Across
- 2. - a power or privilege that is recognized by tradition or law
- 6. - the political system by which a country or community is administered and regulated.
- 8. - a member of the convention that drew up the US Constitution in 1787
- 9. - The house that makes and passes federal laws
- 10. - the branch that includes the Supreme Court and other federal courts
- 11. - a structured process where the facts of a case are presented to a jury, and they decide if the defendant is guilty or not guilty of the charge offered.
- 16. - provides each branch of government with individual powers to check the other branches and prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful.
- 18. - to be free or to have freedom
- 19. - the crime of betraying one’s country
- 20. - the process by which a legislative body or other legally constituted tribunal initiates charges against a public official for misconduct
- 21. - a system of government in which the same territory is controlled by two levels of government
- 23. - the smaller upper assembly in the US Congress
- 26. - the act of housing and providing for soldiers forcefully
- 27. - those who have support for lower taxes
- 28. - a group of people collected for a common purpose
- 29. - when a group come together to make a decision
Down
- 1. - those who believe we can and should make life better for families across our nation.
- 3. - the fact or state of being independent.
- 4. - a request to do something, most commonly addressed to a government official
- 5. - When a defendant cannot be tried or punished for the same offense more than once.
- 7. - the head of the state
- 12. - The power of the President to refuse to approve a bill.
- 13. - the system of rules for a state.
- 14. - a document allowing authorites to make an arrest or search a premises
- 15. - the introduction to the constitution
- 17. - a tribunal presided over by a judge.
- 18. - the branch that is made up of the House and Senate, known collectively as the Congress
- 22. - The branch in charge of making sure that the laws of the United States are obeyed.
- 24. - the state before a law is approved
- 25. - individual rights of the people
