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Name: ____Courtney Good ________Date: _9/12/16___Weekly Lesson: __4__

HLS 225 Class Preparation Guide (CPG) I. NOTE-TAKING TEMPLATES A.

Read: Use below templates for taking notes on materials assigned as read (complete a separate section using the below templates for each reading, video or presentation assigned): Material Title: ___Law, Court, and Politics chapter 1 ______________ 1. The main purpose of this material (chapter, article, book, video, handout, presentation, etc.) is…… The purpose of this material is to explain how the courts are viewed throughout politics. 2. The key question addressed in this material is…… the key question is are the courts political institutions or legal institutions? 3. The key concept(s) in this material is/are…………… Political science: is the systematic study of government and politics, and the research it produces helps to guide our presentation of what is known about the judiciary and how it works. Miranda v. Arizona (1966) : court case the requires police to read suspects their rights when being arrested. Legal systems: a comprehensive term that encompasses an array of governmental institutions, a number of key actors, and a variety of other participants. Law: body of rules, enacted by public officials and backs by the force of the state. Courts: decides disputes based on laws Politics: “the authoritative allocation of values for a society” David Easton Brown v Board of Education of Topeka (1954): court case that ended racial segregation in public schools. Bush v. Gore: court case in 2000 where supreme court picked Bush as president 4. The main inferences and/or interpretations of this material are… The most important findings would be that courts are similar to all political institutions.

B. Review: Use below format for taking notes on materials assigned as Review: Material Title: ___ Westlaw Next, Homeland Security Digital Library, Homeland Security Watch blog, Intelligence Community Legal Reference Book _____ 1. Summary: In one or two paragraphs review the material to identify significant topics

included in order to later refer back to the work if needed for an assignment. The material reviewed this week all has to do with homeland security, courts, court cases, and intelligence. The websites given for the review section are similar in a way that they deal with homeland security or court cases.

Name: ____Courtney Good ________Date: _9/12/16___Weekly Lesson: __4__ II. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS Develop two questions from the material presented in this Weekly Lesson or from past Weekly Lessons that can be discussed in class each week if time allows. How does the Supreme Court avoid to much political harassment? Fairness is very important, how does the Supreme Court manage to continually be fair when dealing with liberals and conservatives? III. CPG ADDITIONAL TASKING Complete and attach any weekly assigned CPG Additional Tasking(s). A) Voting should be compulsory because political parties do not have to waste money on persuading people to turn up to the voting because with compulsory voting people will get fined if they don’t turn up to the voting. A large majority of the voting population will vote when its compulsory voting. However compulsory voting is an infringement of democratic rights. Citizens living in a democracy have the right to chose if they want to vote or not. Although, they have the responsibility to vote....