Across
- 2. an official member of a country with rights
- 6. a formal process of voting for candidates
- 7. a country governed by elected representatives
- 9. the elected head of a city or town
- 10. the organization that controls and directs a country
- 13. the highest judicial court in the country
- 14. a group of citizens sworn to give a verdict in court
- 16. the head of state and the executive branch
- 19. the power of the president to reject a bill
- 20. the part of government that enforces laws
- 21. a system preventing one branch from having too much power
- 23. the state of being free within society
Down
- 1. the part of government that writes laws
- 2. the national legislative body that makes laws
- 3. the upper house of the national legislature
- 4. a government where people hold the power
- 5. the first ten amendments protecting basic freedoms
- 8. the part of government that interprets laws
- 11. a change or addition to the constitution
- 12. to charge a public official with misconduct
- 15. an organization of people seeking to gain political power
- 17. a group of advisors to the president
- 18. a system sharing power between national and state governments
- 21. the supreme law of the land
- 22. a proposal for a new law