I have divided the class into four discussion groups of four or five students each. Every group will exchange ideas about the issues and methods of online and library research. Within each group, every student will ask another to review her or his paper. The reviewer’s name should appear on the paper, along with that of the author.
Group Purple
- Aggarwal, Ritika
- Gaither, Sally
- Okodogbe, Praise
- Goldstein, Gabriel
Group Gray
- Bernstein, Annie
- Chang, Kaitlyn
- Henderson, Violet
- Johnson, Max
Group Orange
- Booth, Elisa
- Gold, Jessica
- Gupta, Ambika
- Young, Luke
Group Green
- Higgins, Kendall
- Hodge, Katherine
- Khera, Zubin
- Malhotra, Kahani
- Stoutemyer, Maile
Pick one of the proposed constitutional amendments below (all are from the 118th Congress). What is the political motivation behind the proposal? What are the arguments for and against it? If you were a member of Congress, would you support it?
- H.J. Res. 16: voting age
- H.J. Res. 23: Senate and ranked-choice voting
- H. J. Res. 35: cognitive competence for president
- H.J. Res. 37: citizen apportionment
- H.J. Res. 38: parental rights
- H.J. Res. 40: noncitizen voting
- H.J. Res. 54: Constitution and natural persons
- H.J. Res. 57: end temporary appointment of senators
- H.J. Res. 60: right to education
- H.J. Res 72: labor as punishment
- H.J. Res. 77: pardon power
- H.J. Res. 78: campaign contributions
- H.J. Res. 87: age limit for POTUS and Congress
- S. J. Res. 3: corporate regulation
- S. J. Res. 16: size of the Supreme Court
- S.J. Res. 34: flag desecration
- S.J. Res. 45: campaign contributions
Your essay must have at least five different sources. As I hope that you learned from the riddles, print books are still useful. * Other possible sources include:
- CQ Library
- Law reviews on Lexis-Nexis (click "advanced options" and select "law reviews")
- Congress.gov (http://www.congress.gov/) -- official site for bill summary and status
- GovTrack (http://www.govtrack.us/) – unofficial site for congressional information
- ProQuest Congressional, via Honnold menu -- many congressional documents including searchable Congressional Record. Click “databases,” then the letter “P,” then “ProQuest Congressional.”)
- Committee web pages, which usually contain testimony and text of reports. See http://www.house.gov/committees/ or http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/committees/d_three_sections_with_teasers/committees_home.htm
- Assignments should be typed, double-spaced, and no more than six pages long. Use 12-point type and one-inch margins.
- Cite your sources with endnotes, which should be in standard Turabian format.
- Do not use ChatGPT or any other generative AI. Misrepresenting AI-generated content as your own work is plagiarism. It will result in a referral to the Academic Standards Committee. You do not want to start your college career this way.
- Endnote pages do not count against the page limit.
- Watch your spelling, grammar, diction, and punctuation. Errors will count against you.
- Return assignments to the class Sakai dropbox (in Word format, not Google docs or pdf) by 11:59 PM, Monday, November 6. (Yes, you have more time than the syllabus indicates.) I reserve the right to dock papers one gradepoint for one day’s lateness and a full grade for two or more days’ lateness.
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