POS 500 week 1 assignment

Electronic Resource

1. Does the Federal Government Have Too Much Power?

Watch the video interview clips with legal scholars Jody Freeman and Randy Barnett.

http://www.pbs.org/tpt/constitution-usa-peter-sagal/federalism/does-the-federal-government-have-too-much-power/#.VCW1V8XClZ8

2. Frequently Asked Questions “Frequently Asked Questions,” from the Common Core State Standards Initiative (2014) to prepare for Discussion Question 1 in this topic.

http://www.corestandards.org/wp-content/uploads/FAQs.pdf

3. Man, Morality, and the United States Constitution Read “Man, Morality, and the United States Constitution,” by Lambright, from the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law (2015).

https://lopes.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edslex&AN=edslex61FBB068&site=eds-live&scope=site

4. Original Intent or Evolving Constitution? Two Competing Views on Interpretation

Read “Original Intent or Evolving Constitution? Two Competing Views on Interpretation,” by Perry, from Insights on Law & Society (2004).

http://apps.americanbar.org/publiced/constitutionday/OriginalIntent.pdf

5. The Road to a National Curriculum: The Legal Aspects of the Common Core Standards, Race to the Top, and Conditional Waivers

Read “The Road to a National Curriculum: The Legal Aspects of the Common Core Standards, Race to the Top, and Conditional Waivers,” by Eitel and Talbert, from the Federalist Society (2012) to prepare for Discussion Question 1 in this topic.

http://www.fed-soc.org/publications/detail/the-road-to-a-national-curriculum-the-legal-aspects-of-the-common-core-standards-race-to-the-top-and-conditional-waivers