|
Topic
number one (The Presidency)
Would you like to be president some day?
If you were
president, how would your family, and friends be
affected?
What problems would you focus on to make the
United States a better place?
Does the Office of the President have
the power to accomplish your goals?
Topic
number two (The Judiciary)
Does the United States Supreme Court
ever "Make Law?" (trick
questions) How?
When?
Topic
number three (The Bureaucracy)
What industries do you think should be most regulated?
What industries do you think should be least regulated?
Why?
Topic
number four (Civil Rights)
Why are some laws that treat some people
differently a violation of their "civil
rights", but the same treatment does not
violate the "civil rights" of others?
Consider the following list of persons and ways
in which the government might treat them
differently from other people. Is this treatment
reasonable, or is it arbitrary and unfair?
Blacks-Laws that decide who can go to school
where
Homosexuals-Laws that regulate sexual practices
and marriage
Women-Laws that decide who gets
drafted / Laws that set different costs
for the same amount of life insurance
Rich people-Laws that decide how much to pay in
taxes
Hispanics-Laws that determine the language used
in primary schools
Business people-Laws that decide how much power
federal health and safety inspectors have over
them.
Minorities-Laws that allow preferential
treatment for hiring and promotions, but not for
non-minorities.
|