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Choose one topic from the list below and write a ten (10) page essay on that subject.  Double Space, use number 12 font, one inch margins top/bottom, left/right. APA style preferred but not required. (no minimum number of references)

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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. 

 

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