Assignment
You are required to answer all questions in your own words to the best of your ability without plagiarizing. Your answers must be detailed, qualifying your knowledge of the course materials. Questions and answers must be typed, and the answers must include page numbers.
• Why is the Constitution considered a living document?
• Why should the Bill of Rights not have been left up to each state to develop its own?
• Does Pluralism have negative aspects? Why have some fought so hard against the concept in the United States
• Could a country such as the United States function without a federal constitution? Would it be possible for each state to merely abide by its own Constitution or conflict theory?
• Which underlying theory about the purpose of law do you feel makes the most sense, consensus or conflict theory?
• Which operational end of the spectrum do you think our current criminal justice system is positioned closer to due process or crime control? Why?
• Explain where you see the real power of Supreme Court. What makes the Justices so powerful as individuals as a group?
• If you were sitting on the Supreme Court, what sorts of cases would you like to review?
• Do you think the Supreme Court is a de facto lawmaker? Why or Why not?
• Why was the Fourteenth Amendment necessary?
• Why has the entire Bill of Rights not been embraced by the Fourteenth Amendment?
• What are your views on the immigration issue?
• Discuss whether Nazi Germany could have gone as far as it did if a similar First Amendment had been present in Germany.
• Is the First Amendment the most necessary?
• Speaking from a historical perspective, why do you think the framers of the Constitution placed so much importance on the First Amendment?
• Does the Brady Act serve as a legitimate function?
• Does regulating handguns but not rifles and shotguns make sense?
• Rewrite the Second Amendment as though you were asked to address contemporary concerns
Format your assignment according to the give formatting requirements:
• The answer must be using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, typed, with one-inch margins on all sides.
• The response also includes a cover page containing the student's name, the title of the assignment, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
• Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.