Across
- 2. the privilege, claimed by the president for the executive branch of the US government, of withholding information in the public interest
- 3. is the legal proceeding in which the personas assets are divided to those who were owed
- 4. the right that the government can make any law at any time
- 6. the action of extraditing a person accused or convicted of a crime
- 8. The practice of spending more money then you receive
- 10. the process of which citizens go from one country to the other
- 15. a situation between two parties where no progress can be made
- 16. is a person who opposed the adoption of the U.S. Constitution
- 18. The powers each branch holds over the others
- 19. formal, legislatively enacted agreements between two or more states that bind them to the compacts' provisions
- 20. a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch
- 23. powers over and beyond those explicitly spelled out in the Constitution
- 24. measure that requires passing from each senate and the house
- 25. a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives
Down
- 1. federal grants given to state and local governments to encourage their cooperation in implementing specific purposes and programs
- 5. political powers granted to the United States government that are stated in the Constitution
- 7. a person who advocates or supports a system of government in which several states unite under a central authority
- 9. a grant from central government which a local authority can allocate to a wide range of services
- 11. Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness
- 12. prohibits states from interfering with the federal government's exercise of its constitutional powers
- 13. the agreement between the government and the people that the government must protects their rights
- 14. the concept of a government limited in power
- 17. the power of congress to regulate interstate and foreign trade
- 21. political powers granted to the United States government that aren't explicitly stated in the Constitution
- 22. the first ten amendments of the constitution