POL 201 ENTIRE COURSE
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POL 201 Week 1 DQ 1 Separation of Powers Checks and Balances
POL 201 Week 1 DQ 2 Amending the U.S. Constitution
POL 201 Week 2 DQ 1 Policy-making in the Federal System
POL 201 Week 2 DQ 2 Meet Your Rep
POL 201 Week 2 Short Essay - Policy-making in the Federal System
POL 201 Week 3 DQ 1 Presidential Leadership and the Electoral College
POL 201 Week 3 DQ 2 Defense Spending and the Military-Industrial Complex
POL 201 Week 4 DQ 1 The Supreme Court and Judicial Review
POL 201 Week 4 DQ 2 Habeas Corpus and the War on Terror
POL 201 Week 5 DQ 1 Party Platforms and Winning Elections
POL 201 Week 5 DQ 2 Voting and Turnout
POL 201 Week 5 Final Paper Civil Liberties, Habeas Corpus, and the War on Terror
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POL 201 Week 2 DQ 2 Meet Your Rep
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Meet Your Rep. The Constitution states, "The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States..." (Art. I, Sec. 2). Contrast this with the original constitutional language for the other house of Congress, "The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, chosen by the Legislature thereof for six Years..." (Art. I, Sec. 3). The phrase "chosen by the Legislature" was changed to "elected by the people" by the 17th Amendment, but not until 1912. In other words, from the beginning the House of Representatives was intended to be exactly what its name suggests –representative of the people. (Note that in 2010 the Tea Party, and some Republican politicians, called for repeal of the 17th Amendment, eliminating the popular vote for Senators. While most Republican politicians have backed away from that view, many Tea Party chapters continue...