- Is a 'Right to Privacy" guaranteed in the United States Constitution or Bill of Rights? In the past fifty years, in what ways has the Supreme Court ruled the right to privacy? What recent Supreme Court rulings on abortion and homosexual rights have particularly been significant? Do you believe the Supreme Court ruling of 2003 concerning sodomy laws helped pave the way for the legalization of same sex marriage? Why or why not? 2. What, in your opinion, is the intent of the Second Amendment? Reading this Amendment closely, do you think this represents an unlimited right to possess and bear any form of arms? If not, what kind of limits on the right to keep and bear arms do you think are acceptable? Why do you think it is so difficult to establish limits on the right to keep and bear arms in modern America? Do you think gun regulation is necessary in modern America? Why or why not? 3. What are some of the difficulties of obtaining information on which to make political decisions in the modern media age? What are some of the dangers of having so many different media outlets available? What, in your opinion, is the best way to inform your political views? Why? 4. What is the role of public opinion polls in American government? What are the problems with public opinion polls? To what extent do you think opinion polls should be used to make policy decisions? Do you think modern American politicians respond too much or too little to public opinion? Why do you think this? 5. What are the main purposes of the major American Political parties? What functions do the major parties perform in American Government? What is the role of political ideology in party politics? Outline the organizational structure of national political parties. What is the purpose of party platforms? Are platforms relevant or not?
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