Across
- 2. a clever person
- 4. the federal branch of government in which the Supreme Court is in charge
- 8. the federal branch of government in which the president is in charge
- 10. administrative decisions that are directly related to all issues and activity within a nation's borders
- 13. principle that the authority of a state and its government are created and sustained by the consent of its people
- 14. degree of differences
- 15. the federal branch of government made up of the House of Representatives and Congress
Down
- 1. division of the legislative, executive, and judicial functions of government among separate and independent bodies
- 3. the process used to make sure no one branch of government becomes to powerful
- 5. make an unjust or prejudicial distinction in the treatment of different categories of people
- 6. review by the US Supreme Court of the constitutional validity of a legislative act
- 7. providing leadership, maintaining order, providing public services, providing national security, providing economic security, and providing economic assistance
- 9. a group of people that seeks to influence public policy on the basis of a particular common interest or concern
- 11. the federal principle or system of government
- 12. any commercial transactions or traffic that cross state boundaries or that involve more than one state
