Across
- 1. President Nixon was charged with this
- 4. the branch of government that carries out laws
- 5. the branch of government that interprets laws
- 7. government which is divided between national, state, and local governments
- 8. Obama does this to block laws he doesn't favor
- 10. power divided into three branches (legislative, executive, and judicial)
- 12. each branch has certain powers to limit the other branches
- 14. power belonging only to the national government; ex. Declare war
- 15. to assign someone a job
- 16. the law making body of a state or nation
Down
- 2. power shared between the national government and state governments
- 3. the branch of government that makes laws
- 6. Virginia has the power to set the drinking age
- 9. highest federal court in the U.S.
- 11. elected leader of a democratic country
- 13. legislature made up of two parts/houses