Across
- 2. A form of government in which political control is exercised by all people, either directly or through their elected representative
- 5. the constitutional power of the president to refuse to sign a bill passed by Congress preventing it from becoming a new law
- 7. a system of government in which power is shared between the central (national) government and the states
- 10. sovereignty a government in which the people rule. they have the supreme power in government.
- 11. to change
- 13. of balance the distribution and balancing of power among different branches of government so that no one branch is able to dominate the others.
- 15. government The system of government in which power is held by the people and exercised indirectly through elected representatives
- 18. a group that seeks to promote its own special interests at the expense of the common good
- 20. of powers each branch has a specific job and power so that no one branch would have all the power
- 21. the people represented by an elected official
- 23. government every individual, including the governmental officials, must obey the law.
- 24. a person chosen to act for or represent others, as at a convention
Down
- 1. collage the group of presidential electors that casts the official votes for president after a presidential election. Each state has a number of electors equal to the total of its members in the senate and house of representatives
- 2. A government controlled by one person or a single group
- 3. rights citizen's basic rights and freedoms
- 4. process of law protection against arbitrary deprivation of life, liberty, property.
- 6. Charging a public official with a crime in office for which they can be removed from power
- 8. representation the number of delegates in the House of Representatives based of population
- 9. jeopardy the provision in the 5th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that one may not be tried twice for the same crime
- 12. formal approval
- 14. rights those rights and responsibilities of U.S. citizens specifically provided for and listed in the Constitution
- 16. government Citizens have the power to govern and citizens give power to leaders they elect to represent.
- 17. corpus A court order directing that prisoner be brought to court and to show cause for his or her detention.
- 19. review the power of the courts to declare laws and actions of the government invalid if they violate the constitution
- 22. The right to vote