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