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2. POL 201 Homework Tutorials/pol201homeworkdotcom • FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT • www.pol201homework.com • POL 201 Week 1 DQ 1 Separation of Powers Checks and Balances • POL 201 Week 1 DQ 2 Amending the U.S. Constitution • POL 201 Week 2 DQ 1 Policy-making in the Federal System • POL 201 Week 2 DQ 2 Meet Your Rep • FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT • www.pol201homework.com • Separation of Powers/Checks and Balances. For much of 2011 and 2012, public dissatisfaction with Congress rose to all time highs, with 70-80% expressing disapproval with how Congress does its job. POL 201 Entire Course (Ash) POL 201 Week 1 DQ 1 Separation of Powers Checks and Balances (Ash)

3. POL 201 Homework Tutorials/pol201homeworkdotcom • FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT • www.pol201homework.com • Amending the U.S. Constitution. The formal process of amending the Constitution is cumbersome and slow. While this fact explains why relatively few amendments have been adopted, it does not discourage advocates of constitutional change from proposing them. • FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT • www.pol201homework.com • Policy-making in the Federal System. The U.S. government's expansive role in public policy is caught in a swirl of conflicting cross-currents. On the one hand, popular expectations about government's responsibility to solve problems often exceed the capacity of state and local authorities to respond effectively. POL 201 Week 1 DQ 2 Amending the U.S. Constitution (Ash) POL 201 Week 2 DQ 1 Policy-making in the Federal System (Ash)

4. POL 201 Homework Tutorials/pol201homeworkdotcom • FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT • www.pol201homework.com • Meet Your Rep. The Constitution states, "The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States..." (Art. I, Sec. 2). • FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT • www.pol201homework.com • Short Essay – Policy-making in the Federal System. The U.S. government's expansive role in public policy is caught in a swirl of conflicting cross-currents. On the one hand, popular expectations about government's responsibility to solve problems often exceed the capacity of state and local authorities to respond effectively. POL 201 Week 2 DQ 2 Meet Your Rep (Ash) POL 201 Week 2 Short Essay - Policy-making in the Federal System (Ash)

5. POL 201 Homework Tutorials/pol201homeworkdotcom • FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT • www.pol201homework.com • Presidential Leadership and the Electoral College. Americans expect their presidents to get things done, to solve problems, to govern effectively, and to be strong leaders. The framers of the Constitution did not envision such presidential leadership. • FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT • www.pol201homework.com • Defense Spending and the Military-Industrial Complex. Levin-Waldman (2012, pp. 186-89) analyzes how "iron triangles" link Congress, the bureaucracy, and interest groups in self-serving relationships that influence policy in ways that are contrary to the public POL 201 Week 3 DQ 1 Presidential Leadership and the Electoral College (Ash) POL 201 Week 3 DQ 2 Defense Spending and the Military-Industrial Complex (Ash)

6. POL 201 Homework Tutorials/pol201homeworkdotcom • FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT • www.pol201homework.com • The Supreme Court and Judicial Review. In a recent lecture at Yale University, Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer cautioned that while most citizens assume that judicial review is an enduring part of American government, judges should not take it for granted. • FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT • www.pol201homework.com • Habeas Corpus and the War on Terror. Soon after the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, the Bush administration developed a plan for holding and interrogating prisoners captured during the conflict. They were sent to a prison inside a U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay on land leased from the government of Cuba. POL 201 Week 4 DQ 1 The Supreme Court and Judicial Review (Ash) POL 201 Week 4 DQ 2 Habeas Corpus and the War on Terror (Ash)

7. POL 201 Homework Tutorials/pol201homeworkdotcom • FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT • www.pol201homework.com • Party Platforms and Winning Elections. Political parties mobilize voters to win elections and implement policy goals. Parties use their stated policy goals (i.e., their platforms) as a way to mobilize voter support. • FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT • www.pol201homework.com • Voting and Turnout. The U.S. has one of the lowest voter turnout rates among modern democratic political systems. One study ranks the U.S. 120th on a list of 169 nations compared on voter turnout (Pintor, Gratschew, & Sullivan, 2002). POL 201 Week 5 DQ 1 Party Platforms and Winning Elections (Ash) POL 201 Week 5 DQ 2 Voting and Turnout (Ash)

8. POL 201 Homework Tutorials/pol201homeworkdotcom • FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT  • www.pol201homework.com • The final assignment for this course is a Final Paper. The purpose of the Final Paper is to give you an opportunity to apply much of what you have learned about American national government to an examination of civil liberties in the context of the war on terror. The Final Paper represents 20% of the overall course grade. POL 201 Week 5 Final Paper Civil Liberties, Habeas Corpus, and the War on Terror (Ash)

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