Across 4. Action taken by the president to change or enforce a law without Congressional approval (2 Words) 6. Branch of government that includes all judges and courts to interpret laws 7. Status that courts can give a law to strike it down because it goes against The Constitution 9. Grouping of states that include the number of representatives and senators in each one that one candidate has to win 270 votes to become president (2 Words) 12. Philosophy in which justices and judges strike down unconstitutional laws (2 Words) 14. First paragraph introduction to The Constitution that outlines the purposes of government 15. Name for an enforceable bill approved by both the House and Senate and signed by the President 16. Annual update of the country's events and developments from the president given to Congress (4 Words) 17. Government structure that essentially guarantees political control between Democrats and Republicans (3 Words) 18. Small group of people in Congress that review a bill before sending it to a floor vote 19. Group of presidential advisors that each run departments as secretaries guiding the president 20. Guarantees equal civil rights for all in the states (2 Words) 21. Branch of government that creates and amends laws through debate and discussion

Down 1. Power of the Supreme Court to examine whether laws defend The Constitution (2 Words) 2. Philosophy in which judges or justices only uphold The Constitution but do not interpret it (2 Words) 3. Individual person elected through Electoral College vote to run the Executive Branch 5. Changing the official written words of The Constitution 8. Official count of population in the United States, taken every 10 years 10. Purposefully redrawing Congressional districts to benefit one party or another 11. Part of Constitution that states that when state and federal laws conflict, federal laws overrule (2 Words) 13. Branch of government that executes laws through the president and associated agencies