Across
- 7. the federal principle or system of government
- 8. a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives
- 10. an organization that consists of a number of parties or groups united in an alliance or league
- 11. not in accordance with a political constitution
- 12. college- process consists of the selection of the electors, the meeting of the electors where they vote for President and Vice President, and the counting of the electoral votes by Congress
- 14. sections of a document the unamend constitution is divided into seven article
- 20. Carta- charter of liberty and political rights obtained from King John of England by his rebellious barons at Runnymede in 1215, which came to be seen as the seminal document of English constitutional
- 21. of right- The Bill of Rights is the first ten amendments to the United states constitution
- 22. government by a dictator
- 23. a minor change in a document
- 25. a person who advocates or supports a system of government in which several states unite under a central authority
- 29. a person sent or authorized to represent others, in particular an elected representative sent to a conference
- 30. revoke or annul
Down
- 1. Anti-Federalism refers to a movement that opposed the creation of a stronger U.S. federal government and which later opposed the ratification of the 1787 Constitution
- 2. the governing body of a nation, state
- 3. the action of signing or giving formal consent to a treaty, contract, or agreement, making it officially valid
- 4. of law- Concept that hold that government and its officers are always subject to the law
- 5. review- the power of a court to determine the constitutionality of a governmental action
- 6. s and balance- system of overlapping the power of the legislative, executive, judicial branch to permit each branch
- 9. basic principle that government and those who govern must obey the law
- 13. amendment- The Amendment process is the formal way to change the Constitution
- 15. a body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed
- 16. an agreement or a settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side making concessions
- 17. The Cabinet of the United States is part of the executive branch of the U.S. government that normally acts as an advisory body to the President of the United States
- 18. introduction
- 19. relating to or characteristic of a senator
- 24. of power- basic principle of American system of government
- 26. agreement- An executive agreement is an agreement between the heads of government of two or more nations that has not been ratified by the legislature as treaties are ratified
- 27. a formally concluded and ratified agreement between countries.
- 28. chief executive’s power to reject a bill passed by a legislature