Unit 4: Constitution & Bill of Rights

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Across
  1. 1. a judicial opinion that is joined by more than half the judges deciding a case.
  2. 5. the branch of government responsible for carrying out and enforcing laws
  3. 6. powers that are not specifically granted to the federal government by the Constitution
  4. 8. a body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed
  5. 10. powers that are shared by both the federal government and state governments
  6. 11. the rulers use power following established principles and procedures based on a constitution
  7. 13. a doctrine in political theory that government is created by and subject to the will of the people.
  8. 15. 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
  9. 17. executive, legislative and administrative actions are subject to review by the judiciary.
  10. 20. committee a permanent committee that meets regularly
  11. 21. provides Congress the power to fulfill its legal powers
  12. 23. an action such as a prolonged speech that obstructs progress in a legislative assembly while not technically contravening the required procedures
  13. 24. a joint committee of the United States Congress appointed by the House of Representatives and Senate to resolve disagreements on a particular bill
Down
  1. 2. in charge of deciding the meaning of laws, how to apply them to real situations, and whether a law breaks the rules of the Constitution
  2. 3. the powers of the national government explicitly listed in the Constitution.
  3. 4. makes all laws, declares war, regulates interstate and foreign commerce and controls taxing and spending policies
  4. 7. a 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
  5. 9. an act of vesting the legislative, executive, and judicial powers of government in separate bodies
  6. 12. a constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a law-making body
  7. 14. the principle of government under which separate branches are empowered to prevent actions by other branches and are induced to share power
  8. 16. the highest judicial court in a country or state.
  9. 18. the separate judicial opinion of an appellate judge who disagreed with the majority's decision explaining the disagreement
  10. 19. political powers granted to the United States government that isn't explicitly stated in the Constitution
  11. 22. a charge of misconduct made against the holder of a public office