laws and action of local, state, and national governments unconstitutional.
- 13. an order signed by a judge naming the individual to be arrested for a specific crime.
- 14. the expressed powers of Congress that are itemized and numbered.
- 17. statement in in Article VI of the Constitution establishing that "shall be the supreme Law of the Land".
- 18. to approve.
- 19. an agreement made between the president and a head of state.
- 20. rejection of a bill.
- 21. the philosophy that the Supreme Court should avoid taking the initiative on social and political questions.
- 23. a system in which power is divided between the national and state governments.
- 25. plan requiring that what the government spends will not exceed its income.
- 26. principle in the Fifth Amendment stating that the government must follow proper constitutional procedures.
- 27. a change to the Constitution.
- 28. an outgoing official serving out the remainder of a term.
- 29. a plan that provides the rule for government.
- 30. an order signed by a judge describing a specifc place to be searched for specific items.
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- 1. a reasonable basis to believe a person or premises is linked to a crime.
- 2. the power of the government to take private property for public use.
- 3. the philosophy that the Supreme Court should avoid taking the initiative on social and political questions.
- 7. rule by the people
- 8. department and agencies of the federal government.
- 12. powers directly stated in the Constitution.
- 15. the division of power among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government.
- 16. an appeal.
- 21. the authority of a court to rule on certain cases.
- 22. the system where each branch of government exercises some control over the others.
- 24. one of seven main divisions of the body of the Constitution.