Assignment:
Spring 2018
Requirements:
1. The paper should center around issues, events, or law pertaining to at least one branch of the federal government (Legislative, Executive, or Judicial).
Example 1: Topic: Gun Control Legislative Action: Brady Bill Judicial Action: Ruled Brady Bill unconstitutional
Example 2 : Topic: Abortion Judicial Action: Roe v. Wade Legislative Action: Limit Federal Money For Abortions
Example 3: Topic: Segregation Judicial Action: Brown v. Board Of Ed. Executive Action: Presidential Federalization Of National Guard
Example 4: Topic: Watergate Executive Action: Refusing To Turn Over Tapes
Judicial Action: Ordering President To Turn
Over Tapes
Legislative Action: Considering Impeachment
2. Research: A minimum of three sources separate from the course texts should be identified in a bibliography.
3. Length: The Paper Should Be 3 Double Spaced Pages Of Text.
4. Possible Topics (students can select a topic not listed here)
-Impeachment -Social Security -Welfare -The Vietnam War
-The New Deal -Euthanasia -Terrorism -The Iraq War
-Stem Cell Research -Campaign Finance -Tobacco -Drug Laws
-Voting Rights -Rights Of The Accused -Political Parties
-Presidential Administrations -Supreme Court Justices -McCarthyism
-U.S. Missile Defense Systems -Gun Regulation -Affirmative Action
-Immigration -The War On Terrorism -Abortion
-Offshore Oil Drilling -Global Warming - The Afghanistan War -Health Care