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POL 201 Entire Course (Ash Course)
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POL 201 Week 1 DQ 1 Separation of Powers Checks and Balances
POL 201 Week 1 DQ 2 Amending the U.S. Constitution
POL 201 Week 2 DQ 1 Policy-making in the Federal System
POL 201 Week 2 DQ 2 Meet Your Rep
POL 201 Week 2 Short Essay — Policy-making in the Federal System
POL 201 Week 3 DQ 1 Presidential Leadership and the Electoral College
POL 201 Week 3 DQ 2 Defense Spending and the Military-Industrial Complex
POL 201 Week 4 DQ 1 The Supreme Court and Judicial Review
POL 201 Week 4 DQ 2 Habeas Corpus and the War on Terror
POL 201 Week 5 DQ 1 Party Platforms and Winning Elections
POL 201 Week 5 DQ 2 Voting and Turnout
POL 201 Week 5 Final Paper Civil Liberties, Habeas Corpus, and the War on Terror
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POL 201 Week 1 DQ 1 Separation of Powers Checks and Balances (Ash Course)
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Separation of Powers/Checks and Balances. For much of 2011 and 2012, public dissatisfaction with Congress rose to all time highs, with 70–80% expressing disapproval with how Congress does its job. Many commentators note that Americans are fed up with Washington “grid-lock” that makes government apparently unable to address important problems.
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POL 201 Week 1 DQ 2 Amending the U.S. Constitution (Ash Course)
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Amending the U.S. Constitution. The formal process of amending the Constitution is cumbersome and slow. While this fact explains why relatively few amendments have been adopted, it does not discourage advocates of constitutional change from proposing them. Four amendment proposals that have gained considerable attention are the Balanced Budget Amendment, the Birthright Citizenship Amendment, the Equal Rights Amendment, and the Overturn Citizens United Amendment. Select one of these proposals as the topic of your initial post and use the assigned resources to inform yourself about its purpose and the arguments of its supporters and critics.
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POL 201 Week 2 DQ 1 Policy-making in the Federal System (Ash Course)
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Policy-making in the Federal System. The U.S. government’s expansive role in public policy is caught in a swirl of conflicting cross-currents. On the one hand, popular expectations about government’s responsibility to solve problems often exceed the capacity of state and local authorities to respond effectively.
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POL 201 Week 2 Short Essay — Policy-making in the Federal System (Ash Course)
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Short Essay — Policy-making in the Federal System. The U.S. government’s expansive role in public policy is caught in a swirl of conflicting cross-currents. On the one hand, popular expectations about government’s responsibility to solve problems often exceed the capacity of state and local authorities to respond effectively. On the other hand, policies developed at the national level may not sufficiently reflect the great diversity of interests across the U.S. to be effective at the local level. Moreover, the search for effective policy is further complicated by theoretical debates about the constitutional framework of federalism, e.g., what limits on national power can be derived from the 10th Amendment?
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POL 201 Week 3 DQ 1 Presidential Leadership and the Electoral College (Ash Course)
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Presidential Leadership and the Electoral College. Americans expect their presidents to get things done, to solve problems, to govern effectively, and to be strong leaders. The framers of the Constitution did not envision such presidential leadership.
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POL 201 Week 4 DQ 1 The Supreme Court and Judicial Review (Ash Course)
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The Supreme Court and Judicial Review. In a recent lecture at Yale University, Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer cautioned that while most citizens assume that judicial review is an enduring part of American government, judges should not take it for granted.
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POL 201 Week 5 DQ 2 Voting and Turnout (Ash Course)
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Voting and Turnout. The U.S. has one of the lowest voter turnout rates among modern democratic political systems. One study ranks the U.S. 120th on a list of 169 nations compared on voter turnout (Pintor, Gratschew, & Sullivan, 2002). While during the last decade many initiatives have been undertaken to increase voter participation, concerns about the possibility of election fraud have also increased.
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POL 201 Week 5 Final Paper Civil Liberties, Habeas Corpus, and the War on Terror (Ash Course)
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The final assignment for this course is a Final Paper. The purpose of the Final Paper is to give you an opportunity to apply much of what you have learned about American national government to an examination of civil liberties in the context of the war on terror. The Final Paper represents 20% of the overall course grade.
