POL 201 homework Absolute Tutors / pol201homework.com

1
POL 201 homework Absolute Tutors /
pol201homework.com
2
POL 201 homework Absolute Tutors
POL 201 Entire Course (Ash) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT   www.pol201homework.com   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
3
POL 201 homework Absolute Tutors
POL 201 Week 1 DQ 1 Separation of Powers Checks
and Balances (Ash) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT   www.pol201homework.com   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
4
POL 201 homework Absolute Tutors
POL 201 Week 1 DQ 2 Amending the U.S.
Constitution (Ash) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT   www.pol201homework.com   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
5
POL 201 homework Absolute Tutors
POL 201 Week 2 DQ 1 Policy-making in the Federal
System (Ash) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT   www.pol201ho
mework.com   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,
6
POL 201 homework Absolute Tutors
POL 201 Week 2 DQ 2 Meet Your Rep (Ash) FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT   www.pol201homework.com   Meet
Your Rep. The Constitution states, "The House of
Representatives shall be composed of Members
chosen every second Year by the People of the
several States..." (Art. I, Sec. 2). Contrast
this with the original constitutional language
for the other house of Congress
7
POL 201 homework Absolute Tutors
POL 201 Week 2 Short Essay - Policy-making in the
Federal System (Ash) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT   www.pol201homework.com   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.
8
POL 201 homework Absolute Tutors
POL 201 Week 3 DQ 1 Presidential Leadership and
the Electoral College (Ash) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT   www.pol201homework.com   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. A
scholar of the
9
POL 201 homework Absolute Tutors
POL 201 Week 3 DQ 2 Defense Spending and the
Military-Industrial Complex (Ash) FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT   www.pol201homework.com   Defense
Spending and the Military-Industrial Complex.
Levin-Waldman (2012, pp. 186-89) analyzes how
"iron triangles" link Congress, the bureaucracy,
and interest groups in self-serving relationships
that influence policy in ways that are contrary
to the public interest. In 1961, at the end of
President Eisenhower's second
10
POL 201 homework Absolute Tutors
POL 201 Week 4 DQ 1 The Supreme Court and
Judicial Review (Ash) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT   www.pol201homework.com   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. He advises that if judges wish to
preserve this undemocratic
11
POL 201 homework Absolute Tutors
POL 201 Week 4 DQ 2 Habeas Corpus and the War on
Terror (Ash) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT   www.pol201ho
mework.com   Habeas Corpus and the War on Terror.
Soon after the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in
2001, the Bush administration developed a plan
for holding and interrogating prisoners captured
during the conflict. They were sent to a prison
inside a U.S. naval base
12
POL 201 homework Absolute Tutors
POL 201 Week 5 DQ 1 Party Platforms and Winning
Elections (Ash) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT   www.pol201homework.com   Party Platforms
and Winning Elections. Political parties mobilize
voters to win elections and implement policy
goals. Parties use their stated policy goals
(i.e., their platforms) as a way to mobilize
voter support. Generally, in order to be
successful in a two-party system, parties must
have policy goals across a broad range of issue
areas to appeal to a broad range of voters.
13
POL 201 homework Absolute Tutors
POL 201 Week 5 DQ 2 Voting and Turnout (Ash) FOR
MORE CLASSES VISIT   www.pol201homework.com   Voti
ng 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
14
POL 201 homework Absolute Tutors
POL 201 Week 5 Final Paper Civil Liberties,
Habeas Corpus, and the War on Terror (Ash) FOR
MORE CLASSES VISIT   www.pol201homework.com   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.
15
POL 201 homework Absolute Tutors