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GVPT101 Quiz 7

Introduction to Political Theory (Spring 2020)

General Instructions: This quiz needs to be submitted by 1159 (eastern time) at the end of Week 7. Please cite all sources in appropriate format (https://sites.umuc.edu/library/libhow/gethelp-citing.cfm) and try to use at least 2 references from this week’s readings and then outside sources are authorized. The length of your answers should be between 400-500 words.

Question 1: Judicial Activism has been a very hot topic in the news during the last two years, specifically as it has affected several policies enacted by the current WH Administration. Do you think that Judicial Activism or “Legislation from the Bench” is appropriate or constitutional? In supporting your answer, please choose a recent example of how judicial activism has affected policies from the Obama/Trump Administrations.

Question 2: Compare the Rawlsian concept of social justice with that of earlier conceptions of justice as written by Locke, Hobbes, and/or Rousseau.