Across
- 2. The power of each branch has to check to restrain actions by the other branches
- 8. permanent committee in Congress that oversees bills
- 12. judge who disagreed with the majority's decision
- 14. government where power is distributed by laws of constitution
- 17. opinion agreed to by more than half of the members of a court
- 19. The Government can never above go above the law
- 20. powers that are not explicitly specified in the Constitution that are necessary for a branch of government to get its job done
- 22. powers that states and the federal government both share
- 25. Enforces laws
- 26. reviews laws
- 27. alteration or change made to a constitution, law or agreement
- 29. powers granted to the federal government of the United States
- 30. political power that is reserved exclusively to a particular political authority
Down
- 1. Congress the right to make all laws necessary and proper to carry out its expressed powers
- 3. temporary committee that resolve different versions of the same bill that House and Senate have passed
- 4. Reviewing if actions or laws go according to the constitution
- 5. marked section of a statute or writing
- 6. the division of government responsibilities into three branches to limit any one branch from using more power than the other
- 7. Certain powers given to Congress though they are not specifically stated in the Constitution
- 9. Creates law
- 10. formal way of preventing a bill to be voted on in the senate
- 11. Roles and power of the government is limited by the law
- 13. charges against someone to remove them from office
- 15. The introduction part of the constitution
- 16. principle that government gets their powers directly from the people
- 18. Something that is does not go according to the constitution
- 21. to cancel or postpone a bill
- 23. court the highest court in the United States that acts as the final authority of the judicial branch of government
- 24. an indirect veto of a legislative bill that is retaining an unsigned bill until it is too late for it to be dealt with
- 28. Constitution's system of distribution of political power between the government and the states