Judicial Review and Federalism

The six basic principles of the US Constitution include Popular Sovereignty, Limited Government, Separation of Powers, Checks and Balances, Judicial Review, and Federalism. Identify and explain one basic principle of the United States Constitution. Describe one specific example in United States history when this principle met the needs of American …

POLITICAL SCIENCE

Answer all questions. Some of the items come directly from The Lie Factory (see document attached) other items you will have to answer from your political science knowledge. 1- When and why did the era of modern campaign management begin?2- Why did Whitaker argue for more partisanship? 3- Whitaker argued …

U.S. American Government

SOCIAL CAPITAL EXERCISE You will need to read the Bowling Alone article by Robert Putnam. Next, read the list of 100 Things You Can Do to Increase Social Capital, as well as the student examples found in the Social Capital folder. You will need to select one of these social …

Security Studies

Topic: Strategic Leadership in U.S. National SecurityTask: Analyze the strategic leadership role of former Director of National Security, James Clapper1. Discuss the key leadership challenges and context surrounding the individuals tenure and how they viewed their role;2. Evaluate the individuals approach to leading others, influencing the organizations culture, and implementing …

Proposition 13

Research Proposition 13 and public education funding in California by reading about it in your textbook and on the Internet. Analyze and evaluate the issue and write a one-page paper. Answer and follow the FOUR STEPS when writing the paper. The instructions and the 4 major steps are uploaded. Please …

Perspectives on Politics

Write an essay on the current younger generations approach to politics. Discuss the role played by political ideas and movements in the everyday life of you demographical portion of society (people aged 18-30). Here are a few guidelines in the form of questions to be answered: What interests are shared …

California government

Please use outside research to explore the following prompt. Remember to cite your sources. California is the driver on a lot of policy decisions which have rippling effects around the world. For this discussion, investigate a way that California is influencing politics beyond state boundaries. (You may want to think …

Values/Norms in Cyberspace

Respond to three (3) of the following four questions in short essays of approximately 600 words each. -Your responses should draw on the relevant empirical and theoretical literature covered in the course material. (Attached) -MUST USE SOURCES THAT ARE ATTACHED -You may use only 1 outside source outside of what …

Civil Liberties Case Studies

Purpose: Civil liberties are natural rights and freedoms of individuals that cannot be taken away by constitution, law or judicial interpretation without due process; that is, when restricting individuals freedoms for the sake of maintaining order in society, members of government must follow pre-established procedures that have been consented to …

Current event

Here is an example post focusing on the federal government. Since this is a Texas Government course, your post will need to be directly related to our course material over Texas politics and government. Title of Article: Obama Renews Vow to Fight for Working Class Author: Jason Seher Date Written: …