Constitution Crossword Puzzle

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  1. 3. a constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a law-making body.
  2. 4. of powers an act of vesting the legislative, executive, and judicial powers of government in separate bodies.
  3. 7. branch part of the United States government that creates laws
  4. 9. an article added to the US Constitution.
  5. 11. charge (the holder of a public office) with misconduct.
  6. 12. powers also called the Enumerated Powers, are the powers of Congress established in section eight of Article I of the US Constitution. There are nineteen such powers
  7. 13. and balances counterbalancing influences by which an organization or system is regulated, typically those ensuring that political power is not concentrated in the hands of individuals or groups.
  8. 16. sign or give formal consent to (a treaty, contract, or agreement), making it officially valid.
  9. 17. a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch.
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  1. 1. branch includes criminal and civil courts and helps interpret the United States Constitution
  2. 2. a body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed.
  3. 5. the federal principle or system of government.
  4. 6. branch part of U.S. government responsible for carrying out laws
  5. 8. college a body of people representing the states of the US, who formally cast votes for the election of the president and vice president.
  6. 9. of confederation the original constitution of the US, ratified in 1781, which was replaced by the US Constitution in 1789.
  7. 10. a body of advisers to the president, composed of the heads of the executive departments of the government.
  8. 12. a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.
  9. 14. powers a power that is not specifically authorized in writing, but is assumed because of similar powers which have already been granted in writing.
  10. 15. of rights the first ten amendments to the US Constitution, ratified in 1791 and guaranteeing such rights as the freedoms of speech, assembly, and worship.
  11. 16. powers a political power that a constitution reserves exclusively to the jurisdiction of a particular political authority.