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- 3. and balances, provides each branch of government with individual powers to check the other branches and prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful.
- 5. Start of the Constitution
- 8. offenses that may result in prison sentences of more than one year,
- 9. a country's court system
- 10. Courts, the district judge who tries the case and a jury that decides the case.
- 12. It is the only part of the government that can make new laws or change existing laws.
- 14. the fundamental law of the U.S. federal government
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- 1. Assembly, the main deliberative, policymaking and representative organ of the United Nations.
- 2. a type of offense punishable under criminal law.
- 3. involve members in the development and delivery of services, represent member opinion in decision-making, and help serve member needs through interaction.
- 4. carries out and enforces laws
- 6. of powers, a doctrine of constitutional law under which the three branches of government (executive, legislative, and judicial) are kept separate
- 7. of rights, the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution
- 11. Election, a regular election of candidates for office, as opposed to a primary election.
- 13. A power or privilege held by the general public as the result of a constitution, statute, regulation, judicial precedent, or other type of law