Please read the following questions. After reading, please answer all four of the questions in full. Your answer should use proper grammar and spelling. While the exam is open book, it is not a research paper and I expect you to formulate the answers IN YOUR OWN WORDS; the only materials that you may copy from are the United States Declaration of Independence, the United States Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. VIOLATIONS OF THIS RULE WILL RESULT IN A ZERO ON THE EXAM. Be aware that some of the questions have multiple parts; be sure to answer each question fully! While there is no limit on the amount that you may write for each answer, most complete answers will be at least two double-spaced pages; answers that are longer than six double-spaced pages may be overthinking the question. Each answer is worth up to 10 points. You should submit your answer in .PDF, .DOC, or .DOCX format in the DropBox no later than 1. Explain the four approaches to foreign policy discussed in class. a. In your answer, be sure to give the basic facts about each school of thought. b. In your answer, be sure to discuss how each school of thought approaches relations with other nations and world organizations. Be sure to compare and contrast each school with the others. c. Suggest which school of thought (choose only 1, do not say a little bit of this and a little bit of that!) the United States government ought to adopt in its response to the increasing hostility, attacks on human rights, and aggressive expansionism of the Chinese Communist government in the 2020s, and then explain why you chose that school of thought. 2. Discuss judicial review and the two key cases that created and defined it (Marbury v. Madison [1803] and Martin v. Hunters Lessee [1816]). a. In your answer, make sure to define judicial review and explain how it works. b. In your answer, be sure to discuss the objection that President Jefferson made to judicial review (re-read Article III of the Constitution if you are unsure of the answer). 3. Discuss the Second Amendment. a. Explain the right that is recognized in the Second Amendment. b. Explain the evol
ution of the Supreme Courts interpretation of the Second Amendment, paying particular attention to the District of Columbia v. Heller (2008) case. c. According to the crime statistics reported on the FBIs website, the trend in violent crime since the 1990s is a statistically significant reduction in gun crimes; that is to say, there are far less gun crimes committed in the Twenty-First Century than there were in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. With this trend in mind, explain what you believe would happen if the Second Amendment were repealed and then defend your belief. 4. Discuss the size, growth, and potential problems with the United States Cabinet. a. In your answer, be sure to note the size of the original Cabinet, the growth of the Cabinet over the centuries, and its current composition. b. Choose and discuss one of the major Cabinet scandals that we mentioned in class. What are the basic facts of the scandal (who, what, when, where, and why)? Be sure to mention the problem with the Cabinet that your chosen scandal reveals. c. Using what you have learned this semester, offer and explain your opinion on why the Cabinet has grown so large and what might be done to remedy the situation. BONUS (up to 5 points): Consider the following scenario: You have been a good and faithful employee of Warthogs Mystical Learning Center for several years now. You were originally hired by Headmaster Bumblemore Albass, with whom you had a wonderful relationship (he was like a father). Sadly, Headmaster Allbass has now retired, and was recently replaced by Morte DVole, widely known to be an arrogant jerk. DVole decides to institute new guidelines for all employees: they must stand anytime that the Warthogs school anthem is played. For various reasons, you have a personal objection to the Warthogs anthem and do not wish to stand when it is played. After first cautioning you that failure to obey the new policy will result in termination, DVole fires you after your repeated failures to stand. Warthogs is a private school that receives no government funding. Were your First Amendment rights violated? Why or why not? EXPLAIN!!!