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Instructions: Please write a three-paragraph substantive comment for each question #1-7.

1. Respond to the following question: What is the function of the Electoral College? Why do you feel it should be abolished?
2. Respond to the following questions: What issues contribute to the “perpetual tug-of-war” between Congress and the President? Has this conflict heightened in recent decades? Why or why not?
3. Respond to the following questions: Are Supreme Court justices ideological? How are they insulated from or exposed to political influences like public opinion?
4. Respond to the following questions: The expansion of civil rights and liberties has not been a smooth, perfectly linear process. Can you describe of an example when a civil rights protection from discrimination or a civil liberty to exercise a personal freedom was weakened, transformed, or curtailed by a Supreme Court ruling or a law created by elected representatives? What is the consequence of this retraction of freedoms or protections?
5. Respond to the following questions: How does the news media's ability to set the agenda or frame the issues they cover influence public attitudes? Can you think of an example of how different news stations covered different topics or covered the same topic differently? What might some consequences be of your example?
6. Respond to the following questions: What are the reasons for and consequences of low voter turnout in the US? Do you think states should voter ID laws? Why or why not?
7. Respond to the following questions: Republicans and Democrats in the US House of Representatives have become increasingly polarized (see Figure 9.7). What does this mean? What are the consequences of this phenomenon? How might this trend reflect or not reflect the American public?