Sectional Assignment #2: The Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches, and various Sub-Sections of American Government Due Date: Friday, April 16th, 2021, 12n ******************************************************************* Answer each Assignment Part below. Please be thorough and comprehensive, as well as follow the directions for each part. Please be sure cite internally and externally any sources used outside of your text, and include a Works Cited page. Please remember to send to me in your 2DL e-mail with a proper heading in one WORD document before but no later than the designated due date. **********************************************************************

Sectional Assignment #2: The Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches, and various Sub-Sections of American Government Due Date: Friday, April 16th, 2021, 12n ******************************************************************* Answer each Assignment Part below. Please be thorough and comprehensive, as well as follow the directions for each part. Please be sure cite internally and externally any sources used outside of your text, and include a Works Cited page. Please remember to send to me in your 2DL e-mail with a proper heading in one WORD document before but no later than the designated due date. ********************************************************************** PART A: The U.S. Legislative Branch As outlined in Article I of the U.S. Constitution, the legislative branch has many duties and responsibilities. From its bicameral legislature to how a bill becomes a law, the legislative branch is bar-none the most “powerful” branch of government. I want you to go to the official website of the National Constitution Center at: www.constitutioncenter.org Once there, go to the top link “Read the Constitution.” Click on it and read Article I of the U.S. Constitution. You may also use your text to answer some of these questions (you may use any web site to answer the last few elected official questions, but be sure to cite). I then want you to answer the following questions in question-answer format. Be sure to include a heading for each question: 1. What are the major differences, duties, and qualifications of the House and Senate? 2. When must Congress assemble in a given year? 3. What did the 17th amendment do? 4. Congress has what type of fiscal power/s? 5. Congress has what type of commerce power/s? 6. Congress has what type of legislative power/s? 7. Congress has what type of investigative power/s? 8. Congress has what type of confirmation powers/s? 9. Congress has what type of foreign policy power/s? 10. Is this the 109th or 116th Congress, or what? What does this number mean? 11. Who is the current U.S. Speaker of the House? 12. Who is the current U.S. President Pro Tempore? 13. Who is the current Senate Majority Leader? 14. Who is the current Senate Minority Leader? 15. Who is the current House Majority Leader? 16. Who is the current House Minority Leader? ********************************************************************************** PART B: How a Bill becomes a Law Please go to the following website: https://www.congress.gov/resources/display/content/How+Our+Laws+Are +Made+-+Learn+About+the+Legislative+Process I then want you to write a thorough five paragraph descriptive essay explaining how a bill becomes a law. Be sure to use a current bill/law that is currently on the docket or has just passed as part of your explanation. Be thorough and concise and make sure you explain the different processes and procedures between the House and the Senate, as well as the role of the President and the Courts. ******************************************************************************** Part C – Executive and Judicial Branch The executive and judicial branches of our government are outlined in Article II and III of the U.S. Constitution, respectively. Using your text or another source (please cite) define the following concepts/terms (in your own words) and give an example for each where applicable. Be sure to include a heading for each term: a. franking privilege b. ombudsman c. standing committees d. filibuster d. cloture e. Iron Triangle f. Stewardship Theory g. Constitutional Theory h. Presidential Succession Act, 1947 i. Executive Agreements j. Executive Privilege k. bureaucracy l. independent agency m. spoils system n. Pendleton Act, 1883 o. Hatch Act p. quasi-judicial q. federal courts (U.S. District & Court of Appeals) r. original jurisdiction s. judicial review t. amicus curiae u. What does the Solicitor General do? v. stare decisis ********************************************************************************** Part D – Campaigns and Elections Using your text or another scholarly source (be sure to cite) please answer either “true” or “false” to each of the questions below. Please write out the question and then put the answer at the end of the sentence. 1. Jim Crow was a civil rights activist during the 1960s. 2. The grandfather clause was used to bar whites from voting even if they were literate and had paid their poll tax. 3. There have been no more constitutional amendments to remove voting restrictions since the Nineteenth Amendment allowed women to vote. 4. The Twenty-sixth Amendment increased the voting age from 18 to 21. 5. Political efficacy plays a role in voter turnout only in older voters. 6. High-stimulus elections occur only during periods of realignment. 7. Political alienation is confined to third parties. 8. Currently, individuals may give up to $7,500 per candidate in each primary and general election, but the total for each federal election year may NOT exceed $30,000. 9. Political parties have increasingly had to resort to second and third convention ballots to nominate their party candidates for president. 10. The members of the Electoral College meet in Washington, D.C., to cast their ballots for president. 11. According to the text, the odds for election are always better for the candidate who has been clearest on the issues. 12. Campaign strategy is usually NOT at the mercy of events. 13. The Electoral College has NEVER produced a president with a minority of the popular vote. 14.Historically, the president’s party has tended to gain congressional seats in midterm elections. ********************************************************************************** Part E – Civil Liberties and Civil Rights I want you to go to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) website located at: ACLU. Once there, view to the left under the tab “Issues.” Scroll down and look at all the major issues. Select two issues that you find interesting, and then scroll down and read about the “Latest” news on these issues. I want you to then write a two-paragraph synopsis comparing and contrasting the two issues chosen. Be sure that you give your personal view on the issues. ********************************************************************************** Part F – Religion and the U.S. Constitution This nation is NOT a Christian nation, but rather a nation where one has the right to worship how they please and exercise that right without government harassment (see 1st amendment). Article VI is also clear about the no-religious test clause, which many in the clergy, especially, often overlook. With this said. The Court has also been consistent over the years to make sure government does not entangle with this freedom, from Jefferson’s “separation of church and state,” to religious organizations receiving taxexempt status. Moreover, I could have chosen any Article to critical examine religion and politics, especially as it pertains to this nation not being a Christian nation. *As a Christian, Believer, and a person who has been a success because of my relationship with God through prayer, I was nonetheless taught wrong growing up and now I understand the premise. Still, I am personally all of the above, but now more tolerant and understanding of other viewpoints; especially the concept of religious freedom and why I am thankful that this country does not endorse a specific religion. As such, please check out and first read this article: http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/02/living/america-christian-nation/ Then, please read this article: http://www.libertymagazine.org/article/the-myth-of-achristian-nation Finally, then read any other Article in the following periodical: Liberty Magazine (be sure to do a search for “Christian nation.” http://www.libertymagazine.org/ After reading these three articles, please write a three to five paragraph essay about the role of religion in our society, especially Christianity. Be clear in your thesis and make sure that you both cite your sources and give your opinion. ********************************************************************************* Part G – The 2020 Presidential Election -We just experienced and witnessed the 2020 presidential election last November. In a few paragraphs, tell me the overall popular vote results in the U.S. and Georgia, the electoral college numbers, what happens next, and your overall feelings. Don’t hold back and your opinion will not be censored or judged. ********************************************************************* Okay, that should do it! All information for your Final Exam (Exam #2) will be given with my reply to this Sectional Assignment. Again, please turn-in this Sectional Assignment in 1 WORD document before but not later than: Due April 16th, 2021, 12n. Date: Friday, …
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