Across
- 2. someone who is entitled to all the rights and privileges of a particular nation
- 5. no person may be held in prison without being charged with a specific crime
- 7. a law despite a presidential veto
- 9. the publication of false and malicious information that damages a person's reputation
- 10. proposal of a new law
- 12. the idea that powers of government must be clearly defined and divided into legislative, executive, and judicial branches
- 18. the government has only the powers that the Constitituion gives it
- 20. ask that the decision be reviewed by a higher court
- 21. reject
- 22. approving
- 23. a government in which citizens rule themselves through elected representatives
Down
- 1. dissagreement
- 2. each branch of government has the power to check, or limit, the actions of the other two
- 3. the power to review, change, or prevent the publication of news
- 4. changing the Constitution
- 6. asserts that the people are the primary source of the government's authority
- 8. the power to hear and decide cases
- 11. not allowed under the Constituiton
- 13. canceled
- 14. an organization that represents the concerns of a particular group
- 15. the official legal process of becoming a citizen
- 16. property owned by an individual
- 17. a division of power between the federal government and the states
- 19. a government in which one person or a small group holds complete authority