Across
- 2. a form of government in which the people have the authority to deliberate and decide authority
- 5. an amendment to the US Constitution that contains a number of provisions relating to criminal law
- 7. the act of forming or establishing something
- 9. the system or form by which a community is ruled
- 12. the system of courts that adjudicates legal disputes/disagreements
- 14. a cruel and oppresive dictator
- 15. consists of the House of Representatives and the Senate, which together form the United States Congress.
- 16. a vote that blocks a decision
- 17. the amount of representatives that are voted in to authority for the US
Down
- 1. a notification given by police to criminal suspects in police custody
- 3. review by the US Supreme Court of the constitutional validity of a legislative act
- 4. approve and express assent, responsiblity, or obligation
- 6. people should be able to participate directly in the governing of their own society
- 8. a mixed or compound mode of government that combines a general government with regional government
- 10. the part of government that enforces law, and has responsibility for their governance of state
- 11. a system of government in which priest rule in the name of God or a god
- 13. a statue in draft before it becomes a law
