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Assignment: Essay
Prompt A
Some experts argue that the US politics has become more divided in recent years. Do you agree? Do you also agree with their solution to address it? Your analysis must be based on the material below.
Required Material
I. Book Chapter on Congress
Book: We the People (Essentials Thirteenth Edition)by Benjamin Ginsberg; Theodore J. Lowi; Margaret Weir; Caroline J. Tolbert; Andrea L. Campbell; Robert J. Spitzer
II. Adrian Luders, et. al. (2023). The Vicious Cycle of Political Polarization. The Hill, August 2.
III. John Avlon, et. al. (2021) Eight in Ten Americans are Concerned About Partisanship. Here's How 'The Unum Test' Can Reunite America. Time, April 13.
IV. Debidatta A. Mahapatra. (2023). In polarizing times, the U.S. should revisit Madison's ‘middle path'. Florida Times-Union, September 10.
Prompt B
Examine and evaluate the material below in the context of judicial activism. Do you agree with the arguments made by the experts below?
Required Material
I. Book chapter on judiciary
Book: We the People (Essentials Thirteenth Edition)by Benjamin Ginsberg; Theodore J. Lowi; Margaret Weir; Caroline J. Tolbert; Andrea L. Campbell; Robert J. Spitzer
II. Robert A. Levy and William Mellor (2022) Judicial activism and tomorrow's courts. Daily Montanan, September 20.
III. Paul G. Summers (2022) Founding Fathers were clairvoyant to create three distinct branches of government. The Tennessean, November 16.