Assignment Part A: 300 words
The Discussion Board 3/Attend Political Activity assignments will be used to enhance your peer interactions and learn about different viewpoints on events in politics. Please respect each other's opinions and communicate accordingly.
This assignment requires you to attend an (in-person/virtual) political activity or public event such as a city/county council meeting, local/district court session, utility district meeting, school board meeting, political party meeting, interest group meeting, and town hall meeting of a congressperson.
Write a report on your attendance. Please be sure to note your pre-meeting expectations of the event that you attend. After attending the event, please describe the important elements of the meeting, such as type of meeting, location, date and time, the person in charge, topics discussed during the meeting, elements you found interesting, and finally, your opinion of the meeting. Also, please connect the meeting to some concept from the course material (textbook or lecture), and explain how the meeting exemplifies that concept. Citations for the concept you use are required. Need Assignment Help?
Please use online sources (social media, YouTube, websites) to locate local civic engagement activities. All Political Activity events must have occurred within the last three months of this year.
You can view it virtually if you cannot attend an in-person activity. All local governments have a YouTube channel. Please search for the city/county where you reside to find the government events on their YouTube page.
Appropriate responses will analyze the details of the Political Activity event that two of your peers attended in-house or virtually. Cite your sources using APA, MLA, or Chicago format.
Your initial response should be 100-350 words with a maximum of 6-5 sentences long, cited in APA style. Posting will take the form of responding to two (2) of your classmates in the thread question with 75-100 words with a maximum number of 3-5 sentences.
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Assignment Part B: 300 words
On May 6, 1994, Paula Jones filed a civil lawsuit for sexual harassment against then-President Bill Clinton. The US Supreme Court ruled that the president was not immune to the lawsuit, allowing the case to proceed Clinton v. Jones, 520 U.S. 681 (1997) and using all resources under Law and Ethics on pages 13.3.10 & 13.4.11 and relevant external sources.
Should Former President Clinton have been criminally prosecuted for perjury and obstruction of justice? Is it ethical to allow the president to avoid criminal prosecution for perjury and obstruction of justice while serving as the President of the United States? Why or why not?
Assignment Part C: 300 words
You are an assistant US attorney starting your first day on the job. You have been presented with four case files and told to review them and recommend criminal prosecutions based on the facts. Read each one and then decide which crime should be prosecuted. Be sure to provide the facts of each case. Your response must be in APA format.
1. The defendant, an army intelligence analyst stationed near Baghdad, Iraq, downloaded thousands of classified Iraq and Afghanistan documents and confidential cables and released them to an ex-computer hacker who thereafter exposed them to the public.
Which crime should be prosecuted: treason or obstruction of justice?
2. The defendant typed up notes while her husband was analyzing sketches of a top-secret bomb's design for the purpose of passing the design on to another nation. Which crime should be prosecuted: conspiracy to commit espionage or sabotage?
3. The defendant, a cosmetic company, paid Chinese officials to obtain direct licensing of its product in China. Which crime should be prosecuted: harboring terrorists abroad or bribery?
4. The defendant, a corrections officer, lied to federal law enforcement during an investigation of her role in the assault of an inmate. Which crime should be prosecuted: perjury or obstruction of justice?