Donald Trump was elected president in November 2016 despite losing the popular vote by upwards roughly 2.9 million votes. The second election in 20 years of a president who failed to receive a majority of the popular vote has led to renewed calls to abolish the electoral college. Recently, several Democratic presidential candidates have called for the Electoral College to be abolished. The following article […]

 compile a report on “Getting What We Need with North Korea” by Leon V. Sigal. In the report, you are to summarize the article’s main points and how the author(s) reached their conclusions. Then, you are to do your own research using credible sources (i.e.-NOT Wikipedia, blogs, obviously liberal or conservative-biased sources with an ideological agenda, etc.) to talk about current issues mentioned in your […]

Contrasting Views Position Responses: Read over what your classmate’s posted and reply to two (2) people of your choice.  It’s okay if you end up replying to the same person twice.  What you write should reference specific details in your peer’s work and offer a meaningful point that draws on the content from the article(s).  In short, “Great post, Tim!  I totally agree with everything […]

As time passes since the attacks of September 11, 2001, homeland security has improved, but concerns over privacy and civil liberties have increased. Advocates for security claim that new technologies and techniques in homeland security are necessary to protect the public. Privacy advocates believe that the mining of personal information and increased surveillance have negatively altered the American way of life.

For the policy memo assignment, imagine that you work for an interest group that promotes a package of policies to politicians and government agencies at the national level.  The interest group for whom you work is in the process of updating information on the core issues it promotes and has tasked you with composing a five-page policy paper on one of these core issues. 

In order to complete this assignment you will need to provide a summary of the report you selected. Please complete the assignment in a Word document and upload the assignment for grading. When assigning a name to your document please use the following format (last name_Assignment #). Use examples from the readings, lecture notes and outside research to support your answers. The assignment must be […]

What is meant by selective incorporation? Discuss the history of this process and its importance on protection of individual rights. In addition, carefully explain SEVERAL Supreme Court cases EACH for selective incorporation of the First Amendment rights AND rights of the criminally accused.  Use only Patterson’s We the People, 12th Edition in answering the essay question. DO NOT use any outside material. 

       No unread replies.          No replies.         The most well known of President Trump’s campaign pledges was to construct a wall on the southern border of the United States. This because a rallying cry at Trump’s rallies (Build that wall! Build that wall!), but polls indicate that most Americans do not favor the construction of a literal wall. The idea has also not been enthusiastically embraced within […]

Please follow this link and watch the videos/read the stories from KERA’s “One Crisis Away” series:  http://stories.kera.org/onecrisisaway/  After viewing/reading, please post a brief reflection on what you learned. What sticks with you most after hearing these stories? What solutions might exist within Texas politics to these problems? What role do you think government can/should play in addressing these issues?

 Assume one of the following suggested identities—a security analyst at Pentagon, a policy analyst at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, a CEO of a multinational corporation that has growing footprint in China, a human rights advocate inside the beltway, a policy analyst at a leading investment bank, a trade analyst at the American Chamber of Commerce, or anyone out of your own pick. Lay out […]