Across
- 2. a situation resembling congestion or lack of movement
- 3. a system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and constituent political units
- 6. a vote given in deciding a controverted question or electing a person for an office or trust
- 10. a legal decision or form of proceeding serving as an authoritative rule or pattern in future similar or analogous cases
- 11. the institution, system, or practice of censoring
- 12. the formal expression (as by a judge, court, or referee) of the legal reasons and principles upon which a legal decision is based
- 13. a usually formal statement made against something or to effect a change
- 14. free from an obligation or liability imposed on others
- 15. government policies that affect the whole population
- 17. the nonpolitical rights of a citizen; especially : the rights of personal liberty guaranteed to U.S. citizens by the 13th and 14th amendments to the Constitution and by acts of Congress
- 19. relating to or denoting a system of government in which several states unite under a central authority
- 20. a scandal usually involving abuses of office, skulduggery, and a cover-up
Down
- 1. a tax of a fixed amount per person levied on adults and often linked to the right to vote
- 4. a legislative process that enables expedited passage of a bill relating to certain matters in the federal budget by a simple majority of votes
- 5. services such as national defense, law enforcement, and road building, that are for the benefit of, and available to, all members of the public
- 7. a theory maintaining the political and economic independence of the individual and stressing individual initiative, action, and interests
- 8. the form or system of rule by which a state, community, etc., is governed
- 9. a person who opposed the adoption of the U.S. Constitution
- 16. to bring formal charges against (a public official) for wrongdoing while in office.
- 18. one engaged in a lawsuit