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- 2. The president can check the power of the legislative branch by ______________ a law.
- 3. Only ________________________ has the power to declare war.
- 6. The power to take personal property from someone to benefit the public.
- 10. A federal court can strike down a state or federal law if it finds that the law is ____________________.
- 11. Two main goals of the ______________ of the Constitution were to protect citizens’ rights and ____________ the country.
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- 1. Gives permission to authorities to go through someone’s property.
- 4. Protects the rights of the accused by requiring that laws be applied fairly; says the government cannot take a person’s life, liberty, or property without it.
- 5. The __________ Amendment protects freedom of religion, speech, the press, assembly, and the right to petition.
- 7. The House of Representatives can ________________________, or vote to bring serious charges against, a president, vice president, and all civil officers of the United States.
- 8. purpose of the __________ and __________ Amendments is to protect rights not addressed by the first eight amendments and leave those rights up to the states and the people to decide.
- 9. The federal government is divided into separate branches to keep any one branch from growing too _____________________.
- 12. U.S. government penalty for an immigrant who breaks the law.