The Constitution

3. the split of authority among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches
5. the first constitution of America
6. the branch of government that interprets laws
8. one of the several main parts of the Constitution
10. a detailed written plan for government
12. the opening of the Constitution
13. a system in which each branch of government is able to check, or restrain, the power of the others
15. the principle that the law applies to everyone, even those who govern
16. a group of individuals or state governments
17. to vote approval of
20. a form of government in which power is divided between the federal, or national, government, and the states
22. a group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president

1. the lawmaking branch of the government
2. powers the Constitution does not give to the federal government; set aside for the state
4. powers shared by the federal and state government
7. the branch of government that carries out the laws
9. a legislature consisting of two parts
11. any change in the Constitution
14. a passage stating that the Constitution and other laws and treaties made by the national government are "the supreme law of the land"
18. a law, usually of a city or county
19. a supporter of the Constitution
21. the idea that power lies with the people