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ASHFORD POL 201 Course Seek Your Dream/tutorilarank.com

For more course tutorials visit<br>www.tutorialrank.com<br><br>ASHFORD POL 201 Week 1 DQ 1 Separation of Powers Checks and Balances<br>ASHFORD POL 201 Week 1 DQ 2 Amending the U.S. Constitution<br>ASHFORD POL 201 Week 2 DQ 1 Policy-making in the Federal System<br>ASHFORD POL 201 Week 2 DQ 2 Meet Your Rep<br>ASHFORD POL 201 Week 2 Short Essay - Policy-making in the Federal System

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  1. ASHFORD POL 201 Course Seek Your Dream / tutorialrank.com The Best way to predict the Future is to create it.....To Best way.... www.tutorialrank.com

  2. ASHFORD POL 201 Course Seek Your Dream / tutorialrank.com ASHFORD POL 201 Entire Course For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com ASHFORD POL 201 Week 1 DQ 1 Separation of Powers Checks and Balances ASHFORD POL 201 Week 1 DQ 2 Amending the U.S. Constitution ASHFORD POL 201 Week 2 DQ 1 Policy-making in the Federal System

  3. ASHFORD POL 201 Course Seek Your Dream / tutorialrank.com ASHFORD POL 201 Week 1 DQ 1 Separation of Powers Checks and Balances For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialran.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. Many commentators note that Americans are fed up with Washington "grid-lock" that makes government apparently unable to address important problems. Other observers believe that the national government is acting according to its design, based on separation of powers and checks and balances.

  4. ASHFORD POL 201 Course Seek Your Dream / tutorialrank.com ASHFORD POL 201 Week 1 DQ 2 Amending the U.S. Constitution For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.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.

  5. ASHFORD POL 201 Course Seek Your Dream / tutorialrank.com ASHFORD POL 201 Week 2 DQ 1 Policy-making in the Federal System For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.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. On the other hand, policies developed at the national level may not sufficiently reflect the great diversity

  6. ASHFORD POL 201 Course Seek Your Dream / tutorialrank.com ASHFORD POL 201 Week 2 DQ 2 Meet Your Rep For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.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). Contrast this with the original constitutional language for the other house of Congress, "The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, chosen by the Legislature thereof for six Years..."

  7. ASHFORD POL 201 Course Seek Your Dream / tutorialrank.com ASHFORD POL 201 Week 2 Short Essay - Policy-making in the Federal System For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.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

  8. ASHFORD POL 201 Course Seek Your Dream / tutorialrank.com ASHFORD POL 201 Week 3 DQ 1 Presidential Leadership and the Electoral College For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.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. A scholar of the presidency points out that Article II of the Constitution gives the president scant formal power to influence congressional policy-making (Simon, n.d.).

  9. ASHFORD POL 201 Course Seek Your Dream / tutorialrank.com ASHFORD POL 201 Week 3 DQ 2 Defence Spending and the Military-Industrial Complex For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.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 interest.

  10. ASHFORD POL 201 Course Seek Your Dream / tutorialrank.com ASHFORD POL 201 Week 4 DQ 1 The Supreme Court and Judicial Review For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.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. He advises that if judges wish to preserve this undemocratic power they should follow a judicial philosophy that will "build confidence in the courts" (Breyer, 2011). Justice Breyer goes on to describe the kind of judicial philosophy he has in mind. However, some of his colleagues on the Supreme Court would reject his ideas about what philosophy should guide judges.

  11. ASHFORD POL 201 Course Seek Your Dream / tutorialrank.com ASHFORD POL 201 Week 4 DQ 2 Habeas Corpus and the War on Terror For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.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. Since 2002, over 700 men have been detained at "GITMO." Most have been released without charges

  12. ASHFORD POL 201 Course Seek Your Dream / tutorialrank.com ASHFORD POL 201 Week 5 DQ 1 Party Platforms and Winning Elections For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.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. Generally, in order to be successful in a two-party system, parties must have policy goals across a broad range of issue areas to appeal to a broad range of voters.

  13. ASHFORD POL 201 Course Seek Your Dream / tutorialrank.com ASHFORD POL 201 Week 5 DQ 2 Voting and Turnout For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.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). While during the last decade many initiatives have been undertaken to increase voter participation, concerns about the possibility of election fraud have also increased. Additionally, some political interests feel threatened by the increase in turnout among some traditionally low-turnout ethnic minorities.

  14. ASHFORD POL 201 Course Seek Your Dream / tutorialrank.com ASHFORD POL 201 Week 5 Final Paper Civil Liberties, Habeas Corpus, and the War on Terror For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.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.

  15. ASHFORD POL 201 Course Seek Your Dream / tutorialrank.com POL 201 Entire Course For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com POL 201 Week 1 DQ 1 The U.S. Constitution POL 201 Week 1 DQ 2 Week One Reflection POL 201 Week 1 Learning Activity The Constitution

  16. ASHFORD POL 201 Course Seek Your Dream / tutorialrank.com POL 201 Week 1 DQ 1 The U.S. Constitution For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com The U.S. Constitution Prepare: Prior to writing your initial post, read Chapters 1 and 2 of American Government. In addition, watch the video provided on the U.S. Constitution, Episode IV - Built to Last. Reflect: The U.S. Constitution is the cornerstone of our federal government. The Constitution establishes a basic operational framework that enables

  17. ASHFORD POL 201 Course Seek Your Dream / tutorialrank.com POL 201 Week 1 DQ 2 Week One Reflection For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Week One Reflection. Prepare: Prior to beginning your reflection this week, complete all course readings, your introduction, and the Discussion, “The U.S. Constitution.” Reflect: Once you have completed these assignments think about how American politics have and could affect your career aspirations.

  18. ASHFORD POL 201 Course Seek Your Dream / tutorialrank.com POL 201 Week 1 Learning Activity The Constitution For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com The Constitution. The weekly worksheets will help you build all the necessary parts for your Final Paper. This week, you will evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the most important document for America’s national government, the U.S. Constitution. In your worksheet, you will describe one strength and one weakness of the Constitution. In addition, you will need to recommend a way to maintain the strength of this amazing document

  19. ASHFORD POL 201 Course Seek Your Dream / tutorialrank.com POL 201 Week 1 Quiz For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Question 1. The American system of government can be most accurately described as a _________. Question 2. In 1607, the English monarch King James I granted a charter to which organization to establish a settlement in the Chesapeake region? Question 3. The Connecticut Plan, also known as the Great Compromise, combined elements of which two other plans during the Constitutional Convention of 1787?

  20. ASHFORD POL 201 Course Seek Your Dream / tutorialrank.com POL 201 Week 2 DQ 1 Policy and Your Life For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Policy and Your Life Prepare: Prior to beginning work on this discussion question, read Chapters 3 and 4 in American Government. In addition, watch the videos provided on federalism: Quick Study of Federalism Part 1, Quick Study of Federalism Part 2, and Quick Study of Federalism Part 3, and the U.S. Constitution: Episode I - A More Perfect Union.

  21. ASHFORD POL 201 Course Seek Your Dream / tutorialrank.com POL 201 Week 2 DQ 2 Week Two Reflection For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Prepare: Prior to beginning your reflection this week, complete all course readings and assigned videos, and the Discussion, “Policy and Your Life.” Reflect: Once you have completed these assignments, think about how federalism and the U.S. Congress have or will affect your life.

  22. ASHFORD POL 201 Course Seek Your Dream / tutorialrank.com POL 201 Week 2 Learning Activity Federalism For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Federalism This week, we continue completing the worksheets in preparation for the Final Paper. One of the most important structures in the national government is federalism. Understanding the relationship between local, state, and national level governments is critical in being able to understand all of the key features of our national government. Describe an advantage and a disadvantage to a national policy that an agency in the federal bureaucracy must implement. In addition, recommend an option to maintain the advantage and one to improve the disadvantage.

  23. ASHFORD POL 201 Course Seek Your Dream / tutorialrank.com POL 201 Week 2 Quiz For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Question 1. The national government can attempt to gain the cooperation of state governments by using what type of coercive measures? Question 2. The Tenth Amendment balances out national authority by Question 3. A presidential veto of a bill can be overridden by what percentage vote of all members of Congress?

  24. ASHFORD POL 201 Course Seek Your Dream / tutorialrank.com POL 201 Week 3 DQ 1 The Electoral College For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Prepare: Prior to beginning work on this discussion question, read Chapters 5 and 6 in American Government. In addition, read the following articles: “What Are the Arguments Made in Favor – and Against – the Electoral College?,” “GOP Leaders United in Defense of the Electoral College,” and the ProQuest article

  25. ASHFORD POL 201 Course Seek Your Dream / tutorialrank.com POL 201 Week 3 DQ 2 Week Three Reflection For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Week Three Reflection American Government. Review the videos, Episode I - A More Perfect Union and Episode II - It’s a Free Country regarding the U.S. Constitution. Reflect: The executive and judicial branches of the U.S. national government often seem to operate independently and with little conflict. Many laws are signed by the President and then implemented without a word from the judicial branch. However, there are times when executive decisions are challenged by the judicial branch in a process called judicial review. I

  26. ASHFORD POL 201 Course Seek Your Dream / tutorialrank.com POL 201 Week 3 Learning Activity Branches of Government For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Branches of Government. The three branches of our government each play crucial roles in the U.S. national government. Each branch has specific power, duties, and responsibilities that are the most apparent features of our system of separate powers. Nevertheless, each branch has been critiqued for having definite strengths and weaknesses that become obvious in certain situations. Analyzing these strengths and weaknesses will enable you to evaluate and recommend ways to enhance and correct these fundamental assets and deficiencies of the branches of our national government.

  27. ASHFORD POL 201 Course Seek Your Dream / tutorialrank.com POL 201 Week 3 Quiz For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com 1. Question : In the realm of foreign affairs, presidents are usually weak and must solicit congressional approval before entering into agreements with other countries. Question 2. Question : Prior judicial experience is required to be appointed as a judge on the federal level. Question 3. Question : The president and Congress are unable to control the bureaucracy or hold it accountable because:

  28. ASHFORD POL 201 Course Seek Your Dream / tutorialrank.com POL 201 Week 4 DQ 1 Individual Rights and the Obligations of Government For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Individual Rights and the Obligations of Government. Prepare: Prior to beginning work on this discussion, read chapters 8, 9, and 10 in American Government and watch the video, Episode II - It’s a Free Country. Reflect: Our political system is characterized by certain fundamental features to include a system of laws, rights, and liberties

  29. ASHFORD POL 201 Course Seek Your Dream / tutorialrank.com POL 201 Week 4 DQ 2 Week Four Reflection For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Week Four Reflection. Prepare: Prior to beginning work on this discussion, read chapters 8, 9, and 10 in American Government, watch the video, Episode II - It’s a Free Country, and review your results from the Political Typology Quiz.

  30. ASHFORD POL 201 Course Seek Your Dream / tutorialrank.com POL 201 Week 4 Learning Activity Political Parties, Interest Groups, and Elections For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Political Parties, Interest Groups, and Elections. The various political actors involved in the processes, activities, and policies of the U.S. government each have evolving goals and objectives. In addition, these actors have produced differential effects, both positive and negative, on the processes, activities, and policies of the federal government. In this last weekly worksheet

  31. ASHFORD POL 201 Course Seek Your Dream / tutorialrank.com POL 201 Week 4 Quiz For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Question 1.What constitutional amendment guaranteed women the right to vote? Question 2. How are interest groups are different from political parties? Question 3. Which Supreme Court decision stated that affirmative action intended to promote greater equality was acceptable public policy, but the use of quotas was not.

  32. ASHFORD POL 201 Course Seek Your Dream / tutorialrank.com POL 201 Week 5 DQ 1 Voting and Voter Turnout For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Voting and Voter Turnout. Prepare: Prior to completing this discussion question, review Chapters 9 and 10 in American Government and the following articles: “How Voter ID Laws Are Being Used to Disenfranchise Minorities and the Poor,” “Fraught with Fraud,” and “Proof at the Polls.”

  33. ASHFORD POL 201 Course Seek Your Dream / tutorialrank.com POL 201 Week 5 DQ 2 Week Five Reflection For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Week Five Reflection. Prepare: Prior to beginning your reflection, review all course readings and videos as required. Reflect: The U.S. national government is based on the framework detailed in the U.S. Constitution. The process that the Founding Fathers used to map out our national government is fascinating and illuminating. The Constitution creates a system of checks and balances and separation of powers

  34. ASHFORD POL 201 Course Seek Your Dream / tutorialrank.com POL 201 Week 5 Final Paper America’s Democracy: Your Report Card (2 Papers) For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Week Five Reflection. Prepare: Prior to beginning your reflection, review all course readings and videos as required. Reflect: The U.S. national government is based on the framework detailed in the U.S. Constitution.

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