Across
- 2. The security service of the United States
- 4. the elected executive head of a state
- 7. being able to do things yourself
- 8. A branch that is the system of courts
- 12. separates the power between branches
- 14. A trial without a jury
- 16. People sworn to give a verdict in a legal case
- 17. A branch that executes and enforces law
- 20. A way to collect opinions on the next president
- 21. A branch that can makes laws and declare war
- 22. Means no one is above the law
- 23. A rulebook for a country's government
Down
- 1. a statement or action expressing disapproval
- 2. the right to act, speak, or think how you want
- 3. number of branches state governments usually have
- 5. legal, social, or ethical principles of freedom
- 6. the power to stop an action
- 9. There are 27 of these that protect the rights of Americans
- 10. The power state and government both dividedly have
- 11. make disputes between legal and illegal actions
- 13. The highest federal court in the US
- 15. Part of the government composed of 2 houses
- 18. proposed rule under consideration by a legislature
- 19. Members of a community
- 21. rules that if broken there will be a penalty