Across
- 3. Organized group that seeks to win elections in order to influence the activities of governments.
- 4. A refusal by the president or the government to sign a bill.
- 6. Any majority that is larger than a simple majority, such as three-fifths, two-thirds, or three-fourths.
- 8. A system in which each branch of government is able to limit the power of the other branches.
- 9. The leaders of executive departments, who also act as advisers to the president.
- 10. Division of government powers among the executive, legislative, and judicial branches.
- 12. that every member of a society, including the ruler of government, must follow the law.
- 13. The principle that the powers and functions of government are restricted by the U.S. Constitution and other laws.
- 14. The body of 538 people elected from the 50 states and District of Columbia to cast the official votes that elect the president and vice president.
Down
- 1. The inability to govern effectively due to separation of powers or a conflict between political parities.
- 2. A law that violates the Constitutional.
- 5. The power of the judicial branch to check the power of the legislative and executive branches by declaring their acts unconstitutional.
- 7. Agreement or compacts the U.S. President makes with foreign leaders or foreign governments.
- 11. The form of political organization in which power is divided among a central government and territorial subdivisions, the United States, among the national, state, and local government.
- 15. To cancel or revoke a law by a legislative act.