Across
- 2. The concept that the government must follow clear rules and act reasonably as it carries out the law
- 4. Protects people and their belongings from unreasonable searches and seizures
- 5. Lists a number of rights that are designed to provide accused persons with fair trials
- 6. Putting a person on trial more than once for the same crime
- 9. Protects the rights and liberties not stated in the constitution
- 10. A person who is required to defend himself or herself in a legal action
- 12. A formal listing of the basic rights of people in the United States
- 13. Codifies the right to a jury trial in certain civil cases and inhibits courts from overturning a jury's findings of fact
- 14. Giving testimony that can be used against oneself
- 18. An order from a judge that authorizes police or other officials to take a certain action, such as searching someone’s property
- 19. Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States
- 20. Protects an accused person's rights both before and after trial
- 22. The supporters of the proposed Constitution
- 23. Payment given to someone to offset, or make up for, a loss or injury
Down
- 1. Protects the right to keep and bear arms
- 3. Protects people's legal rights
- 7. Founding Father who served as the fourth president of the United States
- 8. The action of signing or giving formal consent to a treaty, contract, or agreement, making it officially valid
- 11. Those who opposed the ratification of the Constitution
- 15. Prevents the government from making laws which regulate an establishment of religion, the freedom of the press, the freedom of assembly, and the right to petition
- 16. Protects the states from excessive federal power
- 17. Places restrictions on the quartering of soldiers in private homes without the owner's consent, forbidding the practice in peacetime
- 21. To withhold or take away something