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Across 3. part of the 5th Amendment that says once a person has been tried for a crime, he or she cannot be tried again for that same crime 5. procedure that may be used to limit or end floor debate in a legislative body 8. a form of government in which a single person holds unlimited political power 12. Allows people to vote directly for an office 13. governing unit, like the U.S. Senate, whose seats are never all up for electionb at the same time 17. The guarantees of the safety of persons, opinions, and property from arbitary acts of government, including freedom of speech and freedom of religion 19. an adjective describing a legislative body composed of two chambers 20. numbered sections of a document. The unamended Constitution is divided into seven of them 21. the persons who opposed the ratification of the Constitution in 1787-1788 22. part of the 14th Amendment that guarantees that no state can deny basic rights to its people 23. the people and interests that an elected official represents

Down 1. those powers, expressed, implied, or inherent, granted to the National Government by the Constitution 2. Presidential advosry body, traditionally made up of the heads of the executive departments and other officers 4. a large, complex administrative structure that jandles the everyday business of an organization 6. the death penalty 7. a change in, or addition to, a constitution or law 9. an adjustment of opposing principles or systems by modifying some aspect of each 10. system of overlapping the powers of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches to permit each branch to check the actions of the others 11. those powers that both the National and State governments possess and exercise 14. a case in which a defendant is tried for committing a crime as defined by law 15. a term used for the positive acts of government that seek to make constitutional guarantees a reality for all people; prohibition of discrimination 16. a form of government in which supreme authority rests with the people 18. a form of government in which the leader has absolute power and authority