Prompt No. 7 Children Immigration

http://www.npr.org/2014/07/07/329504057/in-california-town-protests-shed-light-on-national-immigration-debate

What do you think the United States should do about these busses and busses of immigrant/refugee children?  Should we bring them in and take care of them or should we send them back to their home locations?  Listen to the arguments and organize your thoughts the best you can.

Prompt No. 6 Death Penalty

http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/16/justice/california-death-penalty/index.html?iref=allsearch

 What do you think? Yes or no the death penalty? What are your thoughts, after reading the article, about how the death penalty is administered? Respond in general. Read the article and don't just fall back on the opinion you have, but evaluate and see if that's an opinion you want to keep. It may be! But it may not be! Always be open to re-evaluation.

Prompt No. 5 Open Gun Carriers...2nd Amendment too far?

Read the articles, folks! And feel free to research more on your own if you'd like. Regardless of whether you are a supporter of our 2nd Amendment right to own a gun, what do you think about people openly carrying their weapons into restaurants, stores, parks, etc.? Do you think that that should be protected or do you think that's maybe taking your gun rights too far? Read the articles and come to a decision. We'll definitely talk about this more in class later.

Prompt No. 4 Abortion v. First Amendment and Compelling state interest

Often, the Supreme Court is in the tough position of having to decide between two sets of rights. What if one person's right to something somehow conflicts with another person equally protected right? Who wins? Whose right is "more important?" So in these cases, the court has to consider "compelling state interest." In other words, they have to decide which right has the most compelling (overwhelming) state (the people) interest (what is the best thing for our society) or in other words, which right most great benefits the people overall. So they recently ruled on an abortion (which is a right protected by the 9th and 14th amendments) and protesting (1st amendment) right. Do you agree with the Supreme Court of the United States' (heneforth referred to as SCOTUS) decision that requiring a buffer around abortion clinics to protect patients from Anti-Abortion supporters is a violation of those protesters first amendment rights?