link to waid blog
Ashley Waid's blog has a great link to an article on lobby groups that references the revolving door and the power of lobby groups! See the links to some of your classmates' logs on the left hand side of this page.
Posted at 01:05AM Nov 19, 2007 by EDWARDS, AMANDA in General | Comments[0]
Forgot link to primaries entry!
Here is the link!
http://www.gambling911.com/Ron-Paul-New-Voting-Rules-100307.html
Posted at 04:40PM Oct 31, 2007 by EDWARDS, AMANDA in General | Comments[0]
Pirmaries
David Bancroft found an interesting website that discusses New Hampshire changing its primary registration guidelines. Take a look at it. It shoulds some light on the power of parties, and the relevance of closed versus open primarie!
Posted at 04:28PM Oct 31, 2007 by EDWARDS, AMANDA in General | Comments[8]
Campaign Finance
We just finished the unit on "inputs". These are things that serve as inputs into the process. They serve to link we the people to the government. Elections are an example of inputs into the process and campaign finnce is obviously a part of campaign finance. Brad found an interesting website that shows how much money is being raised by each candidate for their campaign as well as where the money is coming from. http://www.opensecrets.org/
Posted at 04:19PM Oct 31, 2007 by EDWARDS, AMANDA in General | Comments[12]
election quiz from B. Trahan
Brad came across this fun quiz that assesses which candidate you should vote for!!!
http://www.wqad.com/Global/link.asp?L=259460
Posted at 10:51PM Oct 16, 2007 by EDWARDS, AMANDA in General | Comments[24]
Bong Hits 4 Jesus Take II
An interesting case decided by the Supreme Court last year involves students' rights to free speech. This article provides some foor for thought on the issue. Link: http://www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/06/25/free.speech/index.html
Posted at 11:35PM Sep 19, 2007 by EDWARDS, AMANDA in General | Comments[20]
Eminent Domain
This article http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/23/AR2005062300783_pf.html relates to the issue of eminent domain. In particular how do you feel about the definition of "public use"?
Posted at 11:22PM Sep 19, 2007 by EDWARDS, AMANDA in General | Comments[3]
civil liberties
Hello again. Just wanted to send another link that has a list of civil liberties issues. In particular, they discuss the issue of banning smoking in private bars and restaurants or banning cigarettes in general. Is this okay in terms of civil liberties and a limited national government? http://civilliberty.about.com/cs/i.htm
Posted at 12:20AM Sep 12, 2007 by EDWARDS, AMANDA in General | Comments[25]
Patiot Act
In class we are discussing civil rights and civil liberties. Recently, a district court ruled against parts of the Patriot Act. The Patriot Act is relevant to right to privacy and limited government. Check out the following article: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20624404/
Just food for thought.
Posted at 12:14AM Sep 12, 2007 by EDWARDS, AMANDA in General | Comments[12]
Introduction
Hello All!! Just wanted to introduce you to the PS201 section 15 blog. Beginning with the topic of civil rights and civil liberties, I will try to post relevant topics or articles for you to comment on if you so choose. I would encourage you, however, to make your own unsolicited comments and provide articles or topics for discussion. Looking forward to the semester!
Dr. Amanda Ross Edwards
Posted at 10:25PM Sep 05, 2007 by EDWARDS, AMANDA in General | Comments[0]