The University of Memphis American Government Paper

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Your paper should be three (full) to five pages of content. Youmust tell me what you are writing about or defending in yourfirst paragraph. You should pick three reasons why you aretaking the stand you have chosen. Do not ask questions in yourpaper. Make assertions!Absolutely no Wikipedia or encyclopedia sources. I want youto critically think about why you are for something or against itas you write. PAPER SHOULD BE TYPED, TWELVE FONTAND DOUBLE-SPACED. I expect a minimum of foursources!!!!!!!! Your textbook can be used as a source.As far as length is concerned, anything submitted lessthan three FULL pages (that means three full pages and onesentence on page four, minimum) will be given an automaticgrade of 59. Failure to submit a paper results in a 0 grade. Foreach day late, your paper will be deducted one letter grade.1 am looking for college-level writing. I recommend you letsomeone in the Writing Center (Patterson Hall) or ESL (MitchellHall look over your paper.Grading is based on quality of writing (40%), Quality ofresearch (30%) and quality of critical thinking (30%).You may only choose from this set of topics:1. Give three reasons for or against over-the-counter access to birth control pills. Shouldgovernment make these products easier / moreaffordable for poor women to access or should theycontinue to be regulated by doctors (which meansmoney for office visits and the added expense ofpills.) Should government be involved IN ANYMANNER relative to this issue? You may want to readthe chapter in your text on the right to privacy, Roev. Wade and Griswold v. Connecticut for historicalcontext.2. Define the phrase “defund the police.” Do youagree with the phrase? Give three reasons for oragainst the concept. Be sure and offer against the concept. Be sure and offer proof of yourposition.3. Choose an example of a “Banned Book” after bothresearching Banned Books and the freedom of thepress in the First Amendment. Give three reasonswhy your chosen book should be banned or threereasons why it should NOT be banned. Think aboutthe implications of banning (or not banning) it oneducation and society to support your argument.Examples are Harry Potter, The Scarlet Letter,Maniac Magee, A Lesson Before Dying, Native Son,James and the Giant Peach, Huckleberry Finn, BraveNew World, Fifty Shades of Grey, Peyton Place andTo Kill A Mockingbird.4. Recently, 29 year-old Brittany Maynard madenational news with her controversial decision to havea doctor-assisted suicide. Oregon’s “Death withDignity Act” allows for the terminally ill, cancerpatients like Maynard, to end their lives before thedisease further debilitates them. Only five statestotal have laws like this. Do you think euthanasiashould be legal? Give three reasons why peopleshould or should not be able to end their livesthrough legal medical means.5. Give three reasons for or against the removal ofConfederate Statues from public grounds. Is thisabout erasing history or about something else? Whatdoes this have to do with the socialization process?Read the book chapter on Civil Liberties and freespeech. What is the issue, if any, in thiscontroversy?6. Give three reasons for or against the distribution ofmenstrual products for young women in publicschools. Is this a function of government or merely anoble idea better left to religious institutions andnonprofits?Recently the Ride administration has pronosed was00:10-00:10

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