The Constitution

5. Checks and Balances ____ the power of each government branch.
6. In order to amend the constitution, two ____ of the house and the senate need to agree.
7. The _______ court may rule that laws or executive acts are unconstitutional.
10. The Senate majority leader.
11. What amendment declares freedom of religion, speech, the press, and assembly/petition?
13. A person convicted of a crime has the right to a ___ from the sixth amendment.
16. Who can ratify the constitution with a ¾ vote?
19. The concurrent powers ____ the law.
22. The states themselves can run the _____.
23. Idea that the government divides power between the national and state governments.
24. The ninth amendment entitles citizens to rights not ____ in the constitution.

1. Current US senator from New Jersey.
2. The current U.S. Representative from New Jersey’s fifth district.
3. Appoints ambassadors and other officials
4. No single _____ can overpower the other two.
5. The _____ can override the President’s veto.
8. they hold office for life under the judicial branch
9. If the house of representatives impeach the president the senate holds the _____ trials.
12. The ______ powers can conduct foreign relations.
14. The house of representatives elect the President if the _____ college ties.
15. The Power the president has to reject a law Congressed passes.
17. Each branch of government does this to make sure not one branch comes too powerful.
18. The age a person is allowed to vote, written in the twenty-sixth amendment.
20. The eighteenth amendment was _____ in the twenty first amendment.
21. What does the nineteenth amendment allow women to do?