USGOV Chapter 8 Crossword 2

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Across
  1. 2. The concept that judges can adapt the meaning of the Constitution to contemporary realities
  2. 3. Tradition in which a senator form the same state as a judicial nominee and from the same political party as the president can block the nominee and expect no opposition from other senators
  3. 5. A minor criminal case punishable by one year or less of prison time
  4. 7. Previous court rulings on a given legal question
  5. 8. Lawyers provided to defendants who cannot afford to hire a lawyer
Down
  1. 1. District-court officials who are appointed for eight years and hear some of the early hearings of criminal trials as well as some misdemeanor and civil cases
  2. 4. A legal process by which citizens who cannot pay money they owe others can receive court protection and assistance in settling their financial problems
  3. 6. Panels and citizens that hear evidence of a possible crime and recommend whether the evidence is sufficient to file criminal charges