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POL 303 Innovative Educator

• POL 303 Entire Course (Ash)
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• POL 303 Week 1 DQ 1 Judicial Review
• POL 303 Week 1 DQ 2 Congress and Federalism
• POL 303 Week 2 DQ 1 Religious Liberty
• POL 303 Week 2 DQ 2 Freedom of Expression
• POL 303 Week 2 Teaching Intelligent Design in
  the Public Schools
• POL 303 Week 3 DQ 1 Equal Protection and Gender
  Discrimination
• POL 303 Week 3 DQ 2 Constitutional Issues Related
  to Same-gender Marriage
• POL 303 Week 3 Research Paper Draft

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POL 303 Innovative Educator

• POL 303 Week 1 DQ 1 Judicial Review (Ash)
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• POL 303 Week 1 DQ 1 Judicial Review
• Political Science - General Political Science
• Judicial Review. Respond to this 2-part question
  in your initial post
• a. What is the Supreme Court's justification for
  its claim to the power of judicial review in the
  American system of government? Fully explain
  Chief Justice Marshalls rationale in Marbury v.
  Madison.
• b. Do you find this rationale persuasive,
  especially in light of how the modern Court
  exercises this power in a decision like Bush v.
  Gore? Fully explain the constitutional basis of
  your reasons.

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• POL 303 Week 1 DQ 2 Congress and Federalism (Ash)
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• POL 303 Week 1 DQ 2 Congress and Federalism
• Political Science - General Political Science
• Congress and Federalism. Respond to this 2-part
  question in your initial post
• a. What is the Supreme Court's justification for
  recognizing broad and expansive national power in
  Congress to address what some view as "local"
  problems? Fully explain the Courts rationale in
  McCulloch v. Maryland (by Marshall, C.J.) and the
  different rationales of various Justices in the
  2012 Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) cases.
• b. Which of the Courts rationales do you find
  most persuasive? Which are the least persuasive?
  Fully explain the constitutional basis of your
  reasons.

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• POL 303 Week 2 DQ 1 Religious Liberty (Ash)
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• POL 303 Week 2 DQ 1 Religious Liberty
• Political Science - General Political Science
• Religious Liberty. Respond to this 3-part
  question in your initial post
• Explain the Supreme Court's reasons, in Edwards
  v. Aguillard (the majority opinion by Justice
  Brennan), for holding that a law mandating the
  teaching of creationism in public schools
  violates the Constitutions ban on establishment
  of religion.
• Explain the rationale of Justice Scalias
  dissenting opinion.

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• POL 303 Week 2 DQ 2 Freedom of Expression (Ash)
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• POL 303 Week 2 DQ 2 Freedom of Expression
• Political Science - General Political Science
• DQ 2 Freedom of Expression. In 2010 the Supreme
  Court, in a 5-4 decision, held that certain
  government restrictions on corporate funding of
  independent political broadcasts in candidate
  elections were unconstitutional (Citizens United
  v. Federal Election Commission). This
  controversial decision has been greeted with
  calls to overturn it by amending the
  Constitution.

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• POL 303 Week 2 Teaching Intelligent Design in
  the Public Schools (Ash)
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• POL 303 Week 2 Teaching Intelligent Design in
  the Public Schools
• Political Science - General Political Science
• Teaching Intelligent Design in the Public
  Schools. Write your paper about a hypothetical
  proposal that is before the elected school board
  for the public schools in your city. The proposal
  stirs deep controversy in the community.
  Opponents claim that it would violate the
  Constitutions prohibition against a
  establishment of religion. The proposed
  mandatory regulation states
• The theory of intelligent design shall be
  taught in the public schools of this city in all
  classes where the theory of evolution is taught.

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POL 303 Innovative Educator

• POL 303 Week 3 DQ 1 Equal Protection and Gender
  Discrimination (Ash)
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• POL 303 Week 3 DQ 1 Equal Protection and Gender
  Discrimination
• Political Science - General Political Science
• Equal Protection and Gender Discrimination. In
  recent years opportunities for women in the U.S.
  military have been expanding. But 200,000 jobs
  may remain closed to women for a variety of
  reasons. Recently two female Army Reserve
  officers sued the government for excluding them
  from formal assignment to specific Army combat
  units and other positions solely because of their
  gender (Sampson, 2012). benefits.

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• POL 303 Week 3 DQ 2 Constitutional Issues Related
  to Same-gender Marriage (Ash)
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• POL 303 Week 3 DQ 2 Constitutional Issues Related
  to Same-gender Marriage
• Political Science - General Political Science
• Constitutional Issues Related to Same-gender
  Marriage. In 2012 the Armed Services Committee of
  the House of Representatives adopted, by a
  party-line vote, an amendment to the military
  defense budget for 2013 that would prohibit
  same-gender marriage ceremonies in base chapels
  serving members of the U.S. Armed Forces.

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POL 303 Innovative Educator

• POL 303 Week 3 Research Paper Draft (Ash)
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• POL 303 Week 3 Research Paper Draft
• Political Science - General Political Science
• Research Paper Draft. This is an opportunity to
  submit a draft or outline of the Research Paper
  for review and feedback from your instructor.
  Read the instructions for the Week Five Research
  Paper and create an outline for the structure of
  the paper. For information regarding writing an
  outline, reference to the Ashford Writing Center
  within the Learning Resources tab on the left
  navigation toolbar.

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• POL 303 Week 4 DQ 1 Suspicion-less Strip Searches
  (Ash)
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• POL 303 Week 4 DQ 1 Suspicion-less Strip Searches
• Political Science - General Political Science
• Suspicion-less Strip Searches. In 2012 the
  Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, upheld the
  constitutionality of routine (without probable
  cause) strip searches of persons arrested and
  detained, even briefly, in a jail (Florence v.
  Board of Chosen Freeholders of the Country of
  Burlington). Respond to this 3-part question in
  your initial post
• Explain the rationale of the Supreme Court's
  decision in Florence (the majority opinion by
  Justice Kennedy).

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• POL 303 Week 4 DQ 2 Cruel and Unusual Punishment
  (Ash)
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• POL 303 Week 4 DQ 2 Cruel and Unusual Punishment
• Political Science - General Political Science
• Cruel and Unusual Punishment. During the last
  decade, the Supreme Court has applied the 8th
  Amendments prohibition against cruel and unusual
  punishments against some of the harsher
  sentencing policies implemented by various
  states. Three cases dealing with juvenile
  offenders Roper v. Simmons (2005), Graham v.
  Florida (2010), and Miller v. Alabama (2012)
  illustrate this moderating trend. An underlying
  rationale of these decisions disproportionality
  contrasts with rationales guiding the Courts
  earlier (pre- 2002) interpretations of the 8th
  Amendment (see Davis, 2008).

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• POL 303 Week 5 DQ 1 Eminent Domain (Ash)
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• POL 303 Week 5 DQ 1 Eminent Domain
• Political Science - General Political Science
• Eminent Domain. In 2005 the Supreme Court, in a
  5-4 decision, upheld the constitutionality of a
  city taking private property, while paying the
  owner just compensation, and selling it to a
  private developer as part of a plan to stimulate
  the city's weak economy (Kelo v. City of New
  London). Respond to this 3-part question in your
  initial post
• Explain the rationale of the Supreme Court's
  decision in Kelo (the majority opinion by Justice
  Stevens).

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• POL 303 Week 5 DQ 2 Right to Bear Arms (Ash)
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• POL 303 Week 5 DQ 2 Right to Bear Arms
• Political Science - General Political Science
• Right to Bear Arms. In 2010 the Supreme Courts
  novel and controversial interpretation of the 2nd
  Amendment greatly limited governments power to
  restrict gun possession. The case McDonald v.
  Chicago sparked widespread debate across the
  political and legal community, some of which is
  expressed in the articles you read for this
  discussion.

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POL 303 Innovative Educator

• POL 303 Week 5 Final Paper (Ash)
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• POL 303 Week 5 Final Paper
• Political Science - General Political Science
• Focus of the Research Paper
• In this essay you will research a case that is
  actively pending before the Supreme Court of the
  United States (not yet decided by the Court when
  you submit your essay at the end of Week Five).
  It must be a case that raises significant issues
  involving the interpretation of the Constitution.
  The thesis of your essay will be a statement of
  the decision, regarding these issues, which the
  Court should make, according to your research and
  analysis of the constitutional principles, Court
  precedents, facts of the case, and other relevant
  information.

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