Across
- 8. - Amendment that protects the right to "keep are bear arms"
- 11. - Amendment that ensures protection from "cruel and unusual punishments"
- 14. - Freedoms that the US Government may not violate (2 words, no space)
- 18. - A legal test that is used by government to decide if certain speech can be censored or banned (2 words, no space)
- 19. - Governments that have strict limits on power and encourage participation in the political process
- 20. - Amendment that guarantees additional rights not specifically listed in the Constitution
- 21. - Amendment that ensures state governments can't violate your life, liberty, or property without due process of law
- 23. - National powers that are used to better help carry out the enumerated powers
- 24. - Category of government in which people vote for elected leaders and specific rights are always guaranteed
- 26. - Powers that exclusively belong to the states
- 28. - Powers of the national government, explicitly listed in the Constitution
- 29. -Category of government in which absolute power is vested in the hands of a few powerful individuals
- 30. - A serious crime such as murder, rape, and armed robbery
Down
- 1. - A broad encompassing right that protects government from treaty anyone in an unfair or arbitrary manner
- 2. - System of government in which power originates with the individual states
- 3. - System of government in which power originates with and is vested in a strong national government
- 4. - Unprotected speech that involves written defamation of another person
- 5. - A minor crime such as trespassing, petit larceny, and public intoxication
- 6. - Governments that place no limits on the power wielded by a person or small group
- 7. - A legal standard that allows police to search and seize property with out a search warrant
- 9. - A court case that involves the state charging a person with a crime (2 words, no space)
- 10. - Due process that ensures all laws created by government are "fair"
- 12. - Amendment that protects US citizens from "unreasonable searches and seizures"
- 13. - Due process that ensures government used consistent and fair protocol when handling legal issues
- 14. - Powers that are shared between the national and state governments
- 15. - Category of government in which the ruler answers to God and implements policies of a specific religion
- 16. - Category of government in which people vote on all laws with the majority always ruling
- 17. - Category of government in which a royal family rules with absolute power for generations
- 22. - Unprotected speech that involves oral defamation of another person
- 25. - A court case that involves two parties in a dispute over money (2 words, no space)
- 27. - System of government in which power originates with the people and is divided between three levels