Across
- 2. the power to hear appeals of cases that have been tried in lower courts
- 4. a change to a constitution
- 5. a form of government where one person has unlimited power
- 8. the first constitution of the United States
Down
- 1. a group of people in the early United States who opposed ratification of the U.S. Constitution because they feared a strong national government and a lack of protection for individual rights
- 3. any court that has the power to hear appeals from lower courts
- 4. a request, made after a trial, asking a higher court to decide whether that trial was conducted properly
- 6. a proposal for a law
- 7. a preference, opinion or attitude that favors one way of thinking or feeling over another
