The Constitution

12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031
Across
  1. 3. government censorship of information before it is published or broadcast.
  2. 6. one of seven main divisions of the body of the Constitution.
  3. 7. a plan that provides the rule for government.
  4. 8. plan requiring that what the government spends will not exceed its income.
  5. 10. principle in the Fifth Amendment stating that the government must follow proper constitutional procedures.
  6. 11. the philosophy that the Supreme Court should avoid taking the initiative on social and political questions.
  7. 15. an agreement made between the president and a head of state.
  8. 18. an appeal.
  9. 20. to approve.
  10. 21. the division of power among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government.
  11. 22. the philosophy that the Supreme Court should avoid taking the initiative on social and political questions.
  12. 23. a formal agreement between the governments of two or more countries.
  13. 25. the power of the Supreme Court to declare laws and action of local, state, and national governments unconstitutional.
  14. 26. an order signed by a judge describing a specifc place to be searched for specific items.
  15. 28. gives Congress the right to make all laws "necessary and proper" to carry out the powers expressed in the other clauses in Article I.
  16. 30. the authority of a court to rule on certain cases.
  17. 31. an outgoing official serving out the remainder of a term.
Down
  1. 1. to accuse a public official of misconduct in office
  2. 2. statement in in Article VI of the Constitution establishing that "shall be the supreme Law of the Land".
  3. 4. new trial location.
  4. 5. a system in which power is divided between the national and state governments.
  5. 9. rule by the people
  6. 12. the power of the government to take private property for public use.
  7. 13. department and agencies of the federal government.
  8. 14. rejection of a bill.
  9. 15. the expressed powers of Congress that are itemized and numbered.
  10. 16. the system where each branch of government exercises some control over the others.
  11. 17. powers directly stated in the Constitution.
  12. 19. an order signed by a judge naming the individual to be arrested for a specific crime.
  13. 24. a reasonable basis to believe a person or premises is linked to a crime.
  14. 27. a change to the Constitution.
  15. 29. money paid in order to vote.