Constitution

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Across
  1. 2. The group that elects the president of the United States
  2. 5. The number of amendments in the bill of rights
  3. 9. The system that ensures no one branch of government becomes too powerful
  4. 10. The president's power to reject a bill
  5. 12. The supreme law of the land
  6. 14. The branch of government responsible for making laws
  7. 15. The total number of amendments in the constitution
  8. 16. The number of Supreme Court justices
Down
  1. 1. The concept that the government's power is derived from the people
  2. 3. The document that precedes the Constitution and governed the US before its adoption .
  3. 4. The opening words of the US constitution
  4. 6. The clause that prevent the government from establishing an official religion
  5. 7. The court with the authority to review the constitutionality of laws
  6. 8. The first president of the United States
  7. 11. the number of branches in the U.S Government
  8. 13. A system in which powers divided between the federal and state governments