Across
- 3. president’s official forgiveness of a crime that frees the convicted person
- 5. system of courts that interprets and applies laws.
- 9. advisory leaders of the executive department
- 12. a bill that approves the spending of money
- 13. a union of states
- 14. two house legislature
- 16. continual debating to deny a bill from being voted on in the Senate
- 19. type of jurisdiction in which the authority of a court to be the first court to hold trials in certain kinds of cases
- 20. type of jurisdiction in which the authority of some courts to review decisions made by lower courts.
Down
- 1. refusal to sign a bill by the president
- 2. written agreements between nations oath: promise
- 4. the determination of whether a law is constitutional or not.
- 6. one house legislature
- 7. the art of dealing with foreign nations
- 8. lawmaking branch of government
- 10. plan of government
- 11. official who leads an executive department
- 15. branch of government which enforces or carries out the laws
- 17. judges of the Supreme Court treason: the act of betraying one’s country
- 18. charge an official with misconduct bill: proposed law