Assignment:
-Read the textbook subchapter "Judicial Politics"
-Read the textbook subchapter "The Death Penalty" review death penalty background information on "Should the Death Penalty Be Allowed?" on ProCon.org.
-The title for Writing Assignment is: "Texas Judicial Elections and the Death Penalty."
-These are the critical response questions for Writing Assignment:
1. Do you support Texas state-level judges being elected in partisan elections or do you support state-level judges being appointed by the Texas governor with approval of the Texas Senate? Why?
2. Do you support or oppose the State of Texas using the death penalty as a form of capital punishment? Why or why not?
-Provide a response to each of the two set of questions with three reasons why you feel the way you do and at least 500 words of analysis. Your total response to both questions must therefore consist of at least 1,000 words of analysis.
In our sophomore-level college class about Texas state and local government you are required to submit four critical response essays befitting of a second-year-college course. The purpose of our class critical response essays is for you to improve your ability to analyze public policy and political topics, to express your viewpoint about these topics, and to improve your writing skills.
Writing Assignment Format
-Do not use a title page.
-Insert a heading in the body (not in the header) of the first page consisting of four double-spaced lines. On line one type your first name and last name. On line two type "Professor Michael A. Kelley." On line three type "Government 2306." On line four type the month, day, and year you prepare your writing assignment. The first line of your heading should be one inch from the top of the first page and all four lines should be flush with the left margin, one inch from the left side of the page.
-Center the title of the assignment two spaces below the fourth line of your heading.
-Two spaces below the title and flush with the left margin write verbatim the critical response questions posed for your response.
-Two spaces below the restated assignment questions begin your first paragraph with the first line indented one-half inch from the left margin.
-Paragraphs will have one space between them and will begin with the first sentence indented one-half inch from the left margin.
-Double space all writing.
-Use 12-point Times New Roman font for all writing.
-Insert page numbers on each page, including the first page and, if used, the Works Cited page. The page numbers will be cardinal numbers that are centered in the footer and will be 12-point Times New Roman font.
-If you provide a ‘Works Cited' page it will be the last page of your writing assignment. The format for the Works Cited page is the same as for the body of the assignment except that the first line of a cited reference will be flush with the left margin, one inch from the left side of the page, and all subsequent lines in that reference will be indented one-half inch from the left margin, 1 ½ inches from the left side of the page. Provide one space between reference entries.
-Save and submit your assignment with the document named using your first name, a space, your last name, a space, "Writing Assignment," a space, then the writing assignment number. For example, Joe Smith's first writing assignment would be saved and submitted as "Joe Smith Writing Assignment 1."