US Government

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Across
  1. 6. A government in which several factions join together to create a majority
  2. 9. Power of courts to determine whether acts of Congress are constitutional
  3. 10. group A collection of people who share a common interest and seek to influence government
  4. 11. Legal constitutional protections against government
  5. 12. A body of non-elective government officials and an administrative policy-making group
  6. 16. Concept that one's personal information is protected from public scrutiny
  7. 17. he dollar amount of all final goods and services produced within a country in a year
  8. 18. The fringe benefits of holding an office
  9. 22. A government that is legally and politically independent of any other government
  10. 23. A fundamental principle whereby each branch of government has some measure of influence over the others
  11. 27. drawing the boundaries of electoral districts in a way that gives one party an unfair advantage over its rivals
  12. 28. An advisory group selected by the president to aid in making decisions
  13. 29. The primary author of the Constitution
  14. 31. The official endorsement of a candidate for office by a political party
  15. 32. A valuable tool for measuring and understanding demographic changes
Down
  1. 1. Government officials act in the best interest of the public
  2. 2. Ability to influence/control the behavior of people in social science and politics
  3. 3. Protections from discrimination
  4. 4. A set of documents that were created to gain support for the Constitution
  5. 5. A small, organized, dissenting group, especially in politics
  6. 7. To return a criminal back to the state that they were charged in
  7. 8. party A group that seeks to elect candidates to public office
  8. 13. the scandal that led to the forced resignation of a President Richard M. Nixon
  9. 14. A set of important issues that get the attention of people involved in policymaking
  10. 15. The right and acceptance of an authority
  11. 19. Power is distributed between a central government and state governments
  12. 20. A political system in which citizens rule directly or indirectly
  13. 21. takes place when Congress adjourns within 10 days of submitting a bill to the president, who simply lets it die by neither signing nor vetoing it
  14. 24. Activities of members of Congress that help constituents as individuals
  15. 25. Government officials act the way their constituents want
  16. 26. A procedure that enables voters to reject a measure adopted by the legislature
  17. 30. the process by which interest groups attempt to influence public policy