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How should the court rule based on each of these models? Does the legal model lead to the same conclusion as the attitudinal model? Why or why not?

American Government Paper

Questions

Is the news biased? In order to address this question, examine an article from CNN and Fox news. The article from each news source should address the same topic. Do the articles present an objective view of the topic? Does one of the articles use charged language? Is there any other evidence of bias? For this question, be sure to include a copy of the articles with your project.

 Do not examine articles pertaining to Ukraine.

What are party systems? Are we in a new party system? Why/why not? Could a third party form in our current party system?

Many argue that government does not run efficiently and can be improved. For this question, review the United States Constitution. Present specific articles and provisions that you believe should be amended. How will your suggested amendments change our government? Will it be more efficient?

The United States Supreme Court is set to rule on an important abortion case in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Org. More specifically, one of the arguments in the case is that Roe v. Wade should be overturned. First, what is Dobbs specifically about? Provide a brief explanation outlining the important facts of the case. Next, what is the legal model? What is the attitudinal model?

How should the court rule based on each of these models? Does the legal model lead to the same conclusion as the attitudinal model? Why or why not?

What was the original intent of the founders regarding the First Amendment? Explain, based on two articles below. Or you can substitute one or both of your own sources for the articles, but they must have named authors (not editor) and be written since 2015.

Questions and Sources
A. Voting
Is voting (rights, districting, etc.) currently consistent with the Supreme Court’s decisions in the Baker and Reynolds cases? Explain, based on the textbook chapter on those cases and two articles below. Or you can substitute one or both of your own sources for the articles, but they must have named authors (not editor) and be written since 2015.

1. Voting rights – Supreme Court (Links to an external site.)

2. Voting rights (Links to an external site.)

3. Voting rights – Georgia (Links to an external site.)

4. Voting rights – Texas (Links to an external site.)

5. “New Jim Crow” voting laws (Links to an external site.)

6. Republicans defend voting laws (Links to an external site.)
7. Defense of Georgia law (Links to an external site.)

8. Germander (Links to an external site.)

9. Redistricting and Supreme Court (Links to an external site.)

10. Redistricting and Republicans (Links to an external site.)

11. Supreme Court and Politics (Links to an external site.)

B. Sullivan Case
Should the Sullivan case be overturned? Explain, based on the textbook chapter on the case and two articles below. Or you can substitute one or both of your own sources for the articles, but they must have named authors (not editor) and be written since 2015.

1. South Carolina (Links to an external site.)

2. Reason (Links to an external site.)

3. NY Times (Links to an external site.)

4. CNN (Links to an external site.)

5. American Bar (Links to an external site.)

6. Medium (Links to an external site.)

C. Secession
Can states legally secede? Explain, based on two articles below. Or you can substitute one or both of your own sources for the articles, but they must have named authors (not editor) and be written since 2015.

1. Virginia (Links to an external site.)

2. Texas (Links to an external site.)

3. American Conservative (Links to an external site.)

D. Original Intent?
Should the Constitution be interpreted as the writers intended or is it a living document which changes over time? Explain, based on two articles below. Or you can substitute one or both of your own sources for the articles, but they must have named authors (not editor) and be written since 2015.

1. Constitution Center (Links to an external site.)

2. Northwestern (Links to an external site.)

3. Chicago (Links to an external site.)

4. Time: Gorsuch (Links to an external site.)

E. Original Intent: First Amendment
What was the original intent of the founders regarding the First Amendment? Explain, based on two articles below. Or you can substitute one or both of your own sources for the articles, but they must have named authors (not editor) and be written since 2015.

1. Richmond (Links to an external site.)

2. Mother Jones (Links to an external site.)

3. Constitution Center (Links to an external site.)

4. Virginia (Links to an external site.)

5. Varsity Tutors (Links to an external site.)

6. Middle Tennessee (Links to an external site.)

7. Library of Congress

Did the perpetrators of this act of fraud and thievery commit moral wrongdoing? Is it morally justifiable to steal from corporations and fund life-saving research for the betterment of society? Of children?

Week 11 discussion post

Discussion Prompt

In November of 1995, a McDonald’s game piece worth $1 million showed up in the mail at St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. St. Jude’s Hospital is an organization whose mission is to find cures for dying children. McDonald’s generously waived the rules that only the winner could claim the winnings, and paid St. Jude’s $50,000 in annual installments. It was the largest anonymous gift in St. Jude’s history. No one ever took credit for the donation. Everyone just thought it just came from deep pockets with a big heart.

Twenty-one individuals were accused of rigging McDonald’s monopoly game, “Who Wants to Be A Millionaire”, and other promotional games. An indictment charged the perpetrators with embezzling more than $20 million in winning game pieces in an alleged fraud that began in the late 1980s.

Prosecutors stated that customers had little chance of winning before the FBI, with McDonald’s help, shut it down. Additionally, prosecutors argued that larceny, not charity, inspired the perpetrators to play Santa to St. Jude’s.

Both St. Jude’s and McDonald’s were surprised when CNN broke the story and identified the mystery Santa as the aforementioned team of thieves. Did McDonald’s ask for its money back? No, although St. Jude’s said it would do whatever McDonald’s wanted.

In an official statement, a spokesperson for McDonald’s stated that the restaurant chain had no intention of asking for its money back. McDonald’s kept its word and paid out the sum in full, sending the final check to St. Jude’s in 2014.

In your view, did the perpetrators of this act of fraud and thievery commit moral wrongdoing? Is it morally justifiable to steal from corporations and fund life-saving research for the betterment of society? Of children? Using one of the moral theories from this course to bolster support for your view, do your best to attempt to definitely answer whether or not the fraudulent actions of the perpetrators of this act of theft performed a morally right or wrong act.

Does the CNN effect exist? Discuss with reference to two international wars/conflict?

Does the CNN effect exist? Discuss with reference to two international wars/conflict?

Does the CNN effect exist? Discuss with reference to two international wars/conflict?

References to use

The CNN effect: the myth of news, foreign policy, and intervention

Book by Piers Robinson

The CNN Effect: The Search for a Communication Theory of International Relations in Political Communication

Article by EYTAN GILBOA

News, Public relations, and power by Simon Cottle (2003) chapter 5

The CNN effect: strategic enabler or operational risk by Margaret Belknap

Effects of global television news on US policy in international conflict in Media and conflict in the twenty-first century

E. Gilboa 2005

Moving media and conflict studies beyond the CNN effect in Review of International Studies

Article by Eytan Gilboa; Maria Gabrielsen Jumbert; Jason Miklian; Piers Robinson

Humanitarian crises and U.S. foreign policy: Somalia and the CNN effect reconsidered in Political Communication

Article by Steven Livingston

Illusions of influence: the CNN eddect in complex emergencies in From massacres to genocide: the media, public policy, and humanitarian crises by A Natsios