We are currently in a technological age. Keeping this in mind, do you think it would be possible to assemble a political party targeting people with a Facebook page; Instagram; or Twitter? In other words, a group of political activists would develop and create a political party by reaching out to people using only social […]
Civil Liberties Discussion: How Much Should “Symbolic Speech” Be Protected Under the First Amendment? In September 2015, news reports described a dispute at Hinds Community College, a large public college in Mississippi. Two students said that they were arrested for allegedly violating the college’s rule against having “sagging pants,” even though they both claimed that […]
Please read George Gallup’s article; Polling the Public and Richard Morin’s Article " Choice Words;. Identify the main message of Gallup’s article (i.e. briefly summarize his article). Identify the main message of Morin’s article (i.e. briefly summarize his article). How does Morin’s article undercut the main point of Gallup’s article? Given this and some of […]
What surprises you about the excerpts of the Pentagon Papers you read? A surprise I saw in the Pentagon Papers was the fact that there was not only one, but over two cases on this specific issue. From the way they handled the lawsuit with the Nixon administration to the ways they moved forward afterwards. These […]
Trump’s impeachment and subsequent acquittal in 2019, following allegations of conspiracy to investigate Joe Biden, a likely rival for the 2020 election. Despite substantial evidence that had surfaced to support such allegations, the Senate voted to acquit the president. Do you think the Senate abused their power or took advantage of political/legal loopholes to acquit […]
In 1965, President Lyndon Johnson made history by signing into law the Voting Rights Act. Its purpose was to eliminate racial discrimination in voting. One aspect of the law was Section 5, which required states covered under that provision, including Texas, to have any changes to their voting procedures approved by the Department of Justice […]
List some of the Acts that Britain passed that caused such objection among the colonists? What were the goals Britain had in mind when it passed the various acts to which the colonists objected? 2. What were the justifications Americans offered for their objections and how did Great Britain react to those objections? […]
Consider the articles about slavery in Detroit. McGraw states “. . . slavery is largely forgotten in the early twenty-first century. Few individuals know anything about it.” “. . . local students learn about the Underground Railroad in school, but Detroit’s slave history is rarely taught.”? What evidence of slavery continues to be present in […]
The question is “When you completed the Voting and Voices quiz, which answer surprised you the most? Which answer surprised you the least? Why? Share and expand on your thoughts in a reflection post in paragraph form.” For the answer that surprised me the least, I chose the fact that voter turnout in states […]
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