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• ASHFORD POL 201 Entire Course

• ASHFORD POL 201 Week 1 DQ 1 Separation of Powers C

•  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
• ASHFORD POL 201 Week 2 DQ 2 Meet Your Rep
• ASHFORD POL 201 Week 2 Short Essay -
  Policy-making in the Federal System

•  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.

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• ASHFORD POL 201 Week 1 DQ 2 Amending the U

• ASHFORD POL 201 Week 2 DQ 1 Policy

•  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. Four amendment
  proposals that have gained considerable attention
  are the Balanced Budget Amendment, the Birthright
  Citizenship Amendment, the Equal Rights
  Amendment, and the Overturn Citizens United
  Amendment. Select one of these proposals as the
  topic of your initial post and use the assigned
  resources to inform yourself about its purpose
  and the arguments of its supporters and critics.

•  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
  of interests across the U.S. to be effective at
  the local level. Moreover, the search for
  effective policy is further complicated by
  theoretical debates about the constitutional
  framework of federalism,

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• ASHFORD POL 201 Week 2 DQ 2 Meet Your Rep

• ASHFORD POL 201 Week 2 Short Essay

•  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..." (Art. I,
  Sec. 3). The phrase "chosen by the Legislature"
  was changed to "elected by the people" by the
  17th Amendment, but not until 1912.

• 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. On
  the other hand, policies developed at the
  national level may not sufficiently reflect the
  great diversity of interests across the U.S. to
  be effective at the local level. Moreover, the
  search for effective policy is further
  complicated by theoretical debates about the
  constitutional framework of federalism.

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• ASHFORD POL 201 Week 3 DQ 1 Presidential Leadershi

• ASHFORD POL 201 Week 3 DQ 2 Defence Spending and t

•  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.). He also notes that the framers
  intentionally designed a process for selecting
  presidents that would minimize their political
  power the Electoral College. They hoped this
  institution

•  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. In 1961, at
  the end of President Eisenhower's second term, he
  gave a farewell address to the nation in which he
  warned of the dangers of a "military-industrial
  complex." Many commentators today see the
  military-industrial complex as an example of an
  iron triangle that bloats the defense budget and
  distorts national priorities.

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• ASHFORD POL 201 Week 4 DQ 1 The Supreme Court and

• ASHFORD POL 201 Week 4 DQ 2 Habeas Corpus and the

•  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.

• 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."

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• ASHFORD POL 201 Week 5 DQ 1 Party Platforms and Wi

• ASHFORD PHI 445 Week 5 DQ 2 New Stock Opportunity

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• 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.

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• New Stock Opportunity or Exposure. A friend is
  excited about a new stock opportunity with a
  medical company whose products could sell well
  around the world having reviewed some of the
  stories in Chapter 10, you are no longer certain
  about the benefits that companies say will emerge
  from their products and you are concerned that
  the companys history includes using animals and
  vulnerable people in experiments.

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• ASHFORD POL 201 Week 5 Final Paper Civil Liberties

• POL 201 Entire Course

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• 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 1 DQ 1 The U.S. Constitution
• POL 201 Week 1 DQ 2 Week One Reflection
• POL 201 Week 1 Learning Activity The Constitution
• POL 201 Week 1 Quiz
• POL 201 Week 2 DQ 1 Policy and Your Life
• POL 201 Week 2 DQ 2 Week Two Reflection

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• POL 201 Week 1 DQ 1 The U.S. Constitution

• POL 201 Week 1 DQ 2 Week One Reflection

• 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 the three branches of government
  executive, legislative, and judicial to
  interact and function as a unit. Embedded in this
  operational framework are two key principles
  separation of powers and a system of checks and
  balances.

• 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.
• The Founding Fathers created an amazing
  governmental structure that affects almost every
  aspect of our lives even today. For instance,if
  you are a criminal justice major, what parts of
  the U.S. Constitution are applicable to what you
  are learning in your major? If you are a business
  major,

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• POL 201 Week 1 Learning Activity The Constitution

• POL 201 Week 1 Quiz

• 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
  Americas 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 and a way to correct a weakness.
  This effort begins the process of critically
  analyzing key features of our national government.

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• 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?
• Question 4. What United States document
  establishes the core principles on which our
  government is based?

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• POL 201 Week 2 DQ 1 Policy and Your Life

• POL 201 Week 2 DQ 2 Week Two Reflection

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• POL 201 Week 2 Learning Activity Federalism

• POL 201 Week 2 Quiz

•  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.

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• 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?
• Question 4. Which legislative act is a good
  example of intergovernmental relations that are
  the hallmark of Cooperative Federalism?

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• POL 201 Week 3 DQ 1 The Electoral College

• POL 201 Week 3 DQ 2 Week Three Reflection

•  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
• Why the Electoral College is Bad for America.
  Also, please watch this weeks videos, Episode I
  - A More Perfect Unionand Episode II - Its a
  Free Country regarding the U.S. Constitution.

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• Week Three Reflection
• American Government. Review the videos, Episode I
  - A More Perfect Union and Episode II - Its 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
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• POL 201 Week 3 Learning Activity Branches of
  Government

• POL 201 Week 3 Quiz

• 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.

• 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
• Question 4. Question The idea that citizens
  should be suspicious of a strong central
  government would best be described as

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• POL 201 Week 4 DQ 1 Individual Rights and the
  Obligations

• POL 201 Week 4 DQ 2 Week Four Reflection

•  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
  - Its a Free Country, and review your results
  from the Political Typology Quiz.
• Reflect 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.

• 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
  - Its a Free Country, and review your results
  from the Political Typology Quiz.
• Reflect 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.

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• POL 201 Week 4 Learning Activity Political
  Parties, Interest Groups

• POL 201 Week 4 Quiz

•  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, you will assess the positive
  and negative impacts of political parties,
  interest groups, or federal elections on the
  national government. In addition, you will
  recommend one option to enhance the positive
  impact and one to diminish the negative impact.

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• 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.
• Question 4. True or False The peaceful transfer
  of power from one government to the next has a
  long historical legacy and predates the formation
  of the United States.
• Question 5. The 1964 Civil Rights Act

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• POL 201 Week 5 DQ 1 Voting and Voter Turnout

• POL 201 Week 5 DQ 2 Week Five Reflection

• 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.

•  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
  that have been focal points for class
  discussions. In addition, the Constitution
  identifies three main branches for the national
  government the

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• POL 201 Week 5 Final Paper Americas Democracy
  Your Report

• 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
  that have been focal points for class
  discussions. In addition, the Constitution
  identifies three main branches for the national
  government

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