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Across 1. let the decision of the court stand. 2 words 5. the only president that never ran for neither vice president nor president but became president 6. a strategy unique to the senate whereby opponents of a piece of legislation try to talk it to death, based on the tradition of unlimited debate 9. his assassination led to Pendleton's act 10. how long does a supreme court justice serve? 11. an organization of people with shared policy goals entering the policy process at several points to try to achieve those goals. 2 words 12. a job given for political reasons rather than merit or competence alone. 2 words 14. a policy document allocating burdens (taxes) & benefits (expenditures) 16. called American tax system a 'national disgrace' 17. actually tries/convicts president in case of impeachment 18. legal right to vote

Down 2. lawsuits permitting a small # of people to sue on behalf of all other people similarly situated . 3 words 3. A theory of government and politics emphasizing that politics is mainly a competition among groups, each one pressing for its own preferred policies 2 words 4. constitutional power of the president to send a bill back to congress with reasons for rejecting it. A 2/3 vote in each house can override a veto 5. ability of members of congress to use the United States Postal Service for free 7. a state-level method of direct legislation that gives voters a chance to approve or disapprove proposed legislation or a proposed constitutional amendment. 8. revenue losses that result from special exemptions, exclusions, or deductions on federal tax law. 2 words 13. a theory of government and politics contending that societies are divided along class lines and those upper class elite will rule, regardless of the formal niceties of governmental organization. 2 words 15. coined Bureaucracy