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2. POL 201(ASH) ASHCourse Tutorial POL 201 Entire Course POL 201 Week 1 DQ 1 Separation • 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 • 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.

3. POL 201(ASH) ASHCourse Tutorial POL 201 Week 1 DQ 2 Amending POL 201 Week 2 DQ 1 Policy-making • 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. • 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.

4. POL 201(ASH) ASHCourse Tutorial POL 201 Week 2 DQ 2 POL 201 Week 2 Short Essay - Policy-making • 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) • 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.

5. POL 201(ASH) ASHCourse Tutorial POL 201 Week 3 DQ 1 Presidential Leadership POL 201 Week 3 DQ 2 Defense Spending and • 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. Defense Spending and the Military-Industrial Complex. Levin-Waldman (2012, pp. 186-89) analyzes how "iron triangles" link Congress, the bureaucracy.

6. POL 201(ASH) ASHCourse Tutorial POL 201 Week 4 DQ 1 The Supreme Court POL 201 Week 4 DQ 2 Habeas Corpus • 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. 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 prisoners captured during the conflict.

7. POL 201(ASH) ASHCourse Tutorial POL 201 Week 5 DQ 1 Party Platforms POL 201 Week 5 DQ 2) • 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. • 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.

8. POL 201(ASH) ASHCourse Tutorial POL 201 Week 5 Final Habeas Corpus • 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 .

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