Across
- 3. the principle or system of vesting in separate branches the executive, legislative, and judicial powers of a government.
- 9. Right of the supreme court to determine is a law violates the Constitution
- 10. Something added to a document
- 11. Overturn a bill proposed in Congress
- 13. Powers not specifically defined in the Constitution
- 14. Reject a bill and prevent it from becoming a law
- 15. Each branch of government has a check on the other 2 branches so that no one branch becomes too powerful
- 17. To Approve
- 18. Voters hold sovereign power
- 20. Idea that government must follow procedures established by law and guaranteed by the Constitution
- 21. Powers shared by the state and federal governments
- 24. Lawmaking branch of government
- 25. Political theory that government is subject to the will of the people
Down
- 1. Formal plan of government
- 2. governing or controlling body whose power exists only within predefined limits that are established by a constitution
- 4. Carry out the nation’s laws
- 5. a moral or legal entitlement to have or obtain something or to act in a certain way.
- 6. Sharing of power between federal and state governments
- 7. Powers that belong to the state government
- 8. People that members of Congress
- 9. Interprets the laws
- 12. a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.
- 13. Formally charge a public official of misconduct in office
- 16. Powers that belong only to the federal government
- 19. formal indication of a choice between two or more candidates or courses of action
- 21. Group of advisors to the president
- 22. Two house legislature
- 23. a person sent or authorized to represent others, in particular an elected representative sent to a conference.