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Required and Optional Study - Second Session |
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| TOPIC #1: “Should Public Schools Be Privatized?” |
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Debate: Justice Talking: Feb. 4, 2002 "Privatization of the Public Schools"  Read:
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| TOPIC #2: "Is 'No Child Left Behind' an Effective Law That Congress Should Reauthorize?" |
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| TOPIC #1: "Should Kids Have to Pledge Allegiance to 'One Nation, Under God...'?” |
REQUIRED STUDY: NOTE: Contrary to wide public belief (thanks in large part to mediocre and misleading press coverage), the United States Supreme Court did not setttle this question in its June 14, 2004 decision in Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow. The Supreme Court did reverse the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which had ruled that inclusion of the words "under God" in the pledge of allegiance was an endorsement of religion and therefore a violation of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. However, the Supreme Court ducked this substantive constitutional issue by finding that Michael Newdow, who no longer had custody of his child, had no legal standing to bring the lawsuit on her behalf in the first place. Wikipedia provides an excellent chronology and summary of this case from the Federal District Court to the U.S. Court of Appeals to the United States Supreme Court.--J.G.
Debate : Justice Talking: Sept. 30, 2003, "Under God, Under Fire"
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| TOPIC #2: "Should Public Schools Be Allowed To Continue to Consider Race As a Factor In Order to Pursue Desegregation Or to Achieve Diversity and Equality?" |
REQUIRED STUDY: Please note that this topic's study materials are heavy on media resources but light on reading:
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| TOPIC #1: "Should the United States Adopt a Universal Health Care System That Guarantees Medical Coverage for All Americans?" |
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| TOPIC #2: "Is it Appropriate for Government to Provide Funding for Research That Uses Human Embryonic Stem Cells?" |
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Debate: Justice Talking, January 11, 2005: "Stem Cell Research" Read:
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| TOPIC #1: "Is the United States in Need of Immigration Reform?" |
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Debate: Justice Talking: "Immigration Reform "
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| TOPIC #2: "Should the Government Be Allowed to Eavesdrop on Phone Calls and Internet Use Inside the United States Without a Warrant or Court Supervision?" |
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Debate: Justice Talking: Domestic Spying: What are the Checks on Presidential Power"
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| TOPIC #1: “Does Homeland Security Against Terrorism Require Extraordinary Measures That Limit or Take Away Civil Liberties?” |
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Debate: Justice Talking: Sept. 09, 2002, “Limited Liberty Post 9/11” Read:PLEASE NOTE: Do not conclude that any of the reading below is
outdated because it refers to Attorney General John Ashcroft, who was
replaced by Alberto Gonzales in 2005. Ashcroft was the
chief architect of the Patriot Act, and Gonzales has defended the Act
with
about the same vigor. For our study, what counts are the ideas
from the Attorney General's Office that led to the Patriot Act and, critics say,
contribute to the erosion of civil liberties. Those of you who
may want to study any differences in Ashcroft's and Gonzales' advocacy,
can read Gonzales' testimony to the House
Judiciary Committee on April 6, 2005 and to the Senate
Judiciary Committee on April 5, 2005 as well as his joint testimony
with FBI Director Robert S. Mueller before the Senate
Select Committee on Intelligence on April 27, 2005.
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"Civil Liberties After 9-11" (ACLU Publication); "Freedom Under Fire: Dissent in Post-9/11 America" (ACLU); "Summary of the USA PATRIOT Act and Other Government Acts" (ACLU); "Insatiable Appetite Report" (ACLU); "Seeking Truth From Justice: PATRIOT Propaganda - The Justice Department's Campaign to Mislead The Public About the USA PATRIOT Act" (ACLU); "After 9/11: The New War on Terror" (NPR); "Fighting Terrorism, Preserving Civil Liberties" (video, Cato Institute Policy Forum); The War on Terrorism (a collection of features from The Atlantic Monthly and Atlantic Unbound); CIA, DOD and other Federal and State Government Web Sites on the War on Terrorism (Findlaw); War on Terrorism Documents (Findlaw); Commentary on the War on Terrorism (Findlaw); War on Terrorism Cases (Findlaw); Laws Regarding Terrorism (Findlaw); News about the War on Terrorism (Findlaw) |
| TOPIC #2: "Is Racial Profiling an Appropriate Tool of Policing?" |
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Debate: Justice Talking: April 26, 1999, "Driving While Black: Racial Profiling on America`s Highways " Read:
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You must write a self evaluation and a course/faculty evaluation. FOR EVALUATION PROCEDURES, CLICK HERE.
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Racial
Profiling and Arab Americans & Muslim (for next summer):
http://www.npr.org/news/specials/091102reflections/civil_liberties/
http://writ.news.findlaw.com/colb/20011010.html
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