Across
- 2. a moral or legal liberty to have something or act in a particular way
- 3. to choose someone to hold public office or another position by voting
- 5. an action or event that happens earlier and is regarded as a model to be thought about in similar circumstances later
- 10. having or relating to a system of government in which multiple states form a unity but stay independent for internal affairs
- 12. the state of being equal especially in status, opportunities, and rights
- 14. to use one's authority to reject (a decision, view, etc.)
- 16. a large group of people united by common history, culture, descent, or language in a specific domain
- 18. assign a role to (someone)
- 19. having the authority to run plans, laws, or action into effect
- 20. a charge of wrongdoing made against the holder of a public offie (especially in the US)
- 22. of rights the first 10 amendments to the US constitution approved in 1791 guaranteeing rights to the people
Down
- 1. a territory or nation considered an organized political community under a government
- 3. collage a body of people representing the states of the US, who formally cats votes for president and vice president
- 4. of, at, or forming at the center; of greatest importance, essential, principal
- 6. superior to all others
- 7. to explain the meaning of information, actions, or words
- 8. of powers an act of dividing the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government in separate bodies
- 9. relating to a governing body of a city or town
- 11. a minor change of addition made to improve a piece of legislation or text
- 13. a constitutional right to decline a proposal or decision made by a lawmaking body
- 15. by, of, or appropriate to a judge or the court
- 17. relating to the whole of a country or nation instead of a part of it or to other nations
- 21. a big town
