Across
- 3. Cases where a sitting officer of the US is tried for crimes in front of the Senate.
- 4. Deciding what action is right or wrong in an impartial manner
- 5. Systems in place to stop one person in government from having too much power.
- 6. A statute put in place by a town or municipality
- 8. The area that a certain law, court, etc; cover
- 11. Law based on the dictates of a certain political authority
- 12. A change to the constitution
- 16. Group of laws that defines rights and duties
- 17. Private organization of citizens that nominates people for office
- 19. Doctrine that says lower courts must uphold rulings of higher courts
- 21. Law that governs the use of the internet and e-commerce
- 24. An organized group of law
- 26. The original constitution to the US
- 28. Law dealing with people committing crimes against the state.
- 29. Law based on the current customs of the people
- 30. Personal rights granted by the US constitution
- 31. Basic fairness
- 32. A written law put in place by a state legislature
Down
- 1. The document establishing independence from Britain for the US
- 2. the document that establishes the law of the land
- 7. A body authorized to implement legislative directives by developing more rules.
- 9. The law governing two people suing and being sued
- 10. Peaceful violation of a protest law
- 13. Legal precedent that is established by previous court cases
- 14. Constitutional requirement for fairness in the legal system
- 15. law
- 18. Commerce in just one state
- 20. Freedom from external control
- 22. Commercial intercourse between or among states
- 23. A system of government where the people elect representatives to represent them
- 25. Sets the framework for the government and its relationship to the people
- 27. The first 10 amendments to the constitution