Across
- 2. case that established that the Constitution grants the federal government implied powers that the states cannot step over
- 3. a formal agreement between two or more sovereign states
- 7. The government may only do the things the people have allowed it to do.
- 9. powers that are granted to the government in the Constitution: expressed, implied, and inherent
- 11. those powers that belong to the National Government that are listed in the Constitution
- 14. powers that can only be exercised by the National government; they cannot be exercised by the states
- 16. government and its officers are always subject to-never above-the law
- 17. the name that things are given that overstep a branch’s powers or go against the Constitution
- 19. the power of a court to determine the constitutionality of a governmental action
- 20. lower federal courts under the Supreme Court
- 26. those powers that the Constitution does not grant to the federal government, but does not deny to the states
- 28. an advisory body to the President
- 30. grants of federal money or other resources to the States and their cities, counties, and other local units
- 31. the idea that three basic powers are distributed/separated among three distinct branches of government
- 32. a pact made by the President directly with a foreign head of state
- 33. changes or additions that become apart of the written language of the Constitution
- 35. changes to the Constitution
- 36. an act directing the people of the territory to frame a proposed state constitution
- 37. secures that states must accept the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state
- 38. an unwritten rule that is closely followed in the Senate
Down
- 1. powers not expressly states in the Constitution, but are suggested
- 4. an act creating the a new state
- 5. a provision that declares that the Constitution and treaties of the United States rank above all other forms of law in the nation
- 6. approval
- 8. a legislature made up of two houses
- 10. each branch of government is subject to a series of constitutional restraints by other branches of government
- 12. Article II of the Constitution that creates the executive branch of government
- 13. the body that makes the formal selection of the nation’s President
- 15. no state can draw unreasonable distinctions between its own residents and those who happen to live in another state
- 18. the President’s power to reject an act of Congress
- 21. government must be conducted according to constitutional principles
- 22. government’s power comes from the people
- 23. the Constitution assigns certain powers to the National Government and reserves others to states
- 24. the first 10 amendments in the Constitution
- 25. the legal process by which a fugitive from justice in one state can be returned to that state, preventing a person from escaping justice
- 27. powers that both the National Government and the States possess and exercise
- 29. agreements among states between themselves and other foreign states
- 34. government’s powers are divided among the National and State levels