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2. POL 201 ASH Material POL 201 Entire Course (Ash) POL 201 Week 1 DQ 1 Separation of Powers Checks and Balances (Ash) 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. Many commentators note that Americans are fed up with Washington "grid-lock" that makes government apparently • 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

3. POL 201 ASH Material 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) 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 • 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

4. POL 201 ASH Material POL 201 Week 2 DQ 2 Meet Your Rep (Ash) POL 201 Week 2 Short Essay - Policy-making in the Federal System (Ash) 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. • 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). Contrast this with the original

5. POL 201 ASH Material 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) Defense Spending and the Military-Industrial Complex. Levin-Waldman (2012, pp. 186-89) analyzes how "iron triangles" link Congress, the bureaucracy • 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.

6. POL 201 ASH Material 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) Habeas Corpus and the War on Terror. Soon after the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, the Bush administration developed a plan • The Supreme Court and Judicial Review. In a recent lecture at Yale University, Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer cautioned

7. POL 201 ASH Material POL 201 Week 5 DQ 1 Party Platforms and Winning Elections (Ash) POL 201 Week 5 DQ 2 Voting and Turnout (Ash) 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. • 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.

8. POL 201 ASH Material POL 201 Week 5 Final Paper Civil Liberties, Habeas Corpus, and the War on Terror (Ash) • 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

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