The Constitution

4. a group of individuals or state governments
7. the first constitution of America
10. the split of authority among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches
11. the branch of government that carries out the laws
16. the principle that the law applies to everyone, even those who govern
18. one of the several main parts of the Constitution
20. the lawmaking branch of the government
22. the idea that power lies with the people

1. powers shared by the federal and state government
2. the branch of government that interprets laws
3. a detailed written plan for government
5. a group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president
6. a system in which each branch of government is able to check, or restrain, the power of the others
8. a passage stating that the Constitution and other laws and treaties made by the national government are "the supreme law of the land"
9. any change in the Constitution
12. powers the Constitution does not give to the federal government; set aside for the state
13. a legislature consisting of two parts
14. to vote approval of
15. a form of government in which power is divided between the federal, or national, government, and the states
17. a law, usually of a city or county
19. a supporter of the Constitution
21. the opening of the Constitution