Across
- 2. Current number of judges in the Supreme Court.
- 7. Supreme Court judges are given there positions by this method rather than being elected.
- 8. The first 10 amendments of the US Constitution combined.
- 9. Judiciary assumes legislative power by pushing its own interpretation of the Constitution.
- 12. The key feature of the US Constitution.
- 13. Firmly believing in following the written word of the Constitution.
- 14. States, Officials, Ambassadors or the USA are a party in the case.
- 16. Combining central and regional government systems to create dual sovereignty.
- 17. Judiciary holds other branches of government to account by its own interpretation of the Constitution.
- 18. An unwritten political customer important to Codified Constitutions.
- 20. Outlawed by the 13th amendment in 1864/65.
Down
- 1. Provided by splitting Government into 3 branches.
- 3. The first instance of the President being declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, 1804.
- 4. The first instance of the Supreme Court declaring Congress unconstitutional.
- 5. Power to hear a case of appeal that has already been held in a lesser court.
- 6. Interpreting by reading between the lines.
- 10. A disadvantage of a Codified Constitution.
- 11. Change is made over a long period of time and follows precedent.
- 15. To pass an amendment which takes back a previous one.
- 19. The number of courts set in Article 3 of the US Constitution.