Category: Government

Investigate the selected policy area using scholarly sources, government documents, and reputable news sources. Focus on understanding the policy’s development, implementation, challenges, and impact on the citizens of Texas.
3. Write the Research Paper:
Compose a 3-page research paper with the following structure:
Introduction: Introduce the selected policy area and its relevance to Texas.
Background: Provide historical context and key developments of the policy.
Analysis: Analyze the policy’s effectiveness, challenges, and controversies.
Conclusion: Summarize the analysis and offer insights or recommendations.
References: Include properly cited sources in APA format.

ASSIGNMENT:
In this course, you learned that forming or joining interest groups is one way thatAmericans can participate in the U.S. political system. Recall that interest groups are formalassociations of individuals or organizations that act to advance a shared interest and often attemptto infl uence government decision-making and public policy. For this assignment, you will create a
hypothetical
interest group around a cause or issue that is of interest to you. You will establishpolicy goals and strategize to meet those goals. By doing so, you will apply what you’ve learnedabout how the U.S. political system functions and about interest group formation, strategies, andincentives.

STEP 1: Read the assignment instructions below.
STEP 2: Use Microsoft Word to complete this assignment.
STEP 3: Submit the written assignments click on the “Submit” button on the right side of your screen.

Instructions:
Nestor Carabantes, this essay must be at least 1000 words. Please include in text citation and a works cited page in APA format.
What constitutes an appropriate role for the judiciary? Some people argue that courts have become too powerful and that judges legislate from the bench. What does it mean for a court to be activist? What does it mean for a court to show judicial restraint? Although conservatives have long complained about the activism of liberal justices and judges, in recent years liberals have pointed out that conservative judges and justices are now more likely to overturn precedents and question the power of elected institutions of government. Conservatives counter by saying they are simply returning to an older precedent that had been ignored by liberals. If both liberals and conservatives engage in judicial activism, what is the role of the concept of “activism” (perhaps judicial activism is just a term used to describe a court decision you disagree with)?

Instructions for Writing Your Essay:
All essays must be written using proper English grammar, punctuation, and spelling. Points will be deducted for grammatical, punctuation, syntax, capitalization, etc. errors. Essays are automatically submitted to Turnitin. Work that Turnitin identifies as having more than a 10% rate of similarity (plagiarism) after quoted material and small matches (10 words or less) are excluded will not be read and will receive a grade of 0. Please include in text citation and a works cited page in APA format.

NOTE: Read your answers and use spell check before submitting your work. You can only submit this assignment once.

Submit the paper by the deadline the Calendar. This assignment will open from the start of the term, so that you have time to submit your paper, review the originality report, and resubmit your paper if necessary until you have a plagiarism score of under 10%. Be sure to use the Turnitin Grammar Checker to ensure that your paper is well written and ensure that you have spell-checked everything. If you resubmit your paper, note that it takes 24 – 48 hours for your new score to show up for this assignment.

This assignment asks you to evaluate student samples in response to the 2023 Question 1 prompt on the AP US Gov and Politics exam.
1. Read the Q1 prompt in the PDF below:
PDF AP US Government and Politics Free-Response Questions Set 1 v
2. Read through the Overview written by the College Board to see how they evaluated this question.
3. Review the Scoring Guidelines and student samples in this annotation assignment.
PDF
1 AP23 Q1 Set 1 Student Samples +
• Note: Student samples are quoted verbatim and may contain spelling and grammatical errors.
2. Underline (with the draw annotation tool) or drop a pin and note portions of the student responses with the following, recognizing that some samples may be missing certain evidence. (You can also print, highlight, and then upload the document):
• Evidence for scoring guideline A in blue.
• Evidence for scoring guideline B in green.
• Evidence for scoring guideline C in yellow.
3. Give a score for each student sample.
Overview
The Concept Application question expected students to apply course concepts in response to a provided real-world scenario. The focus of the scenario was a speech given by President John F. Kennedy intended to gain support for the mission to the moon as a matter of high priority for the United States. This scenario addresses several topics in the course and exam descriiption from Unit 2 related to the Big Ideas of Constitutionalism (CON) and Competing Policy Making Interests (PMI).
Ultimately, this question asked students to demonstrate an understanding of the various stages of the policymaking process and the different participants in that process or (those stages). In the first part, students were expected to understand the informal power of the president to use persuasion, or the “bully pulpit,” to set an agenda. The focus of part A of the question was for students to use the information in the scenario to demonstrate that President Kennedy was setting an agenda by appealing to the public for support of the mission.
In part B the students were expected to connect the public pressure generated by Kennedy’s use of the bully pulpit to oversight actions by Congress.
Students were expected in the context of the scenario to demonstrate an understanding that congressional oversight could be increased or decreased context of the scenario and to demonstrate that the oversight was over NASA and not the president.
In part C students were expected to demonstrate a clear understanding of how NASA could implement the agenda set by the president using its discretionary and/or rulemaking authority to carry out the proposed agenda to send a manned mission to the moon.

This paper just needs edited to get rid of the AI in it, make it sound a little better and detailed, and to fix/add the references as needed. Below are the original instructions. This section of your midterm requires you to answer the following questions using the link provided. This portion is worth 25 points. Please be specific and clear in your answers. Each answer should be at least 3-5 sentences in length.
The questions you need to answer about your state’s current constitution are:
1. In what year was the document created?
2. How was the document drafted and ratified?
3. What is the justification offered for creating a new constitution?
4. How does this constitution determine:
a.. who may be elected to office?
b. What offices are to be created/filled?
c. Who may vote?
Please use the following website as a resource.
http://www.stateconstitutions.umd.edu/Search/Search.aspx
Please be sure to cite your sources. You may use the following website to generate your source:
http://citationmachine.net/index2.php
Please answer all four (4) questions by attaching a Word document. Remember to cite any sources.

Who are the main actors in modern hybrid warfare? Make sure to provide reasonings and references for your argument.
Original posts: Students are required to upload a well-thought-out response to a question related to the course material relevant for the week. Responses should be clear and concise. They should range from min. 250 – max. 400 words. In their responses, students must also make use of and cite both course readings as well as additional sources to provide evidence for their claims. A general rule for guidance would be four citations per post (circa one per 100 words). You can use any citation style as long as you are consistent.
related readings may include:Likewar: -The Weaponization of Social Media Paperback by P. W. Singer and Emerson T. Brooking. -Active Measures: The Secret History of Disinformation and Political Warfare by Thomas Rid

Touchstone 2: Government in My Community
ASSIGNMENT: For this assignment, you will research and write about an issue that is important to you, to your community, or to Americans in general. To do this, you will investigate the ways that government in the United States has or has not addressed your selected issue. As part of your research, you will choose at least five articles from newspapers, magazines, or other online sources that highlight the U.S. government’s response to the issue. You will then identify and analyze this response and provide a personal reflection on the impact. In doing so, you will deepen your engagement with course content by applying what you’ve learned in Units 1 and 2 about the U.S. federal system and the division of powers among and between the different layers of government. To complete the assignment, download the Government in My Community template, and follow the directions below. You will return the completed template as your Touchstone submission.
A. Directions
Step 1: Select an issue that is important to you, your community, or to Americans in general. If you reside in the United States, your community could be your geographical community (e.g., your neighborhood, town, or city) or the broader state or national community. If you do not reside in the United States, your community could be a group with shared characteristics with whom you identify.
You can choose any issue, but your assignment must focus on how government officials are addressing the issue within the United States or as a matter of U.S. public policy. Here are some ideas to get you started: immigration; border security; public school policy; public safety; gun rights or gun control; victim rights; student testing; school choice; abortion; access to public transportation or city services; energy, environment, conservation, or economic issues; healthcare (cost of medicines or health insurance, health care access); homelessness; the death penalty.
Step 2: Find and read at least five articles from newspapers, magazines, or other online sources that highlight the government’s response to the issue. It is important that your articles do not only describe the issue or present opinions on the issue from general members of the public. Look for sources that communicate how government officials in the United States have responded or are responding to the issue. You will be asked to identify government officials by name in your articles.
hint
Ideas for sources include news articles; speeches from political candidates or current office holders; campaign ads; press releases; and data collected from non-profit organizations, among others. The website www.usa.gov can be a good starting point for learning about government responses to various issues. Other online sources for information about government policy and services could include (but are not limited to):
www.realclearpolitics.com
www.reuters.com
State or local government websites
Political party websites (e.g., democrats.org; www.gop.com)
www.pewresearch.org
Step 3: After completing your research and reflecting on what you’ve learned, fill out the Government in My Community template. The suggested total word range is 1500-2500 words. You will respond to the following prompts:
What is the issue or problem that is impacting your community? Describe the issue or problem and its effects. (Remember to use in-text citations anytime you paraphrase, summarize, quote, or include data or statistics from your sources!)
In the U.S. federal system, which level of government (local, state, or national) or branch (executive, legislative, judicial) is responsible for addressing the issue? Is there more than one? Explain your reasoning. Be sure to include evidence from the U.S. Constitution and from the course to support your explanation.
Identify all of the government officials discussed in your sources. Include their names and the level of government and agency that the officials represent. For example, are they a member of Congress? A city council member? Or a member of a federal, state, city, or county agency?
How have these government officials attempted to address the issue? Describe their actions, citing evidence from all five articles or other online sources with in-text citations. For help understanding how and when to include in-text citations, see Section D “Additional Resources” (below).
In your opinion, has the government done a good job addressing the issue? Why or why not? What more should be done, and by which level of government?
Step 4: Compile your reference list in the APA style. Section D. “Additional Resources” (below) will help you to understand how to add your sources to the Government in My Community template.
Checklist for Success:
❒ Did you find articles that specifically communicate how government officials in the U.S. have responded or are responding to the issue you’ve selected, and have you identified who those officials are?
❒ Did you complete all sections of the Government in My Community template?
❒ Did you review the grading rubric and compare it to your response?
❒ Did you review the example Government in my Community submission to see an example of a completed assignment?
❒ Did you include in-text citations and a reference list in the APA style for 5 unique sources?
C. Requirements
The following requirements must be met for your submission to be graded:
Use a readable 11- or 12-point font.
All writing must be appropriate for an academic context.
Composition must be original and written for this assignment and all writing must be appropriate for an academic context.
The suggested total word range is 1500-2500 words. Submissions should not exceed 6,000 words.
Submissions that focus on non-U.S. governments will be returned.
Plagiarism of any kind is strictly prohibited.
Submission must include your name and the date.
Include all of the assignment components in a single file.
Acceptable file formats include .doc and .docx.

INTL401 Week Six Paper
Based on your analysis of the PRC-Taiwan scenario, prepare a six-page narrative essay ranking the three hypotheses (from most likely to occur to the least likely to occur). All papers must follow the narrative format discussed in this week’s lesson. You are encourage to use the headers below, but do NOT write this as an outline. Remember, ACH Step 7 is the most important step of all and accounts for a significant portion of your course grade.
General Requirements
1. Document Format.
a. MS Word document
b. One-inch (1”) margins
c. Times New Roman Font
d. Twelve (12) pitch
2. Citation Format: The Chicago Manual of Style. As stated in the Academic Integrity Briefings, information taken directly from another source must be placed in quotations and cited following the CMS format contained in the week one “lessons” folder.
3. Graphics are not allowed.
4. As stated in the grading rubric, students must (1) employ imaginative approaches to answer the question being asked; (2) display an impressive command of the subject matter beyond the immediately obvious; (3) demonstrate a high level of critical thinking y reflection current and world views, and genuine intellectual development; and (4) excel in explaining all major points using multiple examples from the course readings or individual research.
Title Page. (a) Title of the paper: The PRC-Taiwan Crisis; Assessing Alternative Outcomes
(b) Student Name.
(c) Course Number.
(d) Instructor Name.
(e) Date the paper was completed.
Length: Minimum of six pages, no more than seven pages (double spaced, not including the title page and Selected Bibliography).
Section I: Introduction. (a) This section briefly summarizes the scenario and the three potential outcomes (Diplomatic Solution or Limited Intervention or Direct Attack).
Section II–Outcome Assessed to be most likely to Occur: [enter outcome here]
(a) Provide insight as to how you arrived at your conclusion.
(b) Provide examples from the ACH Matrix supporting and refuting each hypothesis (Step #3).
(c) Identify the “linchpin” evidence and discuss how it ultimately drove your analysis (Step #4).
(d) State the underlying assumptions associated with your linchpin evidence (Step #6)
Section III– Second Most Likely to Occur: [enter outcome here]
(a) Provide insight as to how you arrived at your conclusion.
(b) Provide examples from the ACH Matrix supporting and refuting each hypothesis (Step #3).
(c) Identify the “linchpin” evidence and discuss how it ultimately drove your analysis (Step #4).
(d) State the underlying assumptions associated with your linchpin evidence (Step #6)
Section IV- Least Likely to Occur: [enter outcome here]
(a) Provide insight as to how you arrived at your conclusion.
(b) Provide examples from the ACH Matrix supporting and refuting each hypothesis (Step #3).
(c) Identify the “linchpin” evidence and discuss how it ultimately drove your analysis (Step #4).
(d) State the underlying assumptions associated with your linchpin evidence (Step #6)
Section V: Conclusion
Citations – The Chicago Manual of Style Format
(a) If a citation comes directly from the PRC-Taiwan scenario, no citation is required.
(b) If a citation comes from a source other than the PRC-Taiwan scenario, then it must be cited using the CMS format.
(c) A Selected Bibliography is required only if information contained in a report comes from a source other than the PRC-Taiwan scenario. The Selected Bibliography contains all sources consulted and cited in preparing your paper.
Analytical Terms of Reference
Papers must incorporate the following analytical standards which are common
throughout the Intelligence Community. These standards equate to the “content/subject knowledge,” “critical thinking,” and “writing conventions” section of the grading rubric.
Terms of Estimative Probability. The narrative essay should be limited to the terms of estimative probability listed below. Please note, the terms and percentages are designed to provide students with a numerical range of probability and standardize submissions to allow for class comparisons.
(a) Highly Likely + 85% chance
(b) Probable 60-84% chance
(c) About Even 45-55% chance
(d) Possible 35-44% chance
(e) Unlikely 16-34% chance
(f) Highly Unlikely 0-15%
Objectivity: Analysis should be free of emotional content, give due regard to alternative perspectives and contrary reporting, and acknowledge developments that necessitate adjustments to analytic judgments.
Independent of Political Considerations: Assessments should not distort or alter with the intent of supporting or advocating a particular policy, political viewpoint, or audience.
Based on All Available Sources of Intelligence: Analysis should be informed by all relevant information that is available to the analytic element. Knowledge gaps must be identified.
Properly describes quality and reliability of underlying sources: Accurately characterize the information in the underlying sources and explain which information proved key to analytic judgments and why. Factors affecting the weighting that the analysts gives to available, relevant information, such as denial and deception, source access, source motivations and bias, or age and continued currency of information, or other factors affecting the quality and potential reliability of the information, should be included in the product.
Properly distinguished between underlying intelligence and analysts’ assumptions and judgments: Identify underlying causes and/or behavior of systems, people, organizations, states, or conditions. Assumptions comprise the foundational premises on which the information and logical argumentation build to reach analytic conclusions. Judgments are defined as logical inferences from the available information or the results of explicit tests of hypotheses. They comprise the conclusions of the analysts.
Uses logical argumentation. The presentation should facilitate clear understanding of the information and reasoning underlying analytic judgments. Key points should be effectively supported by information or, for more speculative warning by coherent reasoning. Language and syntax should convey meaning unambiguously.

Part 1
Reed asks for a word with you after a meeting. Pundit Media employees regularly write op ed pieces for national newspapers as part of its mission. Reed asks you to please write an op ed assessing the benefits of a liberal democracy as discussed in the week’s readings.
Part 2
As you enter the office, Reed calls you into her office. One of Pundit Media’s long time clients is requesting a backgrounder on Locke’s theory of the social contract. Reed asks you to write a brief backgrounder to submit to the client.

Write a thesis statement for ONE of the four topics listed:
1. Hobbes argues that absolute monarchy is the best form of government and that ordinary citizens should stay out of politics. Do you agree or disagree with his argument against popular political participation? Why? Please use specific reference to Hobbes’ writings to support your position.
2. What are the appropriate limits on individual and government authority? To what extent do you agree or disagree with John Stuart Mill’ “Liberty Principle?” Please use specific references to Mill’s writings to support your position.
3. Please argue whether or not Kant’s idea of perpetual peace is realizable today? Please use specific references to Kant’s writings to support your position.
4. What role should the government play in the distribution of the goods in a just society? Please use specific references to philosophers’ writings to support your position.