Across
- 1. To formally approve a treaty or constitutional amendment
- 4. Distribution of government responsibilities into distinct branches
- 6. Division of power between national and state governments
- 7. The president's power to reject a bill
- 9. A tactic used in the Senate to delay legislation
- 11. A meeting of supporters or members of a specific political party
- 17. The first ten amendments to the Constitution
- 19. The branch that enforces laws
- 20. Legal requirement that the state must respect all legal rights
- 22. Legislature with two houses
- 23. The branch that interprets laws
- 25. Protection against unlawful detention
- 26. The supreme law of the United States
- 28. An organized effort to win an election
- 30. Grants Congress power to regulate trade
- 31. Establishes the Constitution as the highest law
Down
- 2. A change or addition to the Constitution
- 3. Manipulate electoral district boundaries for political advantage
- 5. The body that elects the president
- 8. The right to vote in political elections
- 10. The current holder of a political office
- 12. The highest judicial authority in the United States
- 13. Branch of government responsible for making laws
- 14. System that allows each branch to limit the others
- 15. A strategy to manipulate district boundaries
- 16. A proposed law presented for approval
- 18. Introduction to the Constitution outlining its purposes
- 21. Theory that people give up some rights for protection from their government
- 24. The authority granted by a constituency to act as its representative
- 27. The power of courts to declare laws unconstitutional
- 29. The process to remove a public official for misconduct