Part 1: Identify a local political issue or an issue you care about that would benefit from political action. Devise a hypothetical interest group strategy. What is your preferred outcome? How would they influence the policy making process to obtain this outcome? Part 2: In your opinion, do you think interest groups play a positive or negative role in a democratic political system? Explain.

Please look and three peoples comments. Change essay to comments New creative title beginning needs a better hook why did author write this   More quotes from the article analysis more then summarize point out the audience in the beginning of paper   essay was more a summary rather then analysis of the text tell what author main piont was   one paragraph needs to talk about Trump and health care medicare and how it relates to this articleintroduce medicare as the problem another paragraph needs to be about her mother personal paragraph See attached article read and write Academic Analysis to understand that argument as fully as possible all rhetorical background and a summary with attributive phrases along with thesis /claim of the original authors and your claim which is to be simply he/she/ they accomplished___ by doing ___ ( generally ) the meat of the essay will be the break down of your thesis proving the points Spacing Double Pages    3

Drug courts are supervised judicial entities that specifically deal with nonviolent drug offenses. The purpose of these courts is to accommodate recovery and restoration of the offenders to make them productive members of society. Assignment Guidelines

• Address the following in 6–10 pages:
  • What are the specific goals of drug courts? Explain.
  • When is a person tried at a drug court? Explain.
  • Find a drug court in a municipality or with a drug court.
    • What types of agencies are involved in this drug court? Explain
      • What is the reason for each of the types of agency involvement? Explain.
    • What methods and techniques does this drug court use for supervision, treatment, and graduation? Explain.
    • What specific types of offenses seem to be most common in this court? Explain.
    • What special programs are in place to ensure the success of this court? Explain in de

According to the text, there are nearly 815,000 suicides in a year in the world. The truth of the matter is that this number is probably much higher due to underreported instances of intentional death. As a result of technology, a new trend in suicide is death due to “cyberbullying.” In this case study, you will review suicide as a result of cyberbullying. Read the article titled “Police file raises questions about bullying in Rebecca Sedwick's suicide”, located at http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/18/living/rebecca-sedwick-bullying-suicide-follow-parents/. Next, view the legality of cyberbullying located at http://criminal.findlaw.com/criminal-charges/cyber-bullying.html Write a three to five (3-5) page paper in which you: Examine three (3) elements of cyberbullying and then determine whether or not defendants, Katlyn Roman and Guadalupe Shaw should be charged with a cyberbullying crime. Provide a rationale to support your position. Based on what you learned about the relationship be

THIS ASSIGNMENT IS A CASE STUDY . THIS ASSIGNMENT MUST BE COMPLETED IN APA FORMAT.  THIS ASSIGNMENT ALSO NEEDS QUESTIONS 7-12, 7-13 ANSWERED.  IVE ATTCED TWO FILES TO HELP.

Select one terrorist attack from the following list and address the elements listed below that are specific to your chosen attack:

• 1983 attack on the Marine barracks in Lebanon
• 1993 attack on the World Trade Center
• 1996 Bombing of Khobar Towers
• 1998 attack on U. S. embassies in Tanzania and Kenya
• 2000 attack on the USS Cole
• 2009 attack on U. S. Army Post, Ft. Hood

The essay should include the following elements:

• Describe describe the attack (where, when, what was used to conduct the attack, casualties, injuries, structural damage, etc.)
• Explain why your chosen attack classifies as a terrorist attack
• Identify the group responsible for this attack and analyzes their motives behind the attack, detailing what the group hoped to achieve
• Analyze the United States’ response to this attack (If there was no response provide suggestions for appropriate responses)

Analyze Japanese policing, the court structure and trial process, and corrections. Evaluate the Japanese criminal justice system and compare it to the United States. Evaluate Japanese policing and investigative agencies. Were there any areas of the Japanese processes that you thought were better in Japan than the United States? Why or why not? Your initial post should be at least 400 words in length. Support your claims with examples from the required material(s) and/or other scholarly resources, and properly cite any references.

Present an argument that proposes one change to our electoral system. (Please note, it will not be acceptable to say you do not think any change should be made.) Several possible changes to could be:

• Eliminating the Electoral College
• Instituting required Voter ID
• Allowing felons to vote.
• Mandatory voting.
• Instituting an Election Day Holiday in which all Americans do not have to vote.
• You may also get creative and come up with your own original change!

Just be sure to go beyond just stating what change you want to make, but present an argument for why we should make that change and how that change would improve our electoral system. In your argument, do not use words like “fair” or “good” or “better” or “equal” – how do you measure what is or is not “fair”? What if you and I have different definitions of what is or is not fair (these are not universal terms)?

REVIEW the list of current Supreme Court Justices at the Supreme Court of the United States website and then select one. Answer the following questions: • Give a brief biography of the justice you selected. • What are some recent cases they heard? • How does the role of a Supreme Court Justice help uphold the Constitution?

This week we learned about the important functions of political parties. You also had the opportunity to browse the Democratic and Republican Party platforms for your reading. In this activity, pretend you are in charge of your own political party and write a platform for your political party. Your platform and reflection essay should be at least 500 words long and address the following: Part 1 - Your Platform

• Name your party.
• Identify and describe one domestic policy that your party would support. Give a paragraph description of that domestic policy. Be very detailed and specific in your description. (Domestic policy is anything that impacts how people live their lives within the borders of a nation.)
• Identify and describe one specific economic policy that your party would support. Give a paragraph description of that economic policy. Be very detailed and specific in your description. (Economic policy is all those policies that affec