American Gov. Crossword Scott Clyburn

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  1. 4. a legal theory that a state has the right to invalidate any federal law which that state has deemed unconstitutional
  2. 8. powers of U.S. government which have not been explicitly granted by the Constitution but that is implied by the necessary and proper clause
  3. 9. Group opposed to creation of strong central government.
  4. 10. a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives.
  5. 13. legislative initiative proposed by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt to add more justices to the U.S. Supreme Court.
  6. 14. Congress the power “to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian."
  7. 15. Organized group of people with similar ideologies.
  8. 17. The first ten amendments of the united states
  9. 18. The formal statement declaring the freedom of the thirteen American colonies.
  10. 23. a sovereign state governed as a single entity
  11. 24. A method of selecting judges that combines appointment and election
  12. 25. a body of people representing the states of the US, who formally cast votes for the election of the president and vice president.
  13. 26. a change or addition to a piece of legislation
  14. 27. a political power independently exercisable by both federal and state governments
  15. 30. an act of vesting the legislative, executive, and judicial powers of government in separate bodies.
  16. 32. a person who supports a system of government in which several states unite under a central authority.
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  1. 1. the action of withdrawing formally from membership of a federation or body
  2. 2. all laws made furthering the Constitution and all treaties made under the authority of the United States are the “supreme law of the land.”
  3. 3. a political arrangement in which power is divided between the federal and state governments in clearly defined terms
  4. 5. counterbalancing influences by which an organization or system is regulated
  5. 6. specific powers granted to Congress by the United States Constitution.
  6. 7. a form of democracy in which people decide on policy initiatives directly
  7. 11. court case affirmed the constitutional doctrine of Congress's “implied powers.”
  8. 12. requires a "person held to service or labor" who flees to another state to be returned to the owner in the state from which that person escaped.
  9. 16. System to count slaves as 3/5 of a person for tax and property purposes
  10. 19. a body of principles for a group to be governed by
  11. 20. the federal system of government
  12. 21. system of government in which sovereign states delegate power to a central government for specific purposes.
  13. 22. the rights and powers held by individual US states rather than by the federal government.
  14. 28. a political power that is not enumerated or prohibited by a constitution
  15. 29. government of a country by its own people
  16. 31. a constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a law-making body