What is the federal government doing/not doing in regards to police reform
Identify a policy area that interests you (examples: sales taxes, health care reform, higher education reform, the legalization of certain drugs). Research that policy area and write a 10-12-page paper. This paper needs to be about the federal government and what it is doing or not doing regarding the topical area you have selected. It should not be a history paper; it should be about the present.
You need to include the following types of information (note that not all of these questions may be relevant to your topic):
- What policy area have you selected and why? (this is formal academic writing, so you do not use “I” “me” “my” “we” “our” etc.)
- Why is the policy area important at the federal level?
- How has the issue been handled by Congress?
- What legislators (Senators and Representatives) have been active in supporting the legislation? (tell me about them: who are they, what is their party affiliation, what are their districts like)
- What legislators have been active in opposing the legislation? (same information required as in the above question)
- Has there been previous legislation on this issue? If yes, what happened with it?
- Is the President supportive of the legislation? If yes, how do you know and if no, how do you know?
- How does the public feel about the issue?
- Are there interest groups involved in this issue? Which groups and why are they involved? What has their influence been?
- Have the court systems been involved with the issue? If so, what levels have been involved and what have the major opinions been?
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