Category: Government

i have attached the instructions 
CE Rubric – You must only use Word to write your paper
You must choose an article from the Texas Tribune within the week you
submit your paper.
Any article older than one week is an automatic 0
Please open the example CE paper to see the correct format for this
assignment. Choose a news article from the Texas Tribune from the week
you submit your paper.
Analyze the issue that the news article is reporting about.
Your six-paragraph opinion paper is written only in your words. NO QUOTATIONS.
Must be two full pages with headers in Word only (see example)
The title page must include the Student’s name, date, Name of
newspaper publication, publication link, author(s), headline, course,
and section, professor name.
The title page does not count as one of the two pages
Headers must be included for each paragraph as explained below.
Word only – Canvas does not accept Pages or work written on your
phone. Turnitin does not accept PDF documents.
Double spaced- 12pt New Times Romans
The article must be published within the week you submit your paper.
You must write your analysis in only your own words.
No quotations are allowed.
No credit if the software is not compatible with Canvas or the file
will not open. No credit for a PDF file.
All work must be read through Turnitin.
Only Word is accepted into Canvas which you have in your Galveston
College Outlook account. Canvas does not recognize GDocs, Apple Pages
or Notes, or any other software. Turnitin does not read PDF files.
The CE analysis must demonstrate your:
Knowledge and understanding of the issue or policy in U.S. politics.
Describe in your conclusion how this issue impacts the rights and
responsibilities of citizens in the political process.
These are the six headers you must have before each paragraph: please
see the example on the module.
(Overview) This is where you sum up the news article who, what, where,
when, why, and or how.
(Background) This is where explain/answer the background of the issue
and the reason this news event has occurred.
(Position government branch/agency) The header here will be whatever
the news story is about. If your news story is about the legislative
branch, your header will say that. This paragraph will explain/answer
why or how this branch of government – agency, etc… has oversight or
jurisdiction of this issue and what they are doing about it.
(Position -Rights of Citizens) This is where you explain/answer
citizens’ rights regarding the issue. Why does the government/agency
have the right to do what they are doing as it relates to citizens’
rights not being violated?
(Position – Responsibility to Citizens) This is where you
explain/answer the government’s/agency etc… responsibility to
citizens – such as why the government/agency, etc…
(Conclusion – Impact on rights and responsibilities of citizens in the
political process) – Sum up in your own words how you think this issue
will impact people when they vote.
CE Rubric grading:
Length is too short or too long – 50 pts off – this paper is ONLY two
pages – double spaced Times Romans 12 pt.
Not a news article – no credit
Article is more than one week old – NO CREDIT
Grammar and Spelling 15 pts. Off
No Title Page 20 pts. Off
No headers included in the paper- 50 pts. Off
Quotations are used- 90 pts. Off
Knowledge and understanding of the issue or policy in politics was not
explained or provided – 50 pts. Off
The conclusion did not describe in your conclusion how this issue
impacts the rights and responsibilities of citizens in the political
process – 50 pts. off
NO CREDIT if the paper is a summary and not an Analysis – as this
means you did not do the assignment in accordance with the rubric.
NO credit if it is not a Current Event. Do not submit a history paper
or a paper you wrote for another class and try to rewrite it as a
current event.
You may not submit any current event paper you submitted from a previous class.
A broken link on the title results in no credit because I cannot
verify you wrote about a news story if I cannot locate and read the
article you used.
No credit if the software is not compatible with Canvas or the file
will not open. No credit for a PDF file.
5. All work must be read through Turnitin.
Only Word is accepted into Canvas which you have in your Galveston
College Outlook account. Canvas does not recognize GDocs, Apple Pages
or Notes, or any other software. Turnitin does not read PDF files.

What influence does public opinion have on health care policy? Provide a recent (last eight weeks) poll or news article on healthcare policy illustrating the power of public opinion to affect policy.

Instructions:
Your paper should be 3-5 pages long (minimum 1500 words), typed, and submitted via Canvas.
Analyze and explain at least one primary and one secondary source document. Additional sources are welcome.
Choose an issue with federalism implications, explain and analyze it.
Towards the end, discuss the issue’s social responsibility context (what can be done about it?) and its personal impact on you. Propose an action plan to address the issue.
Follow standard writing protocols: Chicago, APA, or MLA.
Use 12-point Times New Roman font, double-spaced.
Review the rubric for additional paper requirements.
Perspective:
Your task is to write an opinion piece on a local issue with national implications, or a national issue with local implications, relating to a government or constitutional concept covered this semester (e.g. checks and balances, powers of each branch, elections, amendments, Supreme Court cases, rights, etc.). Clearly explain the connection between the two.  In essence, this is a paper on federalism (the balance of power between the national government and the state government. 
Guidelines:
Explain the importance of the issue in an accessible manner.
Provide evidence to support any praise or criticism.
State your opinion on what should be done, providing good reasons to back up your suggestions.
Ensure your paper is clear, concise, and factual.

Ranking the Amendments
The
Constitution and the 27 Amendments lay out, sometimes in very fine detail, how
our government works and the specific rights and protections we have from the
government. In fact, the 1st Amendment alone has between 6 and 8 rights packed
in one long sentence, depending on how you read it.
The
Constitution was meant to be hard to amend, and that is a good thing. For
instance, prohibition of alcohol was a popular political movement for about 30
years, so the 18th Amendment was passed to settle the issue. Passing an
amendment for even a popular movement turned out to be a really bad idea, so we
had to pass the 21st Amendment to fix it. Oops. You can probably think of other
things you see constantly in the news we argue about, and it might seem like a
good idea to just end the debate with an amendment, but we should bear these
past mistakes in mind.
Your
job in this paper:
1.
Rank the top three rights found in the Amendments to the Constitution. I want
you to dive deep – you can’t just say the 1st or 15th Amendment, I want you to
spell out a specific right in the Amendment and discuss why it is there and
what it means.
2.
Explain your reasoning for each right you chose and why you ranked them over
the others – points will be determined by originality and depth of the
explanation.
3.
If you could pop back in time to 1791, what is one Amendment (an enumerated
right or protection) you would have tried to get the founders to add?
4.
Get back into the time machine to 1787 – what would you warn the founders they
needed to change in the actual Constitution? Bear in mind your audience of
founders, do you think they would listen after the war they just fought?
For
#4, I am excluding a couple of things that are too obvious or too modern:
Slavery, guns, healthcare, student loans. Find something else the Founders
would have no idea might break.
The rules:  Remember, this needs to be at least three pages of solid,
thoughtful material to even be considered for full credit.   Students
receiving full credit usually turn in papers more than the minimum.  Have
some fun with it, but remember this is an academic paper. use proper grammar and proof-read before sending, use the spell-checker,
do not end a sentence with a question mark (you are supposed to answer
questions, not ask them), et cetera.  
Do
not put a heading at the top of your paper, as it does not count towards your
page minimum. 
If
you are citing to an article or website then you need to use citations. 
However, don’t bog down your essay with a bunch of statistics.  I
encourage research on what each amendment does, but I don’t want a list copied
from a website. This needs to be your logic and writing.

The zip code you can use 78222/  this my state: Texas/just need to find out 
My state representative and senate are etc. these are the instructions from 
The instructor.
Purpose:  The purpose of this assignment is to emphasize the importance of the Texas Legislature, and to introduce you to your members of the Texas Legislature and the work they have done. 
Please follow this format: 
Copy the question in bold font and then type the answer below it in regular font. Do this for each individual question.
Put a blank line in between your answers. 
Do not highlight any portion of your assignment.
Do not give your assignment file a long name. 
Do not include spaces when naming your assignment file. 
Instructions:
This assignment has 2 parts, so please follow the steps below carefully. The questions you need to answer for the assignment are found within each part of the assignment, and will be labelled as such. 
Part A: Who Represents You in the Texas Legislature
Step #1:   Watch the following video:
My Vote Don’t Count
Step #2:    Find out which Texas House and Senate districts you live in. 
a) Go to this website, and type your full address. 
b)  Write down your Texas House and Senate districts numbers. 
Step #3:   Find out who is your  State Representative.
a) Go to the website of the Texas House of Representatives. From there, click on Members.
b) Find your district number by clicking on the District # drop down menu. 
c) Once you have found your State Representative, click on his/her picture to get his/her background information and the district’s information. 
Question 1: 
Which Texas House district do you live in? Who represents you? What party does he/she belong to?
I highly encourage you to go through their website, so you can read about what they have done and how they have represented you.
(This question is worth 5 points.)
Step #4:  Find out who is your State Senator.
a) Go to the website of the Texas Senate. From there, click on Senators.
b)  Choose Members from the drop down menu.
c)  Find your State Senate District and Senator and click on his/her picture to get their background information and the district’s information. 
Question 2: 
Which Texas Senate district do you live
in? Who represents you? What party does he/she belong to?
I highly encourage you to go through their website, so you can read about what they have done and how they have represented you.
(This question is worth 5 points.)
Part B: 
Step #1:
Question 3: Choose ONE of the following bills:
(This question is worth 10 points in total.)
** Remember to pay close attention to the Legislative Session information. ***
Advice: Don’t bother using Google to complete this assignment. These are controversial bills, so you are better off reading what the bill actually says yourself. Don’t get frustrated if you don’t fully understand what the bill is saying after your first attempt. Take the time to dissect the bill.
OPTION #1:
Bill: HB3 
Legislative Session: 88(R) – 2023
** Remember to pay close attention to the Legislative Session information. ***
a)  The key provisions of this bill are found on pages 6 to 16 of the PDF file (i.e. enrolled version of the bill). What is the minimum number of armed security officers that must be present in each school/campus during regular school hours? What training is required for those who are not commissioned peace officers? What duties are they prohibited from performing? What is the exemption? (This part of the question is worth 5 points.)
b)  According to this bill, what type of training will be required of school district employees who regularly interacts with students? What documentations must a parent/guardian and/or the student’s former school provide before the student can be enrolled?  (This part of the question is worth 2 points.)
c)  Who is/are the primary author(s) of this bill? (This part of the question is worth 1 point.)
d)  When was it introduced? (This part of the question is worth 1 point.)
e)  When did this bill become law or become effective?  (This part of the question is worth 1 point.)
OPTION #2:
Bill: SB14
Legislative Session: 88(R) – 2023
** Remember to pay close attention to the Legislative Session information. ***
a)  According to this bill, what treatments and procedures are prohibited from being given and performed on children? What are the exceptions? List all of them. (This part of the question is worth 5 points.)
b)  What will happen to a physician who breaks this law? (This part of the question is worth 2 points.)
c)  Who is/are the primary author(s) of this bill? You need to include all the primary authors, and not just the first one on the list. (This part of the question is worth 1 point.)
d)  When was it introduced? (This part of the question is worth 1 point.)
e)  When did this bill become law or become effective?  (This part of the question is worth 1 point.) 
Step #2: Do the steps below to look up the information you need for the bill you chose in Step #1.
A) Go to this website. From there,  click on Bill Lookup.
B) Type the bill name AND choose the correct Legislature (i.e. legislative session) using the drop down arrow. Then click Submit. R stands for regular session. S stands for special session. It is very important that you choose the correct legislative session, since different bills are introduced in each session. 
C) Click on the Text tab and choose the Enrolled version of the bill. This is what the final bill looked like when it passed both houses of the Texas Legislature. Click on the PDF version to read the bill. Here are some tips on how to read Texas bills. 
D) Click on the Authors tab. This will give you the name of the legislator(s) who introduced the bill and any legislators who sponsored (i.e. supported it being introduced). 
E) Click on the Actions tab.  
F)  Stay on the Actions tab. Scroll to the very bottom and find the Read First time date. This is the date the bill was introduced in the Legislature.
G) Stay on the Actions tab. Scroll to the top and find the Effective On date. This is the date the bill became law. 
Bonus Question (2 points):
This portion of the assignment is optional. You will not be penalized if you get it wrong. Partial credit is possible. 
Bill: SB3
Legislative Session: 87(2) – 2021
1. According to this bill, how are teachers supposed to teach political/controversial topics? When and if extra credit is assigned, what cannot be counted towards extra credit?
2. Describe what happens to someone who breaks this new law. Who will punish them? Is it the state OR some other entity? If it’s the state, what charges will be brought up against them (e.g. misdemeanor, felony)? If it’s some other entity, what will happen to those that break the law?

Purpose:  As you learned in this module, local governments are separate from the state government and each other. The purpose of this assignment is for you to review the powers and responsibilities of local officials. 
This is a critical thinking assignment – i.e. analyze and evaluate the information before you make a judgment. Critical thinking is one of the skills you are supposed to develop in college no matter what your major is. 
This assignment is worth 20 points.
Please follow this format: 
Copy the question in bold font and then type the answer below it in regular font. Do this for each individual question.
Put a blank line in between your answers. 
Do not highlight any portion of your assignment.
Do not give your assignment file a long name. 
Do not include spaces when naming your assignment file. 
Instructions:
Read the following instructions carefully.
Part A: 
Step #1: Read this: County Officials
This assignment requires you to apply what you are learning, so the answers will not be written straight out of the file above. You need to first understand what each power/responsibility listed for each official(s) mean. The readings in the textbook will help with that if you need further examples of what is written in the slides.
Step #2: 
To which elected county official should one go to for the following? What specific power or responsibility makes this official the correct person to go to? 
The elected county officials you are to choose from for this assignment are the ones discussed in the County Officials handout.
You do not need to put the name of the official, just his/her title (e.g. county judge, etc.).
Do not list all the powers and responsibilities of the official. If you do so otherwise, your response will be marked wrong. The whole purpose of the assignment is for you to determine which specific power or responsibility makes this official the correct person to go to.
You can use the same official more than once.
Each question is worth 2 points.
If you got the “Official” portion wrong, then the “Power/Responsibility” portion of your answer will also be marked wrong for that question. 
If you got the “Power/Responsibility” portion wrong but got the “Official” portion correct, then you will be awarded 1 point for that question. 
Please number your responses and follow the assignment format below.
Example:
pay your property tax bill 
Official – tax-assessor collector
Power/Responsibility – collects county’s property taxes
The tax assessor-collector is responsible for collecting the county’s property taxes. Unless the mortgage on your house has an escrow account (i.e. This is the dedicated amount you pay for your property taxes and home owner’s insurance.), then you will need to go or send a check to the tax assessor-collector’s office to pay your property tax bill. 
Note: You do not need to explain your answer for this assignment.
You live in the neighborhood of Alamo Ranch, which is an unincorporated area in Bexar County. To which elected county official should you go to for assistance on the following issues?
1. get a copy of the birth certificate of your child, who was born in Bexar County, so you can enroll him for kindergarten 
Official – type the title of the official here
Power/Responsibility – type the specific power here
2. express support for putting up traffic lights at a busy intersection in the neighborhood 
Official –
Power/Responsibility –
3. get speed bumps put in front of the elementary school in the neighborhood
Official –
Power/Responsibility –
4. complain about how long it took for the county deputies to respond to your burglary call when your car was broken into at the movie theatre parking lot in the neighborhood 
Official –
Power/Responsibility –
5. challenge a speeding ticket issued by a county deputy while you were driving to the grocery store in the neighborhood
Official –
Power/Responsibility –
Part B:
Step #1: Read this: Forms of City Governments
This assignment requires you to apply what you are learning, so the answers will not be written straight out of the file above. You need to first understand what each power/responsibility listed for each official(s) mean. The readings in the textbook will help with that if you need further examples of what is written in the slides.
Step #2: 
To which city official should one go to for the following? What specific power or responsibility makes this official the correct person to go to? 
The city officials you are to choose from for this assignment are the ones discussed in the Forms of City Government handout.
Do not list all the powers and responsibilities of the official. If you do so otherwise, your response will be marked wrong. The whole purpose of the assignment is for you to determine which specific power or responsibility makes this official the correct person to go to.
You can use the same official more than once.
NOTE: Individual city departments are not possible answers for this assignment.
Each question is worth 2 points.
If you got the “Official” portion wrong, then the “Power/Responsibility” portion of your answer will also be marked wrong for that question. 
If you got the “Power/Responsibility” portion wrong but got the “Official” portion correct, then you will be awarded 1 point for that question. 
Please number your responses and follow the assignment format below.
Example:
You live in the city of San Antonio. It uses the council-manager form of city government. You want to complain about the fireworks ban in the city. You don’t think it’s fair that your family can’t light fireworks for the Fourth of July. 
Official – mayor and council
Power/Responsibility – adopt ordinances
Fireworks bans are examples of city ordinances (i.e. city laws). The city of San Antonio uses the council-manager form of city government. Looking at the Forms of City Governments handout, we can see that in a council-manager form of city government, the mayor and council have the power to adopt city ordinances. Therefore, the mayor and council were the ones that passed the fireworks ban ordinance. They will then have to pass another ordinance getting rid of this ban, if they choose to do so. 
Note: You do not need to explain your answer for this assignment.
1. You live in the city of Houston. It uses the strong-mayor council form of city government. You want to express support for the city’s gun buyback program. A gun buyback program is when a government asks citizens to turn in their guns in exchange for money. Gun owners are not forced to sell their guns. 
Official –
Power/Responsibility –
2. You live in the city of Houston. It uses the strong-mayor council form of city government. You want the pot holes on downtown streets fixed. 
Official –
Power/Responsibility –
3. You live in the city of White Oak. It uses the weak-mayor council form of city government. You want the city to hire more police officers as a response to the increased crime rate in the city. 
Official –
Power/Responsibility –
4. You live in the city of Leon Valley. It uses the council-manager form of city government. You would like to make homeless camps illegal in the city.
Official –
Power/Responsibility –
5. You live in the city of Helotes. It uses the council-manager form of city government. You want to complain about the increased traffic on your street caused by people living in a nearby unincorporated area. These drivers are using your street as a short cut to bypass the traffic on a main road. You would like to make it illegal for non-residents, non-visitors, and non-delivery personnel to use your street. 
Official –
Power/Responsibility –
Bonus Question (2 points):
This portion of the assignment is optional. You will not be penalized if you get it wrong. Partial credit is possible. Each question is worth 1 point. 
1. get a copy of the transcripts of your child custody case heard at the district court
Official –
Power/Responsibility –
2. complain about how there’s only a few dog parks in the city of San Antonio
Official –
Power/Responsibility –

The zip code you can use 78222/ Texas
Purpose:  The purpose of this assignment is to emphasize the importance of the Texas Legislature, and to introduce you to your members of the Texas Legislature and the work they have done. 
Please follow this format: 
Copy the question in bold font and then type the answer below it in regular font. Do this for each individual question.
Put a blank line in between your answers. 
Do not highlight any portion of your assignment.
Do not give your assignment file a long name. 
Do not include spaces when naming your assignment file. 
Instructions:
This assignment has 2 parts, so please follow the steps below carefully. The questions you need to answer for the assignment are found within each part of the assignment, and will be labelled as such. 
Part A: Who Represents You in the Texas Legislature
Step #1:   Watch the following video:
My Vote Don’t Count
Step #2:    Find out which Texas House and Senate districts you live in. 
a) Go to this website, and type your full address. 
b)  Write down your Texas House and Senate districts numbers. 
Step #3:   Find out who is your  State Representative.
a) Go to the website of the Texas House of Representatives. From there, click on Members.
b) Find your district number by clicking on the District # drop down menu. 
c) Once you have found your State Representative, click on his/her picture to get his/her background information and the district’s information. 
Question 1: 
Which Texas House district do you live in? Who represents you? What party does he/she belong to?
I highly encourage you to go through their website, so you can read about what they have done and how they have represented you.
(This question is worth 5 points.)
Step #4:  Find out who is your State Senator.
a) Go to the website of the Texas Senate. From there, click on Senators.
b)  Choose Members from the drop down menu.
c)  Find your State Senate District and Senator and click on his/her picture to get their background information and the district’s information. 
Question 2: 
Which Texas Senate district do you live
in? Who represents you? What party does he/she belong to?
I highly encourage you to go through their website, so you can read about what they have done and how they have represented you.
(This question is worth 5 points.)
Part B: 
Step #1:
Question 3: Choose ONE of the following bills:
(This question is worth 10 points in total.)
** Remember to pay close attention to the Legislative Session information. ***
Advice: Don’t bother using Google to complete this assignment. These are controversial bills, so you are better off reading what the bill actually says yourself. Don’t get frustrated if you don’t fully understand what the bill is saying after your first attempt. Take the time to dissect the bill.
OPTION #1:
Bill: HB3 
Legislative Session: 88(R) – 2023
** Remember to pay close attention to the Legislative Session information. ***
a)  The key provisions of this bill are found on pages 6 to 16 of the PDF file (i.e. enrolled version of the bill). What is the minimum number of armed security officers that must be present in each school/campus during regular school hours? What training is required for those who are not commissioned peace officers? What duties are they prohibited from performing? What is the exemption? (This part of the question is worth 5 points.)
b)  According to this bill, what type of training will be required of school district employees who regularly interacts with students? What documentations must a parent/guardian and/or the student’s former school provide before the student can be enrolled?  (This part of the question is worth 2 points.)
c)  Who is/are the primary author(s) of this bill? (This part of the question is worth 1 point.)
d)  When was it introduced? (This part of the question is worth 1 point.)
e)  When did this bill become law or become effective?  (This part of the question is worth 1 point.)
OPTION #2:
Bill: SB14
Legislative Session: 88(R) – 2023
** Remember to pay close attention to the Legislative Session information. ***
a)  According to this bill, what treatments and procedures are prohibited from being given and performed on children? What are the exceptions? List all of them. (This part of the question is worth 5 points.)
b)  What will happen to a physician who breaks this law? (This part of the question is worth 2 points.)
c)  Who is/are the primary author(s) of this bill? You need to include all the primary authors, and not just the first one on the list. (This part of the question is worth 1 point.)
d)  When was it introduced? (This part of the question is worth 1 point.)
e)  When did this bill become law or become effective?  (This part of the question is worth 1 point.) 
Step #2: Do the steps below to look up the information you need for the bill you chose in Step #1.
A) Go to this website. From there,  click on Bill Lookup.
B) Type the bill name AND choose the correct Legislature (i.e. legislative session) using the drop down arrow. Then click Submit. R stands for regular session. S stands for special session. It is very important that you choose the correct legislative session, since different bills are introduced in each session. 
C) Click on the Text tab and choose the Enrolled version of the bill. This is what the final bill looked like when it passed both houses of the Texas Legislature. Click on the PDF version to read the bill. Here are some tips on how to read Texas bills. 
D) Click on the Authors tab. This will give you the name of the legislator(s) who introduced the bill and any legislators who sponsored (i.e. supported it being introduced). 
E) Click on the Actions tab.  
F)  Stay on the Actions tab. Scroll to the very bottom and find the Read First time date. This is the date the bill was introduced in the Legislature.
G) Stay on the Actions tab. Scroll to the top and find the Effective On date. This is the date the bill became law. 
Bonus Question (2 points):
This portion of the assignment is optional. You will not be penalized if you get it wrong. Partial credit is possible. 
Bill: SB3
Legislative Session: 87(2) – 2021
1. According to this bill, how are teachers supposed to teach political/controversial topics? When and if extra credit is assigned, what cannot be counted towards extra credit?
2. Describe what happens to someone who breaks this new law. Who will punish them? Is it the state OR some other entity? If it’s the state, what charges will be brought up against them (e.g. misdemeanor, felony)? If it’s some other entity, what will happen to those that break the law?

Purpose:  The purpose of this assignment is for you to review the court structure of Texas. Remember, state courts are separate from US courts. 
This assignment is worth 20 points.
Please follow this format: 
Copy the question in bold font and then type the answer below it in regular font. Do this for each individual question.
Put a blank line in between your answers. 
Do not highlight any portion of your assignment.
Do not give your assignment file a long name. 
Do not include spaces when naming your assignment file. 
Instructions:
Read the following instructions carefully.
Step #1:
a)  Read pages 291 to 296 of the textbook under the heading “Court Structure”. 
b)  Use this chart of the Texas Court Structure to complete the assignment. 
Step #2: 
Which court or courts can hear each of the cases below? 
Each question is worth 2 points.
NOTE: If there is more than one court, then you must list all of them and also not have any incorrect ones in order to get the 2 points.
You can use the same court more than once.
Please number your responses and follow the assignment format below.
This is the list of your choices for possible answers:
a) Municipal Courts
b) Justice Courts
c) Constitutional County Courts
d) Statutory Probate Courts
e) District Courts
f)  Courts of Appeals
g) Texas Supreme Court
h) Texas Court of Criminal Appeals 
NOTE: Statutory County Courts is not a possible answer for this assignment because in real life, the type of cases these courts can hear varies depending on their locations. 
Example:
original jurisdiction over criminal misdemeanors punishable by fine only, no confinement
Court(s) – Municipal Courts, Justice Courts 
Looking at the Texas Court Structure chart, you can see that there is more than one court that has original jurisdiction (i.e. have the power to hear and decide a case for the first time) over the same case. When this happens, if it’s a civil case, the plaintiff (the party filing the lawsuit) gets to choose which court to file the case. If it’s a criminal case, then the location of the crime or which law enforcement responded to the case will determine which court the case will be tried. 
Note: You do not need to explain your answer for this assignment.
1. file eviction suits
Court(s) –
2. original jurisdiction over divorce cases
Court(s) –
3. original jurisdiction over probate matters (e.g. settling the estate of a deceased person)
Court(s) –
4. original jurisdiction over juvenile matters
Court(s) –
5. original jurisdiction over mental health and guardianship matters
Court(s) –
6. original jurisdiction over felony criminal matters
Court(s) –
7. final appeals over juvenile cases
Court(s) –
8. original jurisdiction over a contested election case
Court(s) –
9. magistrate functions (e.g. issue search warrants, perform marriages)
Court(s) –
10.  final appeals of death penalty sentences
Court(s) –
Reflection Question (Please respond.):
What did you learn or take away from this assignment? Please respond in 1 to 2 sentences. 
Bonus Question (2 points):
This portion of the assignment is optional. You will not be penalized if you get it wrong. Partial credit is possible. Each question is worth 1 point. 
1. Which courts are not courts of record?
2. Which courts have original jurisdiction over civil actions over $10,

Complete the 3 tasks below, in graphic form. There must be a horizontal timeline and the key information tagged to specific dates or time frames. Do not submit columnar information. You can use the the same basic horizontal graph from 1940-present for each. This assignment will require you to research and prepare key information regarding the IC, its evolution, and its operations. First Timeline. Create a graphical time frame of key dates in the creation of the organizations that currently comprise the intelligence community, including key laws and executive orders that provide legal authority for the IC. Start this timeline at 1940 and ending 2024. You should have key dates for each of the members of the IC and the associated laws. There should be at least 6 key laws noted that have transformed the IC. There should be at least the creation date for each member of the IC. Second Timeline. Create a graphical time line that shows time horizontally from 1940-present and shows Europe, Africa, Asia/Pacific, Latin America, Near East/Middle East, and Eastern Europe on the vertical axis. List at least 15 US covert action operations by name and country, geographical area (the 6 listed above), operation name, and dates.
Third Timeline. Create a graphical time line that shows time horizontally from 1945-present and highlights at least 15 key technological innovations created by the IC that support intelligence collection (imagery, HUMINT, ELINT, COMINT, MASINT, etc.). Citation and Reference Style
Students will follow the Chicago Style as the sole citation and reference style used in written work submitted as part of coursework to the course. See http://www.apus.edu/Online-Library/tutorials/chicago.htm. A quick guide may be found at: The Chicago Manual of Style, 17th ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2017 available online at: http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/home.html The Author-Date system is recommended. https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/717/10/. Make sure to put the citations on its own page, clarifying which graph those citations belong to.
NOTE: I requested 10 sources, but feel free to use as many as you need for this assignment as I am unsure how much is needed. Just make sure it is no less than 5. All submissions must be in graphical format, presented horizontally, with clear timelines and labels. Given this is a project, the grading will be based on the whether you have included key information, correct dates, names and labels, and that the presentation is clear.

At least 4 full pages
 (Plus bibliography/works cited is additional)
 Use Microsoft Word (or similar program)
 12 point
 Times New Roman (or similar) font
 Double-spaced
 1 inch margins
 Title page up to your discretion
 Not included in page count
Part 1: Introduction
 Make sure to have a thesis sentence
 Part 2: What are you arguing…
Evidence.
 Part 3: Other side would argue…
Evidence they would provide.
 Part 4: Why wrong.
 Part 5: Conclusion
 Bibliography
Acceptable Sources
 Government Data
 Data from some non-governmental
organizations
 Government Policy Papers
 Newspaper Articles
 Scholarly Articles
 Etc.
UNacceptable Sources
 Data derived from TV pundits
 Newspaper editorials
 Blogs
 Wikipedia
 Etc. 
I highly recommend using an average of
one source for each page written.
 This does not mean only cite one source a
page.