congress vocab

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Across
  1. 4. / official court or survey of population
  2. 5. tax / tax levied based on what the person pays for it
  3. 7. courte / presidential appointments are only confirmed if their is no objection calling into questioning the integridy
  4. 8. constructi / people that believe in different meanings of the constitution
  5. 10. / government authority conferring a right for a set period
  6. 11. of habeas corpus / court order to a person holding someone in custody to deliver the imprisoned to the court
  7. 12. post facto law / a law that changes the legal consequences of actions that were committed before the enactment of the law
  8. 13. power / gives congress the power to regulate commerce with foreign affairs
  9. 14. / process in which an alien goes through to become a U.S. citizen
  10. 16. tender / coins or checks that must be accepted if offered in payment of a debt
  11. 18. tax / tax collected by a person that bears the economic burden of the tax
Down
  1. 1. / divide and alloate
  2. 2. of attainder / act of legislature declaring a person guilty of a crime and punishing them
  3. 3. and Proper Clause / congress has the power to make laws carrying into execution the foregoing powers
  4. 4. / the legal rights given to the publisher
  5. 6. / member of constituency
  6. 9. / a person can no longer pay their debts owed to the creditor
  7. 12. powers / The Power to tax and spend for the defense and general welfare of the U.S. Borrow money
  8. 15. powers / congress sets "implied powers"
  9. 17. large / a whole