Political science

Posted: November 21st, 2013

Write an 8-10  page double-spaced typed paper addressing ONE of the following questions:
1.    Domestic Issue: Immigration –Should congressional Republicans adopt a comprehensive immigration bill and then face a likely backlash from many of their own voters, or should they oppose efforts that would provide a path to citizenship for undocumented workers that may contribute to larger GOP losses in the future as over 11 million immigrants become citizens?
    “http://nbcpolitics.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/07/05/19269366-gop-wrestles-with-immigration-reform-consequences?lite
      http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/11/us/politics/gop-in-house-resists-overhaul-for- immigration.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130711&_r=0
    http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/poll-immigration-a-quandary-for-republicans/2013/07/22/b8db703e-f303-11e2-ae43-b31dc363c3bf_story.html?wpisrc=nl_pmpol

2.    Constitutional issue:  Should the Supreme Court overturn State laws banning same sex marriage because contrary to the “Full Faith and Credit Clause” of Article IV such laws would not recognize gay marriages of same sex couples that married in states where gay marriage was legal, or should the Court allow each state to decide whether or not to recognize gay marriages based on the preferences of the majority of state voters?
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_Faith_and_Credit_Clause
    http://my.earthlink.net/article/us?guid=20130706/04a15f40-1f59-4685-b469-92e41c91ea5b

3.    Foreign Policy: Should the US provide more support to the Syrian rebels who are trying to overthrow the dictatorship of Bashar al-Assad, to include sophisticated weapons and possibly a no fly zone, or should it avoid further military involvement in Syria? (why and why not?)
    http://middleeast.about.com/od/syria/tp/Options-For-Intervention-In-Syria.htm