Across
- 1. group of people with the constitutional or legal task to rule a country or state, or advise a head of state
- 4. We the People of the United States
- 6. a branch office that offers a restricted range of services,
- 8. These amendments were ratified December 15, 1791
- 10. Federal, State, and Local
- 13. a preliminary or preparatory statement
- 14. the political doctrine that government authority and legitimacy stem from the consent of the governed,
- 16. the leader of the united state
- 18. the president can do this
- 19. principle of government under which separate branches are empowered to prevent actions by other branches and are induced to share power
Down
- 1. legal protections that ensure equal treatment and prevent discrimination for all individuals,
- 2. the action of signing or giving formal consent to a treaty
- 3. relating to laws or the making of them.
- 5. relating to or characteristic of soldiers or armed forces.
- 7. having the power to put plans, actions, or laws into effect.
- 9. the governing body of a nation, state, or community.
- 11. rule by the people.
- 12. the Bill of Rights Institute searches for contemporary news
- 15. the smaller upper assembly in the US Congress, most US states, France, and other countries.
- 17. the legislative branch, the part of the government that makes laws
