Vocabulary
Across
- 4. a formal agreement between the governments of two or more countries
- 8. The division of power among the legislative, executive and judicial branches of government
- 11. the concept of a government limited in power.
- 14. to accuse a public official of misconduct in office
- 15. Carry out the powers
- 17. statement in Article VI of the Constitution establishing that the Constitution, laws passed by Congress
- 19. an order signed by a judge naming the individual to be arrested for a specific crime
- 20. principle in the Fifth Amendment stating that the government must follow proper constitutional procedures in trials and in other actions it takes against individuals
- 21. freedom of speech, freedom of religion, the right to privacy, and the right to own property
Down
- 1. Rule by the people
- 2. to approve
- 3. A change to the constitution
- 5. The authority of a court to rule to declare rule on certain
- 6. money paid in order to vote
- 7. an outgoing official serving out the remainder of a term, after retiring or being defeated for reelection
- 9. to return a criminal or fugitive who flees across state lines back to the original state
- 10. A system in which power is divided between the national and state government
- 12. Rejection of a bill
- 13. The power of the supreme court to declare laws and actions of local, state or national government unconstitutional out the power
- 16. an appeal
- 18. The system where each branch of government exercises some control over the others.