Balance of Power
Note:All Primary Assignments include a bibliography (APA style), and the use and citation of three assigned reading articles from the current week. (Found in attachments)
The Balance of Power in American Government Learning Objective:
Through intensive critical thinking and analysis of Articles I, I, and III of the U.S. Constitution, students learn how the balance of powers works in a republican form of government.For this assignment, research any one of the topics listed below. Notice the conflicting interests of the parties involved in the issue.
Do the mechanisms designed to balance the power of government between institutions and individuals continue to work? Has one center of power grown too powerful? Are individual rights being protected during these disputes? Include a discussion of the balancing mechanisms found in the U.S. Constitution and discussed in Federalist Papers 10, 47, and 51.
Topics
•Sanctuary Cities v Federal Immigration LawsoSanctuary city, WikipediaoHow sanctuary cities actually work, Vox, 2017
o•Obergefell v Hodges: State rights and Same Sex marriageoObergefell v. Hodges, Wikipedia
oObergefell v. Hodges Summary | quimbee.com, Quimbee, 2017o
•Civil Rights Act of 1964 Federal Laws replace State laws
oCivil Rights Act of 1964, Wikipedia
oA Confrontation for Integration at the University of Alabama, theGrio, 2013
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•Dealing with Factions: Is Federalist Paper No ten still viable?
oUnite the Right rally, Wikipedia
oAmerican Patriot, PBS FrontLine, 2017
o•Individual rights versus the federal government The Sagebrush Rebellion
oSagebrush Rebellion, WikipediaoAmerican Patriot, PBS FrontLine, 2017
o•Drivers licenses for undocumented immigrants Cities and States versus Federal Immigration Law
oDriver’s licenses for illegal immigrants in the United States, Wikipedia
oNew York lawmakers OK allowing undocumented immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses,oo NBC News, 2019
•Wounded Knee 1973 Native Rights versus the Federal Government
oWounded Knee incident, WikipediaoWe Shall Remain – Episode 5: Wounded Knee, Jeffery Powell, 2017
o•SCOTUS v Administration Census and citizenship questionoSupreme Court Leaves Census Question on Citizenship in Doubt, The New York Times, 2019
oCensus citizenship question: what we know about the debate so far, USA Today, 2019
o•Voting Right Act of 1965
oVoting Rights Act of 1965, WikipediaoThe Voting Rights Act of 1965 Explained, Hip Hughes, 2015oThe fight for the right to vote in the United States – Nicki Beaman Griffin, Ted-Ed, 201
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