Across
- 1. an official act by the president or by a governor forgiving a person convicted of a crime
- 6. lower federal courts that have original jurisdiction
- 8. the body of law that governs relationships among individuals; defines peoples legal rights
- 9. written agreements between nations
- 12. a country's plan for dealing with other countries of the world
- 13. meetings of congress
- 14. the authority to interpret and administer the law
- 15. the removal of a person from an institution
- 17. the process of drawing congressional district lines to favor a political party
- 21. the order in which the office of presidents is filled if it becomes vacant
- 23. an earlier court decision that guides judges' decisions in later cases
Down
- 2. to be distributed, as in seats in the House of Representatives
- 3. the body of law that regulates the conduct of individuals as members of the state
- 4. legal protection
- 5. a law making body of 2 houses
- 7. a yearly report by the president to congress describing the nations conditions
- 10. the art of dealing with foreign governments
- 11. law based on the U.S. Constitution
- 16. customary law that develops from judges' decisions
- 18. a postponement in the carrying out of a prison sentence
- 19. any act that breaks the law
- 20. the formal disapproval of of the action of a member of Congress by other members
- 22. the right of a convicted person to ask a higher court to review their case