POL 303 Discussion Question Week 1 to 5

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POL 303 Week 1 Discussion 1

The author of the course text provides some helpful tips in scholarly writing. What tips did you find most useful to further develop your own scholarly writing in course work which requires research papers or a project?

POL 303 Week 1 Discussion 2

  • Define judicial review.
  • Define judicial activism and judicial restraint.
  • Provide one recent example of judicial review by the Supreme Court and explain if the reviews are considered examples of judicial restraint or judicial activism and why.

POL 303 Week 2 Discussion 1

In your initial post of at least 250 words, utilize the Constitution, established case law, and scholarly sources to evaluate the Patriot Act.  Does the Act infringe on civil rights and liberties? Explain your reasoning.

POL 303 Week 2 Discussion 2

In your initial post of at least 250 words, utilize the Constitution, established case law, and scholarly sources to address the following questions:

  • Does the federal government have the right to ban marijuana under the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution?  Why or why not?
  • What are some of the political issues that surround this case?

POL 303 Week 3 Discussion 1

In your initial post of at least 250 words, utilize the Constitution, established case law, and scholarly sources to complete the following assignments:

  • Describe one argument that claims separation of church and state is necessary to maintain religious freedom.
  • Describe one argument that claims separation of church and state is not necessary to maintain religious freedom.
  • Explain which argument is the most credible, reliable, and valid and why?  

POL 303 Week 3 Discussion 2

In your initial post of at least 250 words in length, utilize the Constitution, established case law, and scholarly sources to answer the following question: Is virtual freedom of speech the same as freedom of speech in other media outlets (i.e., freedom of the press)?  Why or why not?


POL 303 Week 4 Discussion 1

In your initial post of at least 250 words, utilize the Constitution, established case law, and scholarly sources to complete the following assignments:

  • Describe one argument that supports “stop and frisk” policies.
  • Describe one argument that opposes “stop and frisk” policies.  
  • Explain which argument is the most constitutionally sound. Why?  
POL 303 Week 4 Discussion 2

In your initial post of at least 250 words utilize the Constitution, established case law, and scholarly sources to complete the following assignments:

  • Describe one argument that supports the death penalty.
  • Describe one argument that opposes the death penalty.  
  • Explain which argument is the most credible, reliable, and valid. Why? 

POL 303 Week 5 Discussion 1

In your initial post of at least 250 words, utilize the Constitution, established case law, and scholarly sources to answer the following questions:

  • How does the right to privacy protect a women’s right to have an abortion or not?  
  • Is this a constitutionally valid interpretation of the right to privacy?  Why or why not?

POL 303 Week 5 Discussion 2

  • What constitutional issues does war in general pose for criminal law?
  • How has the “War on Terror” affected society from a criminal law, criminal procedure, ethical and social standpoint?pol 303 discussion question