POLITICAL PROBLEMS and CONTROVERSIES
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PLEASE NOTE:  The following are links for optional reading about issues that were covered in previous summers. Many of the issues will differ in Summer 2007.  Links to optional reading for the 2007 issues are located in the semi-weekly required and optional assignments. The links below are left here for the convenience of students who may want to read much more than the required and suggested optional reading. Many of the links below likely are broken because of the transient nature of the Internet. If you find a broken link to a site that you are interested in visiting and cannot find it through a Google search, let me know and I will try to locate it. If you locate it, let me know so that I can update it.



| Gun Control | Constitutional Foundations | Federalism and Limited Government | School Prayer |
| Bias in the Media | Constitutional Protections for Criminal Defendants |Elections and Voting |
| Global Warming | Death Penalty | Term Limits | Pornography | Electoral College | English Only |
| Decriminalization of Drugs|Campaign Finance Reform | Constitutional Interpretation |
| Affirmative Action | United Nations and U.S. Interests |

1.  Gun Control
Best Information on the Net (BIOTN): Gun Control
Legal Schlolarship on the Second Amendment
The Second Amendment Annotated
Watch a Forum on Gun Control (C-SPAN) [RealPlayer needed]

2.  Constitutional Foundations
Founding Documents
Web Guide to the Constitution
This Constitution: A Bicentennial Chronicle
Commentaries on the Founding (books)

3.  Federalism and Limited Government
Federalism in the United States
Close Up Foundation: Federalism
Assessing the New Federalism (Limited Government)
Center for the Study of Federalism

4.  School Prayer
Finding Common Ground
Religious Expression in the Public Schools
ACLU on Religious Liberty
School Prayer: A Community at War
School Prayer: Pro and Con
Separation of Church and State: Constitutional Principle
People for the American Way on Religious Liberty
Yahoo Issues: Links on School Prayer
First Amendment Center: Bibliography on School Prayer

5. Bias in the Media
Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR)
Media Research Center
Media Bias? The Liberal Slant of Mass Media
Examining the "Liberal Media" Claim

6. Constitutional Protections for Criminal Defendants
Criminal Justice Legal Foundation
Vera Institute of Justice
Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
Prison Issues Desk (Prison Activist Resource Center)
Campaign for an Effective Crime Policy

7. Elections and Voting
Charting The Health of American Democracy
Common Cause
An Anarchist FAQ on Voting and Elections
Committee for the Study of the American Electorate
Empowerment Life Cycle
Voter Participation

8.  Global Warming
Believers:
Green Peace's Global Climate Home Page
Environmental Defense Fund
Environmental Protection Agency
Scientific American
Sierra Club's Global Warming Campaign
Out There News
White House Initiative on Global Climate Change
Global Warming: Focus on the Future
Skeptics:
The Cato Institute's View on Global Warming
Global Warming: Skepticism
The Cold Facts on Global Warming
Still Waiting for Greenhouse
JunkScience.com's View on Global Warming
Science and Environmental Policy Project
Greenhouse Warming:  Fact, Hypothesis or Myth?
Global Warming Debate Hotline
Many More "Believer" and "Skeptical" Links::
Wheeler Environmental Management Global Warming Links

9. The Death Penalty
The Justice Center at the University of Alaska-Anchorage maintains what must be the most comprehensive pro and con web site on the death penalty.  It has hundreds of links to information sources on this complex and controversial topic.  The following are some of the categories for these links:
The Death Penalty in the United States
Selected U.S. Supreme Court Decisions
Recent Developments and Future of the Death Penalty
Historical Resources
Death Penalty Statistics
Death Row
The Debate
Specific Issues
Organizations & Sites, Pro and Con

10. Term Limits
U.S. Term Limits Research Center (Yes)
Policy.com on Term Limits (Mostly Yes)
League of Women Voters Testimony (No)
A Student View - S.W. Texas University (No)
Institute for Public Policy and Social Research (Yes/No)
Common Cause: Testimony in Congress  (No)
Faceoff:  Student Views - Univ. of Fla. (Yes/No)

11. Regulation of Pornography
Feminism and Free Speech: Pornography
National Coalition Against Censorship: Working Group on Women, Censorship & "Pornography"
ACLU White Paper: Censorship in a Box
ACLU Briefing Paper: Freedom of Expression
The Freedom Forum Online: Cyber Smut
Interview: Milos Forman (Filmmaker, The People v. Larry Flynt)
Calvin Klein's Pornographic Gaze

Calvin Klein Ads: Morality in Media's View
American Family Association: Pornography
Christian Alliance for Sexual Recovery: Facts About Porn
Morality in Media
National Coalition for the Protection of Children and Families
Concerned Women for America: War on Porn Continues
Pornography and Civil Rights (A. Dworkin & C. MacKinnon book)

Supreme Court Free Speech Decisions
Women2Women: Pornography, Good, Bad or Indifferent (a Web-X site)
Feminism and Pornography: A Dialogical Perspective

12. The Electoral College
Electoral College Home Page
Electoral College Calculator
Interactive Quiz on the Electoral College
Electoral College WebZine (Retain)
Citizens for True Democracy (Abolish)
League of Women Voters Testimony (Abolish)

13. English Only
U.S. English Home Page
English Only?

14. Decriminalization of Drugs
Drug Legalization? Decriminalization? Prohibition? TheOpinion Page
Historical Research on Drugs and Drug Policy - General Histories
Human Rights and the Drug War
The Effective National Drug Control Strategy
The November Coalition
Drug War Facts
Drug War Clock

15.  Campaign Finance Reform
Debating the Best Approach (League of Women Voters)
First Amendment Implications (Cato Institute Testimony)
ACLU Position on Campaign Finance Reform
Numerous Links on Campaign Finance Reform

16. Constitutional Interpretation: Strict or Loose?
Theories of Constitutional Interpretation

17. Affirmative Action
Affirmative Action & Diversity Page (University Resource/Data Base)
Americans United for Affirmative Action (Pro)
American Civil Rights Institute (Anti)

18. United Nations and U.S. Interests
World Perception of the United Nations
Democratising the United Nations
Can the United Nations Reform?
Advancing U.S. Interests Through the U.N.
The First 50 Years: The U.N. and the U.S.
The U.S., the U.N. and the New World Order
In Focus: U.S.-U.N. Relations

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| Gun Control | Constitutional Foundations | Federalism and Limited Government | School Prayer |
| Bias in the Media | Constitutional Protections for Criminal Defendants |Elections and Voting |
| Global Warming | Death Penalty | Term Limits | Pornography | Electoral College | English Only |
| Decriminalization of Drugs|Campaign Finance Reform | Constitutional Interpretation |
| Affirmative Action | United Nations and U.S. Interests |