Across
- 2. a group of advisors consisting of the heads of the executive departments
- 3. agreements or compacts with foreign leaders or foreign governments
- 6. the people establish government and are the source of its power
- 7. the system that gives each branch of government the power to change or cancel acts of another branch
- 9. the inability to govern effectively due to separation of powers
- 10. the powers and functions of the government are restricted by the U.S. Constitution and other laws
- 12. an organized group that seeks to win elections in order to influence the activities of government
- 13. to cancel or revoke a law by a legislative act
- 15. a majority that is larger than a simple majority (three-fifths, two-thirds, three-fourths)
- 16. the president's power to reject legislation
- 17. every member of society must obey the law
Down
- 1. the powers of government are distributed between the national government and and state governments
- 4. any law or government action that is found to violate a part of the Constitution
- 5. the duties of governing are divided among three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial
- 8. the body of 538 people elected from the 50 states and the District of Columbia
- 11. the Constitution is "the supreme law of the land"
- 14. the power to determine whether the actions of the legislative and executive branches of government are constitutional