Unit 4: Constitution & Bill of Rights

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Across
  1. 4. consider and recommend actions and propose policies in the functional areas under their jurisdictions, subject to final approval by the Council
  2. 6. the restriction of the arbitrary exercise of power by subordinating it to well-defined and established laws.
  3. 9. talk about the duties of the three main parts of government
  4. 12. an act of vesting the legislative, executive, and judicial powers of government in separate bodies.
  5. 13. a statement in the U.S. Constitution (Article I, Section 8) granting Congress the power to pass all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the enumerated list of powers.
  6. 16. a constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a law-making body.
  7. 17. powers not explicitly specified in the Constitution that enable the government to take actions necessary to efficiently perform essential duties.
  8. 18. highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States of America
  9. 19. a political procedure in which one or more members of a legislative body prolong debate on proposed legislation so as to delay or entirely prevent decision.
  10. 23. system in U.S. government that ensures no one branch becomes too powerful
  11. 24. temporary, ad hoc panel composed of House and Senate conferees formed for the purpose of reconciling differences in legislation that has passed both chambers
  12. 26. reviews laws
  13. 27. an addition or alteration made to a constitution, statute, or legislative bill or resolution
  14. 28. principle that the authority of a state and its government are created and sustained by the consent of its people
  15. 29. the powers of the national government explicitly listed in the Constitution.
Down
  1. 1. review by the US Supreme Court of the constitutional validity of a legislative act.
  2. 2. a compound of ideas, attitudes, and patterns of behavior elaborating the principle that the authority of government derives from and is limited by a body of fundamental law
  3. 3. an opinion in a legal case in certain legal systems written by one or more judges expressing disagreement with the majority opinion of the court which gives rise to its judgment.
  4. 5. an introductory and expressionary statement in a document that explains the document's purpose and underlying philosophy.
  5. 7. in charge of making laws.
  6. 8. one whose legalized force and power is restricted through delegated and enumerated authorities.
  7. 10. the process by which a legislative body or other legally constituted tribunal initiates charges against a public official for misconduct.
  8. 11. not in accordance with a political constitution, especially the US Constitution, or with procedural rules.
  9. 14. an indirect veto of a legislative bill by the president or a governor by retaining the bill unsigned until it is too late for it to be dealt with during the legislative session.
  10. 15. political powers granted to the United States government that aren't explicitly stated in the Constitution.
  11. 20. mixed or compound mode of government that combines a general government with regional governments in a single political system, dividing the powers between the two.
  12. 21. a judicial opinion agreed to by more than half of the members of a court
  13. 22. the powers that are neither prohibited nor explicitly given by law to any organ of government
  14. 23. powers which are shared by both the federal government and state governments
  15. 25. enforces laws